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After an explosive encounter, Arsenal defeated Liverpool 5-4 on penalties to win 2020 Community Shield.
Arsenal beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties to win the 2020 FA Community Shield on Saturday, August 29.

Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has resumed payment of scholarships worth $5.9 million awarded to 197 beneficiaries since 2018.

Torrents of condolence messages are poured following th e untimely demise of actor “Black Panther’s Talisman Chadwick Boseman, who brought “Black Panther” to life with his charismatic intensity and regal performance.

A Nigerian lawyer and politician, Femi Fani-Kayode, is mere mortal. Like a human being, he is fitted with characteristics common to Negroid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid and other races. He breathes, talks, walks, hears, and eats while blood courses through his veins.

Political leaders in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom have been challenged to embrace development-oriented model of politics as the new normal, but shun divisive and parochial politicking.

The Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Akwa Ibom State Council has directed its members to boycott the press conference and other activities of a one-time Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode in the state.

The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State had conducted and concluded primaries for ward and local government congresses in the state. Subsequently, the party Thursday announced the chairmanship and councillorship candidates from the 31 local government areas of the state for the October 31 elections. A press release signed by Hon. Udo Ekpenyong, the state PDP Chairman said “At the conclusion of the state-wide nomination for Councillorship and Chairmanship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Akwa Ibom State, the State Working Committee of the Party has approved the following as the names of successful candidates to fly the…

As the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin continues to spark a wave of protests across United States of America, some frontline politicians have in unison spoken against the police brutality.

The long arm of the law has caught up with six suspected killers of a 22-year-old first year student of the University of Benin.
Miss Uwaila Omozuwa was allegedly brutally raped and fatally wounded while reading inside a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish on May 27, 2020.

A Nigerian, Akinwunmi Adesina, has been re-elected President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB.
Sources said the Board of Governors of the Bank re-elected Adesina being the only one standing for election.