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200,000 Npower Beneficiaries To Be Engaged As Financial Service Operator
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200,000 Npower Beneficiaries To Be Engaged As Financial Service Operator

With the N-EXIT plan package, at least 200,000 exited Npower beneficiaries will be engaged as financial services operators under a Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility (SANEF) scheme controlled by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Over 30,000 Npower volunteers have already been engaged as geospatial experts and enumerators in the Economic Sustainability Plan’s Mass Agric programs such as the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/Agriculture for Food and Job Plan (FMARD AFJP) and the Project for Agricultural Co-ordination and Executive (PACE), while other Npower volunteers are given the alternative of benefiting from the GEEP micro-enterprise loans. In line with the N-Power exit strategy master plan, at least 200,000 exited Npower volunteers will be enrolled on a program know...
Skull Miming: Timaya Reacts Over The High Rate Of Ritual In Ogun
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Skull Miming: Timaya Reacts Over The High Rate Of Ritual In Ogun

Popular Nigerian singer, Timaya, has urged Nigerians to be wary of the evil in the society as even their best friends could use them for money rituals. Timaya was reacting to reports of teenage boys slaughtering a girlfriend and burning her head for money ritual in Ogun State. It was earlier reported on Saturday that there was pandemonium in Oke Aregba area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, after teenage boys were caught burning the head of a girl, said to be in a relationship with one of them, for money ritual. Soliu was said to have lured the girl to his room, where he held her down and asked one of his friends to slaughter her with a knife. Reacting to the sad incident, Timaya wrote in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Saturday evening: “17 years old boys doing money ritual?? Inn...
Olympics, Paralympics 2022: Buhari Wishes Nigerian Athletes Success
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Olympics, Paralympics 2022: Buhari Wishes Nigerian Athletes Success

President Muhammadu Buhari has wished Nigerian contingents to the 2022 Olympics and Paralympics success. The message was contained in a statement signed by the special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina. The statement reads: On behalf of all Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari wishes Nigerian athletes participating in the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games success at the competition. President Buhari trusts that Nigerian athletes participating in different events will excel at the competition, surpassing the previous record in PyeongChang, South Korea, in 2018, when the nation competed for the first time. Recognising that the Olympic Games is a platform for closer friendship and cooperation between countries, the Nigerian leader sincerely hopes that al...
Okoye, Iwobi Receive Death Threats After Eagles AFCON Exit
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Okoye, Iwobi Receive Death Threats After Eagles AFCON Exit

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye and midfielder, Alex Iwobi, were subjected to cyberbullying by fans, including death threats, after Nigeria’s exit from the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon on Sunday following a 1-0 defeat to Tunisia. Youssef Msakni scored the only goal of the encounter with a strike from 25 yards out to fire Tunisia to the last eight and break Nigerian hearts. Some fans felt Okoye should have saved Msakni’s effort, while Iwobi was sent off for a foul after just six minutes on the pitch for what was deemed to be a dangerous tackle. Iwobi had been sent into the game in the 59th minute for Kelechi Iheanacho to help change the complexity of the game, but his sending off further piled pressure on the midfield and the defence. An Instagram user @Cliffo...
NYSC DG Seeks FG Approval For Trust Fund
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NYSC DG Seeks FG Approval For Trust Fund

The Director-General of National Youth Service Corp, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has appealed to the Federal Government to approve the establishment of the NYSC Trust Fund for the benefit of corps members. The Bill on the proposed Trust Fund has passed the second reading at the House of Representatives, Abuja. The DG, according to a statement issued by the NYSC Deputy Director (Press and Public Relations), Emeka Mgbemena, stated these in Abuja on Sunday while on a Live programme, ‘Journalists’ Hangout’ on TVC. He said the Trust Fund, if actualized, would help to reinvigorate the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme. Read Also: Romantic Soldier, Corper Met Three Years Before NYSC Camp – Family Ibrahim said it would also empower more corps membe...
Nigerians Mock Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye
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Nigerians Mock Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye

The Super Eagles of Nigeria suffered a 0-1 loss to the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia on Sunday, January 23, 2022, and are out of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The only goal of the game came in the 47th minute through Youssef Msakni. Nigerians took to Twitter after the game to express their disappointment with goalkeeper Maduka Okoye. According to most of the opinions, Okoye should have prevented the ball from going in. The general agreement was that the goalkeeper was at fault and should have done better. Okoye has received a lot of praises from Nigerian ladies on social media for his looks at the AFCON. The Sparta Rotterdam man was mocked by some Nigerian football fans for focusing on his appearance rather than sharpening his...
Tunisia Defeat Nigeria in AFCON R16 Berth
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Tunisia Defeat Nigeria in AFCON R16 Berth

Tunisia, on Sunday, eliminated Nigeria from the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The match ended in a 0-0 draw at half-time after both Nigeria and Tunisia failed to score. However, a second-half goal from Yossef Msakni ensured Tunisia qualified for the AFCON last-8. Alex Iwobi was shown a red card during the encounter in Cameroon as the Super Eagles failed to equalize after 90 minutes. Recall that the Super Eagles had won all their group stage games against Egypt, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau. Source: Daily Post
AFCON: Tunisia Head Coach, 12 Players Contract COVID-19
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AFCON: Tunisia Head Coach, 12 Players Contract COVID-19

Ahead of the round of 16 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) clash with the Super Eagles, several Tunisian players and Mondher Kebaier, the head coach, have tested positive for COVID-19. Kebaier was absent during the pre-match press conference on Saturday at the media centre of the Roumdje Adjia Stadium, Garoua. Jalal Al-Qadri, Tunisia’s assistant coach, addressed journalists during the press conference. He said Wahbi Khazri, captain of the Carthage Eagles, and eleven others have contracted COVID-19 and will not be available for the game. The other eleven players are Aissa Laidouni, Dylan Bronn, Ghaylène Chaalali, Ellyes Skhiri, Anis Ben Slimane, Mohamed Romdhane, Ali Maâloul, Ben Hmida, Aymen Dahmen Yoann Touzgha and Issam Jebali. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Farouk Ben Mustapha is ...
IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members
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IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Alleged Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members Of Pro-Biafra Group. The group also blamed the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma for the recent abductions and gruesome killing of traditional rulers in the state The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied that any of its members are cannibals following the recent arrest of alleged cannibals said to members of the pro-Biafra group and its militia wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN). The group also blamed the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma for the recent abductions and gruesome killing of traditional rulers in the state. It disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, which was made available to SaharaReporters on Tuesday. The statement read, “Following the in...
Detained Female Soldier Will Be Penalised For Accepting Corper’s Proposal – Army
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Detained Female Soldier Will Be Penalised For Accepting Corper’s Proposal – Army

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said an unnamed female soldier who got romantically entangled with a male corps member at the National Youth Service Corps Orientation Camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, will be penalised for violating military rules and regulations. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in an interview The PUNCH on Sunday, said the female officer violated military laws by getting involved in a public display of amorous relationship with a paramilitary trainee – a corps member. Video clips showing a male corps member proposing to a female soldier at the Kwara NYSC camp hit the internet days ago eliciting pleasant reactions from many social media users. One of the video clips apparently recorded on the camp’s parade ground showed the yet-t...