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Marcus Rashford crashes and ruins his £700k Rolls Royce but emerges 'uninjured' after colliding with a traffic island following Manchester United's win over Burnley Marcus Rashford was involved in a serious car crash after returning from Manchester United's 1-0 victory over Burnley on Saturday evening. The England international was inside his £700,000 Rolls Royce andContinue reading "Manchester United Star, Marcus Rashford Involved In Car Crash While Driving £700,000 Rolls Royce"

"Over 14 Local Government Areas out of the 27 in Imo State have been overrun by insecurity and killings, with death becoming a normal way of life. Unfortunately, the government of Imo State seems more interested in reelection than finding solutions to this dire situation."The Labour Party has condemned the killing of security agents inContinue reading "Over 14 Local Governments In Imo Overrun By Killings; Don’t Be Clueless, Take Action – Labour Party Slams Governor Uzodinma"

An argument between locals and herders has reportedly claimed the life of one person while a pastor in charge of a Baptist Church has been badly injured in Nasarawa state.The unfortunate incident occurred on Monday morning at Boher village, under the Ningo/Boher electoral ward of Akwanga Local Government Area of the state, Daily Trust reports.The account ofContinue reading "One Person Dead, Baptist Pastor Injured As Farmers, Herders Clash In Nasarawa State"

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has stated that it intends to use the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode to conduct its examinations.Mr Patrick Areghan, WAEC's Head of National Office (HNO), hinted to something in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday.Areghan indicated that using CBT to administer some of the council's assessmentsContinue reading "West African Exams Body, WAEC Set To Introduce Computer-Based Test Mode For WASSCE"

There was pandemonium on Saturday immediately after the commencement of the opening ceremony of the 7th National Youth Games (NYG) in Asaba, the Delta State capital.The pandemonium followed the sudden collapse of a gate to the main bowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on a middle-aged woman said to be one of the athletes.Continue reading "BREAKING: Gate Collapses On Female Athlete At Opening Of 7th Nigerian Youth Games In Delta State"

The President Bola Tinubu administration has approved the implementation of 35% and 23% of salary increment for Staff of all Federal Tertiary Institutions. And also The FG will pay arrears from 1st January 2023. This is contained in a letter from the office of the Auditor General of the Federation with Ref. NO: OAuGF/Sw/C/QP/1395/VOL.1/II TheContinue reading "FG INCREASES SALARIES OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS’ STAFF BY 35 PERCENT"

Following government’s refusal to accede to the demands of the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC ), the congress has announced that it will go on an indefinite nationwide strike. The strike was officially announced on Friday by Benson Upah, the NLC’s Director of Information and Public Affairs. The union, which had emnarked on a two-dayContinue reading "NLC DECLARES INDEFINITE NATIONWIDE STRIKE, SAYS FG FAILED TO MEET DEMANDS"

The Nigeria Police Force on Saturday confirmed that its operatives have arrested and detained a Nigerian woman, Peace Ekom Robert, saying she is wanted for fraudulent activities.The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated this in a release, adding that the woman would be charged to court at the end of police investigations. SaharaReporters hadContinue reading "Nigerian Police Arrest, Detain Woman Who Sued Inspector-General, Others For Breaching Her Fundamental Rights"

The Nigerian Army has rescued six abducted female students of the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State. It was not clear if there were more students kidnapped by terrorists from their hostels on Friday morning. TVCNews reports that the kidnapped students were rescued by Operation Hadarin Daji of the Nigerian Army. It was learned that someContinue reading "Nigerian Army Rescues 6 Abducted Female Students Of Federal University Gusau"

The tricycle rider in Kano State, Auwalu Salisu, who returned missing N15million to the owner has been asked by the Kano State Matchmaking Marriage Association, better known as Mai Dalilin, to select four out of the 10 women that would be presented to him for marriage.Salisu went viral on the internet after returning the sumContinue reading "Kano State Government Offers Tricycle Rider Four Women To Marry For Returning Lost N15million"