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There are confusions over the report on passing on of the Asagba of Asaba, Obi (Prof.) Chike Edozien. The Palace on Thursday, said the revered traditional ruler was only hospitalized and not dead. Curiously, prominent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, have been commiserating with the monarch’s family and Delta state following the reported death of the first class traditional ruler ...
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February, 2024
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9 February
FRSC Officer, Ogunrinde for burial today
Today is the burial, lowering into the grave, to be left all alone, of Adebowale Emmanuel Ogunrinde.Sources said he died after a brief illness on Sunday, February 4,2024. By noon, today February, 9,2024 Ogunrinde one of the fans of YOUNEWS would have been committed to mother Earth. He was an officer with Federal Road Safety A Corps. He began working ...
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8 February
AFCON:Ivory Coast, Nigeria coast to final
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will battle the Elephants of Ivory Coast in the final of the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Abidjan on Sunday. Sebastien Haller was the hero with the only goal of the game as hosts Ivory Coast beat the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 to win through to the final on Wednesday. Starting for the ...
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8 February
Nwabali emerges hero of Nigeria vs South African match
Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali emerged the hero of the match after saving two of the South African’s penalty kicks. Kelechi Iheanacho scored the last penalty. Ola Aina was the only Nigerian who missed his kick. The Wednesday match, at Stade Bouaké in Bouaké, Cote d’Ivoire, saw both sides give good account of themselves. The first goal of the match was scored ...
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8 February
Nollywood Actress, Ethel Ekpe is dead !
Nigerian film anctress, Ethel Ekpe, who played the role of Segi in Basi and Company, a sitcom that ran on Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) from 1986 to 1990, has died. The University of Calabar graduate reportedly died of cancer on Monday. With her death Nollywood and the Creative sector have lost another veteran Actress She was a cast of Ken ...
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8 February
Five take aways from from Nigeria vs S/Africa game
Nigeria have progressed to the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, after seeing off South Africa via penalties on Wednesday. Two second-half goals ensured the two teams were level after 90 minutes and extra time. However, the Super Eagles were able to keep their nerves and win 4-2 during the penalty shoot-out. What are the five things we ...
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8 February
Sports journalist, Kayode Tijani is dead
Kayode Tijani known and described as Sports Encyclopedia extraordinaire, the man with one of the richest sports library in Nigeria is dead. YOUNEWS understand that he had been battling ill heath for some times.His wife, and children have been by his side throughout the tough last few years. He passed on Wednesday, 7 February, 2024 at the Lagos University Teaching ...
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8 February
Redeemer’s University graduates (LL.B.) kick as Law School refuses them
Two years after graduation, Law graduates at Redeemer’s University (RUN) in Osun State are yet to be admitted to Law Schools. And now the students are up in arms, claiming they cannot take it any longer. Though the School is claiming accreditation for Law, graduates of its Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) programme are complaining that they cannot go to law ...
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8 February
Forex crisis: EFCC targets dollar racketeers with 7,000-man task force
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government has come up with another strategy to curb naira free fall against Dollar. As part of running from pillar to post, to reduce the pressure on the naira, the presidency has instructed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to raised a 7,000-man special task force across its 14 zonal commands to clamp down on dollar ...
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8 February
CBN gov, Cardoso, x-rays causes of Naira falls, pinpoints Solutions
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, who appeared before the House of Representatives on Tuesday, disclosed that Nigerians spent $98bn in 10 years on foreign education, healthcare and personal travels, which had impacted the naira. He spoke against the backdrop of the central bank’s battle to stabilise the exchange rate amid dollar shortage. Cardoso argued that ...
