Young Nigerian basketballer bags US scholarships after street encounter with Calabar lawyer

A young Nigerian basketballer, David Etim, has bagged three United States scholarship offers after encountering a Calabar-born lawyer, Faithfulness Okom. Narrating how he met Etim to our correspondent on Thursday,…

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FG threatens to jail civil servants leaking official documents

The Federal Government has warned that unauthorised disclosure or leakage of official documents, capable of impacting the country negatively, is a punishable offence. The Secretary to the Government of the…

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FG begins computation to fast-track retirees’ pension payment

The Federal Government has ordered the computation of accrued pension of serving federal civil servants. A memo by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, which…

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hbtechng
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NNPC declares state of emergency on oil production

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it has declared a state of emergency on oil production. It said this was a move towards increasing Nigeria’s crude oil production and…

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Osimhen to begin pre-season with Napoli

As per Football Italia, Victor Osimhen is expected to start the pre-season with Napoli next week amid a dearth of offers for the Nigeria international, who had been linked with Arsenal, Chelsea,…

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Ordega, Onome excluded from Falcons Olympic squad

CSKA Moscow Women forward Francisca Ordega and Israel-based defender Onome Ebi have been left out of the Super Falcons 18-player list for the women’s football event of the Paris 2024…

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Milan in talks with Lukaku

Milan are in talks with Chelsea and Romelu Lukaku, but according to Gazzetta, two more Blues players have been mentioned during negotiations between clubs: Carney Chukwuemeka and Trevoh Chalobah. Milan have…

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CBN to sanction banks for rejecting old, small Dollar denominations

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to sanction Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) for rejecting old and small denominations of the United States of America Dollars. In a circular issued…

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hbtechng
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Forex: Turnover in NAFEM rises 74% to $22.88 bn in H1’24

The volume of dollars traded (turnover) in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM, rose year-on-year (YoY) by 74 percent to $22.88 billion in the first half of  2024 (H1’24) from $13.11 billion in…

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How Nigeria can harness world’s $10trn blue economy —Maritime expert

For Nigeria to tap into the $10 trillion available for World Maritime Trade annually, there is a need for a shift from oil economy to the Marine and Blue Economy…

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Edo 2024: Our candidates’ constituency performances will give us victory — APC

THE Director General of All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Organisation, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, yesterday, said the performances of the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and his running mate, Dennis…

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Brazil held by Colombia in Copa America, to face Uruguay quarter-final

Colombia came from behind to grab a 1-1 draw with Brazil on Tuesday, ensuring their qualification to the Copa America quarter-finals as group winners. An equalizer from Daniel Munoz in…

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hbtechng
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Osun Assembly passes bill to establish public complaints, anti-corruption commission

The Osun State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into law a bill to establish the Osun State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission. The bill which was passed into law…

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Access holdings holds formal signing ceremony for proposed N351bn rights issue

Access Holdings Plc   (“Access   Holdings” or “the Group”) on Tuesday, June 2, 2024, held a formal signing ceremony as part of the arrangements to raise a total of …

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Aiyedatiwa pledges to upgrade Ondo NYSC orientation camp

Ondo Governor, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has promised that his administration will upgrade the infrastructures and facilities at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ikare-Akoko. He made the promise when he inspected…

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Transfer: Man Utd offer De Ligt five-year contract

Bayern Munich defender, Matthijs de Ligt, has received a five-year contract offer from Manchester United. According to Sky Germany, De Ligt is keen on the move. It is also believed…

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