PLAY-offs in the CAF Confederation Cup — the African equivalent of the Europa League — will be ditched from the 2023-2024 season, it was confirmed on Saturday. The decision to scrap the third and final round of qualifying for the group phase was made at a CAF executive committee meeting …
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FORMER member of the House of Representatives and the Federal Commissioner at the Code of Conduct Bureau, Hon Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma has begun meeting critical stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress in Edo State to woo them to support his bid to win the party’s ticket for next year’s governorship election. …
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THE Igbo Lawyers Association, ILA, an umbrella of lawyers of Igbo origin, has called on the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun to arrest and investigate former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, over his reported threat to wipe out the Igbo tribe. The group which met in Aba, Abia …
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NO fewer than eight members of the illegal tax syndicate operating in parts of Benue state have been arrested by the Benue State Internal Revenue Services, BIRS, taskforce team on illegal checkpoints. They were nabbed where they allegedly mounted illegal roadblocks and posed as tax collectors on major roads to …
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Salma al-Shehab, 34, was accused of ‘assisting those who seek to cause public unrest and destabilise civil and national security by following their Twitter accounts’. Photograph: democracy now Two Saudi women sentenced to decades in prison over social media use have been held arbitrarily and should be released, according to …
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A 16-year-old, Miss Saibu Yetunde, on Saturday emerged winner of the 5km race tagged ‘Ogun Women Run’ in Abeokuta, Ogun State. ‘Ogun Women Run’ is a 5km race organized by Brussels Sports Management Limited annually for adult girls and women in the state. The race started at Sapon area of …
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May Yul Edochie, first wife of actor Yul Edochie, has finally broken her silence following the passing of her son Kambiichukwu, three months ago. Recall The PUNCH reported the passing of 16-year-old Kambolichikwu, first son of May and actor Yul Edochie, who passed after he slumped while playing football in …
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A Federal High Court in Kano has issued an interim order restraining the Nigeria Police, Kano Public Complain and Anti Corruption Commission from harassing, arresting, inviting, or detaining the immediate past Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, his family members, or any appointee who served under his administration. Also restrained …
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EMBATTLED Anambra candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme has finally admitted to a panel of independent investigators set up by the Anambra State Government that she forged her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. In the report made available to Journalists in Abuja by the spokesperson of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, …
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NOLLYWOOD actress, Adesua Etomi-Wellington has revealed how she felt when her husband, Bankole Wellington, aka Banky W, informed her that he wanted to join politics. Newsextra24 recalls that Banky W on 11 November 2018, announced his intent to run for the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency seat on the platform of the …
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