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After officially joining the Italian Serie A club U.S. Salernitana on Tuesday, Super Eagles vice-captain William Troost-Ekong says his age and experience will come in handy, as his target is to help the club survive relegation, BSNSports.com.ng has gathered....

As a way of boosting the quality of education in the state, the Rivers State Ministry of Education has given out study materials to the basic and senior secondary schools across the 23 local government areas of Rivers State.The Commissioner for Education in Rivers State, Prof. Prince Chinedu Mmom while giving out the materials at government secondary school Rumuokwuta, warned that the materials should be distributed judiciously to the tea...

Members of the Rivers State Civil Society Organization are expected to stage a protest today in Port Harcourt over the lingering fuel crisis in the state.The chairman of the Rivers State Civil Society Organization, ENEFAA GEORGEWILL, said the protest was aimed at drawing the attention of the federal government to the sufferings of Nigerians.He said that in the rivers, people want the NNPC to explain the reas...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has assisted in the resettlement of 187 displaced families through the construction of 218 housing units in Malkohi New City, Adamawa State.Not less than 2.2 million people are faced with displacement following the escalation of violence in northeast Nigeria since 2014. The facility, which occupies 4.5 hectares of land and is equipped with boreholes, eight access points, and solar-powered lighting, is ...

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Kenya’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has said his political coalition does not recognise William Ruto as the President of Kenya and declared the new Kenyan government as "illegitimate".Ruto defeated him in last August's poll, but Odinga  who appeared at Nairobi's Kamukunji Stadium along with his running mate Martha Karua, and other allies repeated claims that the results were manipulated. The 2022 election was Odinga&rs...

Edo State has continued to record a steady rise in the number of confirmed cases and fatalities from Lassa fever with the government calling for the cooperation and support of residents to stop the spread of the disease.Speaking to journalists in Benin City, the Edo State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akoria Obehi, said the state has recorded eight new cases of Lassa fever in the last 24 hours, with one new death.She said the new cases were recorded in...

Edo State Government has approved the sum of 1.509 billion naira for the payment of all outstanding pension arrears to the affected 1,559 local government pensioners for the period of 1986 to 2021. This is contained in a statement issued by permanent secretary and chairman, Local Government Pension Bureau, Washington Osaro in Benin City.The affected pensioners are requested to make themselves available to the Local Government Pension Bureau with their ...