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Man City Keep Faint Title Hopes Alive, Everton Draws

December 21, 2019 5:09 pm

Manchester City hit back to beat Leicester 3-1 as the champions kept alive their faint hopes of catching Premier League leaders Liverpool, while Carlo Ancelotti and Mikel Arteta got a glimpse of the problems that lie ahead as Everton and Arsenal shared a dreadful 0-0 draw on Saturday.

City have been left trailing in Liverpool’s wake this term and a defeat against second-placed Leicester would have been a fatal blow to their bid for a third successive title.

But goals from Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gundogan and Gabriel Jesus gave Pep Guardiola’s side a win that moved them within 11 points …

Bode George: Only God Knows Who Will Be Alive In 2023

November 28, 2019 8:57 am

Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) accountable for the promises made during the last election and stop directing their energies to the issue of 2023 presidency.

Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, George, who is the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland said solutions to problems of unemployment, hunger, insecurity and other challenges should be the focus of Nigerians and not the 2023 presidency.

According to him, it is absurd that Nigerians are dissipating energies on the issue …

Russia – Nigeria Relations Will Come Alive More – Buhari

October 24, 2019 1:57 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari says fresh energy will be injected into Nigeria-Russia relations to bolster an age-long relationship that has been mutually rewarding and promising.

The Presidential aide, Malam Garba Shehu, quoted Buhari as saying this at the second plenary of the Russia-Africa, where more than 40 leaders are participating, at Sochi, Russia, on Thursday.

The President called for a stronger partnership that is humane, inclusive and diversified.

Buhari said the initial warm and harmony enjoyed with the former USSR after Nigeria’s independence in 1960 should be revitalized, so that citizens of both countries could benefit from soci0-cultural, educational, technological and

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No Igbo boy burnt alive in Kaduna, it’s fake news – Police

August 15, 2019 12:14 am

The Kaduna State Police Command says news circulating on social media that an Igbo boy was burnt alive in Kaduna is absolutely false.The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ali Janga said in a press statement through the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo on Wednesday in Kaduna.

The statement said the fake news was published on Nairaland Forum, an online Media.

“The writer consciously avoided giving details of the location and name of people involved to paint his fictitious story.

“The command wishes to state that there was

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Leah Sharibu is alive, Lai Mohammed affirms

February 10, 2019 9:41 am

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as ‘absolute fake news’ the reports in the Social Media that the abducted Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, has died in captivity.

“It’s absolutely fake news. There is nothing like that,” the Minister said at a press briefing in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Sunday

He said the rumour of Miss Sharibu’s death, which surfaced just a few days to the presidential election, is another ploy by the political opposition to tarnish the image of the administration and exploit primordial sentiments ahead of the polls.

“I think it’s part of

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