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The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 10, 2022, a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Muslims both at home and in the Diaspora for witnessing this year’s occasion. In a statement issued on Thursday, October 6, in Abuja and signed by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, the Minister “admonishes all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, patience, tolerance and perseverance which are deep spiritual virtues and which the Holy…

Anthony Joshua lost £3 million (N1.4 billion) worth of sponsorship money after he was overpowered by Oleksandr Usyk for the second time in one year. The 32-year-old British boxer lost his heavyweight title to Usyk when the pair fought in London last September. Joshua also suffered his second defeat in a row and third in the last four in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in August. Related news Again, Anthony Joshua loses heavyweight belts Rematch: Anthony Joshua will fight Oleksandr Usyk – confirms Eddie Hearn Anthony Joshua To Stake Four Titles In A Mega-Fight With Tyson Fury In June New financial records for Joshua’s company…

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday, failed to reach a compromise as advised by the Court of Appeal in attempt to end the eight-month-old strike. The Court of Appeal in Abuja had Wednesday asked the federal government and the ASUU to explore the option of an out-of-court settlement in resolving the ongoing strike. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. When the matter came up on Wednesday, one of the Justices on the…

More than 30 people, mostly women and children, fleeing terrorists’ attack in Birnin Wajje, Zamfara State, drowned on Wednesday when their two canoes capsized. Birnin Wajje is a riverine community two kilometers from the local government headquarters, Bukkuyum of Zamfara State. Residents of the community said when the terrorists invaded the village around 6 p.m. the victims fled the scene, losing their lives when two canoes they boarded capsized on Wednesday night, October 5, 2022. Related news Bandits Mow 13 Police Officers, Injure Others In Zamfara Boko Haram Sacks Borno Council As Zamfara Armed Youths Kill 9 Soldiers In Attack…

A former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday, withdrew an attempted murder suit filed against his estranged wife, Ms Precious Chikwendu. Prosecution counsel, John Ijagbemi, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja shortly after the matter was called for the defendants to take a plea. “The matter was slated for re-arraignment of the defendants today. However, we want to plead to your lordship for the withdrawal of the case,” he said. Ijagbemi informed the court that the FCT Commissioner of Police was in receipt of a letter from the nominal complainant (Fani-Kayode) about his intention…

Annie Ernaux has become the first French woman to win the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. Giving her the award on Thursday, October 6, the Swedish Academy said Ernaux, 82, “consistently and from different angles examines a life marked by strong disparities regarding gender, language and class.” “She has previously said that writing is a political act, opening our eyes to social inequality. “And for this purpose she uses language as ‘a knife’, as she calls it, to tear apart the veils of imagination,” the academy said. Related news Another African writer wins the Nobel prize in literature 4 win…

The state Chairman of Land Use and Allocation Committee, Peter Esuh, has bemoaned the exclusion of Tom Shot Island, fishing settlements and other villages by what he calls ‘distorted’ 2003 official map of Akwa Ibom State. Esuh, Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, University of Uyo, specifically blamed loss of Bakassi Peninsula to Cross River State and subsequently to Cameroon on the redrawn map for excising it out of the state. The Professor recalled that the state map was okay until the government re-designed it in 2003 that left Bakassi at the mercy of the late General Sani Abacha,…

Terrorists on Wednesday released the 23 remaining victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack more than six months they were taken hostage. Terrorists bombed the train on March 28 and killed an undisclosed number of its passengers before whisking dozens of others into an unknown destination. While the government worked to rescue the hostages, it suspended the train services, which it took loans to build. Related news Abuja-Kaduna train: Seven more abductees regain freedom Train attack: Singer Kuti upbraids Amaechi over apathy to Victims Buhari Mourns Army Chief General Attahiru, Other Military Officers The terrorists had released a few of the…

Pastor Umo Eno of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Bassey Albert of Young Progressives Party (YPP), and Senator John Akpanudoedehe of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNDP), are some Akwa Ibom governorship candidates in the INEC’s list for the 2023 general elections. Of the 17 governorship candidates in Akwa Ibom, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has technically excluded All Progressives Party (APC) governorship candidate, Obong Akan Udofia, apparently due to ongoing litigation meant for ruling on Thursday, October 6. In INEC portal published on Tuesday, Emem Samuel Coffie of Accord Party (A), Eyo Eyo Ekong of Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Ezekiel…

Davido, the award-winning Nigerian singer, and Chioma Rowland, his baby mama, have been seen having fun together at a club. In a video shared by Cubana Chief priest via his Instagram page on Friday, the ‘OBO’ crooner could be seen sitting while Chioma had her hands around his neck. “I dey very sure say my sister @thechefchi, go born another pikin next year for @davido. #Vision 2023, Assurance 2:0. As e dey sweet us, e dey pain them, my sister too fine,” Cubana captioned the video in Pidgin. Related news: Birthday: Davido Celebrates Chioma, His Estranged Friend The duo have been in the…