Despite playing out the second half with 10 men, Wikki Tourist nicked a 2-1 win over Rangers International in a midweek fixture at the Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi, npfl.ng has reported. The Savannah Elephants were not in action in the last match day due to the fire that gutted their vehicle on their way to Dakkada and were condemned …

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Kano Pillars 1-0 win against Sunshine Stars saw them climb to the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) table on a day Enyimba let slip a chance to regain top spot after a late equalizer from Akwa United. According to npfl.ng Kano Pillars moved top of the log for the first time this season after edging Sunshine Stars …

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Substitutes Nnanna Stanley and Sadiq Lawan combined beautifully to help Adamawa United record their first win in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) 2020/2021 season, npfl.ng has reported. The match was played on Thursday at the Pantami Stadium Gombe, the adopted home of the Yola based club. Zakka Bello, the Manager of Adamawa United made four changes to the side …

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As the global community mobilizes resources towards addressing hunger and reducing diseases, the conversations in Nigeria and other developing countries must be all-inclusive and reflective of the situations that concern us so that meaningful progress can be made towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals. According to the Vice President, “I think that some of these issues are nuanced and we …

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Monday has called on Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello to launch an investigation into reports that his Chief Press Secretary, Ms Mary Noel-Barje, ordered the arrest of The PUNCH correspondent in the State, Mr. Adebayo Ayinde, and directed security men to bar him from Government House in the State for undisclosed reasons. In a …

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GE (NYSE: GE) (www.GE.com) has announced the appointment of Mohammed Mijindadi as President of GE Nigeria. In this role, Mohammed will focus on strengthening GE’s impact in Nigeria, building strong stakeholder relationships across Power, Healthcare, Aviation and Renewable Energy sectors, and supporting the businesses to develop and execute the market strategy. Mohammed brings over 20 years of deep domain experience as …

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today expressed “serious concern” over the rising spate of abduction of journalists, saying it was reaching “epidemic proportions’.  It called on the Government and security agencies to take immediate action to locate and rescue the latest victim, Ms Chidiebere Onye, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), who was kidnapped on February 9 in Rivers State. “By any …

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Ecobank Nigeria (“ENG” or “the Bank”) (www.Ecobank.com/ng), a wholly owned subsidiary of leading pan-African banking giant, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, announced that it has successfully priced its USD 300 million bond issuance maturing in February 2026, with settlement of the bond to take place on 16 February 2021. The fixed-rate, US dollar-denominated bond, …

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to order the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mr. Uche Uzodimma, brother to the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, and others involved in the criminal attack and brutalization of Mr. Precious Nwadike, editor of the Owerri-based newspaper, Community Watchdog. The organization called on the Police to thoroughly …

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