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How I became Super Eagles coach after Oliseh’s departure – Siasia Former Nigerian footballer and coach, Samson Siasia, has opened up about his experience as the head coach of the Super Eagles, taking over after the abrupt departure of Sunday Oliseh in 2016. In a podcast with ex-international Emmanuel Babayaro …

Man jailed nine months for assaulting Lagos official, crossing highway A mobile court in Oshodi has sentenced a man simply identified as Paul to nine months imprisonment for not using a pedestrian bridge and assaulting personnel of the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water …

Protesters barricade road over killings in Benue Indigenes of Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State trooped out Tuesday evening and blocked the Makurdi-Naka road to protest killings. About 26 people in three communities were killed in the council area by bandits suspected to be herdsmen. The Local Government …

Hoodlums attack Ekiti community, destroy valuables. There is tension in an Ekiti state border community, Eda Oniyo, the headquarters of the Ilejemeje Council area of Ekiti following the attack on the council secretariat and some residents, by armed hoodlums suspected to have come from a neighbouring town in Kwara.   The …

Organised labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has demanded N615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country.   Organised labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has demanded N615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country. An …

A huge fire broke out in Budapest XIV district late Monday night. The flame column reached a height of ten meters, the smoke could also be seen from Buda. After 10 p.m. on Monday, firefighters deployed to district XIV with great force. According to disaster management, railway sleepers burned on the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered N30 billion from the investigation of Betta Edu, suspended minister of humanitarian affairs. On January 8, President Bola Tinubu suspended Edu and directed the EFCC “to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transaction” involving her ministry. The …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, over abuse of naira, spraying of naira notes and currency mutilation.   Bobrisky, who has been embroiled in several controversies over the past weeks, was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday night, and has since …

The 28-year-old Labour MEP election candidate who made headlines last week for her controversial declaration that there are too many rangers trying to protect the environment is Minister Miriam Dalli’s advisor on environmental protection. Marija Sara Vella Gafà, Labour’s Gudja Mayor, was put on Miriam Dalli’s payroll as her person …

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said it was time to evaluate and clarify the security situation in the country following the arrest of a former Austrian intelligence officer on suspicion of spying for Russia. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Monday said he would convene the National Security Council to discuss security …