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Real Madrid’s Marvin Olawale Akinlabi Park – who is of Nigerian origin – was on Tuesday handed his first senior start for the club as the Los Blancos defeated Getafe 2-0 in a Spanish La Liga match. Coach Zinedine Zidane named the 20-year-old born to a Nigerian father and a South Korean mother in the lineup as the multiple European ...
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February, 2021
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11 February
Amokachi confesses: I lied to play for Everton in 1995 FA Cup semi-final
Daniel Amokachi, former Super Eagles forward, has recounted how he told a lie to force himself into a match without his coach’s consent during the 1995 FA Cup semi-final clash between Everton and Tottenham. Everton had looked comfortable going 2-0 up, courtesy goals from Matt Jackson (35) and Graham Stuart (55) but a controversial penalty, which was converted by Jurgen ...
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11 February
Police Arrest Landlady’s Daughter For Beating Tenant to Death
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Ms Tina Essi, f, for the alleged murder of 49 year old Christian Akparie of No 26 Orijamogun Street, Oreyo, Ikorodu, Lagos. Police preliminary investigation revealed that on 31st January 2021, an argument, over the payment of Nepa Bill, ensued between the Landladys daughter, Ms Tina Essi and the deceased, both of ...
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11 February
BEWARE!.. False claim circulates online that NIMC has approved NIN self-registration
A Post circulating on WhatsApp claims that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has approved a website for online National Identification Number (NIN) self-registration. The NIMC is a Nigerian government agency that operates and regulates matters of national identity in the country. The post, retrieved from a WhatsApp group on February 8, 2021, asks people to avoid unnecessary crowd at ...
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11 February
Again, Emirates Airlines suspends flights from Nigeria
Emirates Airlines has suspended flights from Nigeria to Dubai for two weeks, until February 28 2021. It said travellers from both Abuja and Lagos would not be accepted for travel prior to the date, according to a statement issued by the airline on Wednesday. Also, the carrier warned that passengers who have been to or connected through Nigeria in the ...
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11 February
Ecobank allows money transfer through SMS, WhatsApp
Ecobank Nigeria has said its customers are now able to transfer funds by email, SMS and WhatsApp with the new features available on the bank’s mobile app. It said this in a statement on Wednesday titled ‘Ecobank Nigeria introduces money transfer Via SMS, WhatsApp’. The Head, Consumer Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, Olukorede Demola-Adenyi, said this was part of the bank’s innovation ...
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11 February
National Theatre to be Renovated for N21Billion – Lai Mohammed
“I sought and obtained an approval to execute a memorandum of understanding between the Federal Ministry of Information, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers Committee worth N21 billion for the renovation of the National Theatre Iganmu, Lagos. This is a landmark approval because it has paved the way for investment in the creative industry as part of ...
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11 February
Yahaya Bello confirms Fani-Kayode officially join APC
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. In a video shot during an APC event in Kogi and shared on Wednesday, Bello said the defection was one of his achievements as the head of the youth mobilisation committee for the party’s ...
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10 February
Man arrested for throwing sick baby into Lagoon !
Fatai Yussuf, has been remanded in a custodial centre in Lagos over alleged killing of his six-week-old daughter whom he threw into a lagoon because she was sick. The Chief Magistrate, P.E. Nwaka, gave the remand order at a Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday. Mr Yussuf is facing a count charge of murder, but his plea was not ...
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10 February
What you need to know on the markets this week: the future of Ethereum
The army of Reddit day traders appears to be moving on, having pumped up everything from cryptocurrencies, to tiny biotech stocks in the last week, now that their firing up of GameStop, AMC, Nokia and co seems to have mostly run its course. This coming week, we’ll be looking at the future of Ethereum , the pickup in consumer inflation ...
