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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediatesuspension from office of Barrister Hudu Ari, ResidentElectoral Commissioner (REC), of Adamawa State.This is pending the completion of investigation by theInspector General of Police on the conduct/actions of the RECduring the Supplementary election in Adamawa State.The directive was contained in a statement by the Director ofInformation for the office of the Secretary t...

One of the floodlights poles at the National Stadium SurulereLagos collapsed o after a downpour witnessed in themetropolis.A witness confirmed to newsmen that no injuries norcasualties were recorded as there was no vehicular norhuman traffic at the time of the incident.The incident is coming barely two weeks after the Minister ofYouth and Sports, Sunday Dare, was on an inspection visit tothe National Stadium to asse...

Cult war in Edo State has taken a drastic turn as two menhave been shot dead in Benin City.The renewed war started after a final-year student of theUniversity of Benin, simply known as Desmond, was killed byunknown gunmen.There has been a report of retaliation leading to somepersons being killed in various locations of the state.The state police public relations officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor,in an interview ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), PeterObi, has asked his supporters and all Nigerians to showrestraint, patriotism and remain calm in the face ofprovocation.In a series of tweets, the former governor of Anambra Stateasserted that recent events in the country, including politicaldevelopments in Adamawa state, underline the importance ofadhering to the rule of law.Obi added that as a patriotic Nige...

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Abuja after hiseight-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, wherehe also performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj).The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media andPublicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement.Shehu explained that the President arrived after nearly sevenhours for a four to five-hour Jeddah-Abuja flight due to theongoing situation in Sudan warra...

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The Nerazzurri did the hard work by winning 2-0 in Portugal in the first leg and then added to their commanding advantage to three goals when Nicolo Barella struck early at San Siro.Fredrik Aursnes headed Benfica a glimmer of hope shortly before half-time, before Lautaro Martinez and Joaquin Correa piled on the goals for Inter in the second half. By that stage, the tie was long over and even a late flurry of Benfica goals from Antonio Silva and Petar Musa in the closing stag...

Erling Haaland scored his 48th goal of the season after missing a penalty as Manchester City drew 1-1 at Bayern Munich to cruise into the semi-finals of the Champions League.Haaland was on target in a 3-0 first-leg victory that put City in control of the quarter-final and he struck again to open the scoring at Allianz Arena on Wednesday.The prolific striker had missed a spot-kick for the first time in two years in the first half, but he silenced the Bayern ...

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