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A long exposure shows FIFA’s logo near its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland February 27, 2022. REUTERS-Arnd Wiegmann
Football

FIFA appoints normalisation committee to oversee running of El Salvador FA

August 15, 2022
Arewa Paradigm Shift has provided an explanation for why Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike disregarded Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal and instead invited All Progressives Congress founding father, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, to launch a project in Rivers State in early August.
Politics

Group: Why Aliyu Wamakko launched Nyesom Wike’s project

August 14, 2022
Flooding caused by torrential rains in Sudan has killed at least 52 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes, state media reported Saturday.
Africa

Floods kill 52 people in Sudan

August 13, 2022
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin pose for photographers prior to their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on August 12, 2022. (Photo by JEON HEON-KYUN - POOL - AFP)
World

UN chief expresses ‘clear commitment’ to North Korea denuclearisation

August 12, 2022
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom after a short vacation.
Politics

PDP national exco insists embattled national chairman won’t quit

August 12, 2022
The Governor of Ondo State, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has charged the state police command to take adequate measures to secure correctional centres across the state.
Nigeria

Rotimi Akeredolu: We can’t afford to be distracted by religion

August 10, 2022
Politics

2023: Bode George asks Iyorchia Ayu to quit as PDP chairman

August 10, 2022
Pan Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called on the national assembly to include the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, in the impeachment move by opposition members of the National Assembly.
Politics

Ohanaeze alleges plots to discredit South-East presidential candidates with complicity in insecurity

August 8, 2022
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has clarified that Kaduna State Government established Metropolitan Authorities so as to drive development closer to the people and bring government to their doorsteps.
Politics

Nasir El-Rufai: I can never join PDP

August 8, 2022
The US Department of the Treasury has added the Tornado Cash crypto mixer to a list of sanctioned organizations, barring all US citizens from interacting with it and requiring that US assets belonging to Tornado Cash be reported to the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Cryptocurrency

Money laundering: US Treasury bans Tornado Cash mixer

August 8, 2022
Workers in Nigeria’s Power Sector have issued a 14-day strike notice to the management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company, DisCo, over unremitted deducted pension their Pension Fund Administrators, PFAs, among others.
Energy

Kano DisCo gets 14-day strike notice over unremitted pension

August 8, 2022
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has denied reports that he mobilised Christian clergymen to the unveiling of his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, in Abuja on Wednesday.
Politics

2023: Bola Tinubu-Kashim Shettima pairing logical political calculation – Umar Ardo

August 7, 2022
The Ikechi Emenike faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC), could Saturday, not hold it’s planned rally in the Abia State capital, Umuahia, ostensibly as a result of the threat from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), warning against such gathering. (APC Nigeria)
Politics

APC: Muslim-Muslim ticket critics may scuttle power rotation to Southern Nigeria

August 7, 2022
MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos.
Nigeria

MURIC asks Amotekun to respect rights of arrested Northerners

August 7, 2022
The Chairman of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC), Col David Imuse (rtd), has said his party will capitalise on the disarray in the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take over power in the state.
Politics

APC chairman: Nigeria’s politics should have no place for religion

August 6, 2022
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