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Sokoto United have announced a date for the resumption of training for the 2024-25 Nigeria National League season. The players are expected to resume training on Monday, October 14, for the new campaign. Sokoto United made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday. They have been grouped in Group D of the Northern Conference alongside Adamawa United, Wikki Tourists and Barau FC. Other teams in the group are Mailantarki Care, Mighty Jets, Gombe United, Ijele United and Zamfara United. The new NNL season will commence on Saturday, November 30. Sokoto United resume preparations for new NNL season

Rangers have set their sights on securing maximum points in the matchday 6 fixture against Sunshine Stars. The Flying Antelopes will lock horns with Sunshine Stars at the Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu-Ode on Saturday. Rangers have won 13 of their previous encounters against Sunshine Stars. The Owena Waves have won nine, with nine other outings ending in draws. “All eyes on the three points as we take on Sunshine Stars of Akure,” Rangers wrote on X. Rangers held Sunshine Stars to a 2-2 draw in the same fixture last season. Jonas Emmanuel and Godwin Obaje were on target for…

The Nigerian government has announced that a consortium of investors from South Korea has set up machinery to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed this on Tuesday at a summit organized by the Crude Oil Refinery-owners Association of Nigeria in Lagos. According to him, the refineries will be built across four locations in Nigeria, noting that the government has maintained an open environment to investors. “We encourage investors to build limited refineries by providing an open environment. A recent approval was granted to invite to Nigeria a…

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has written a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, against some senior legal practitioners, alleging conducts and actions unbecoming of high ranking lawyers. The petition was filed against Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, P. I. N. Ikwueto, SAN, and Victor Agunzi, Esq. The APGA NWC wants the mentioned legal practitioners investigated and necessary actions taken against them by the LPDC. APGA NWC, in the petition signed by Muhyideen Imam, its National Secretary, highlighted that Ikpeazu and Ikwueto, and their partner, Agunzi representing Chief Victor Ike Oye, have flippantly…

Voting in started early in some areas in the Plateau State local government elections, even as there were delays in some other locations due to the late arrival of officials. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited some polling units at Kugiya, Bukuru Lowcost, Zang Commercial Secondary School, reports that as at 8: 45 a.m., officials of the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC), were yet to be seen in these areas. Officials at the Olusegun Obasanjo Model School, however, arrived at the time of filing this report. NAN reports that the intending voters were seen…

The State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the State government to as a matter of urgency, reach out to the Nigerian government and also through its relevant agencies intervene on the issue of erosion gullies ravaging various sections of the State. The Speaker , Emmanuel Emeruwa announced this during Plenary following a matter of urgent public importance brought before the House by the member representing Isuikwuato Constituency, Lucky Johnson about the collapse of the Akara – Isuikwuato road and destruction of properties around the Amaiyi axis which has cutting off those living along that area from…

The Nigerian Government has told citizens to seek permission before using the country’s national anthem. The Federal Government stated this through Lanre Issa-Onilu, the Director General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA. Issa-Onilu, in a statement released on Wednesday, October 8, said it is now compulsory to seek permission before the use of the Nigeria Anthem to avoid misinterpretation. However, he did not state in what context permission should be sought before the anthem could be used. “As custodians of Nigeria’s National Symbols, the NOA is tasked with preventing all forms of misuse. The DG emphasised that permission must be…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has again jerked up the pump price of the Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol to N1,030 per litre. The development was observed at NNPCL outlets in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Premium Times, the recent development came after the NNPCL decided to terminate its exclusive purchase agreement with Dangote Refinery. This means the NNPC will no longer be the sole off-taker, and marketers can now negotiate prices directly with Dangote Refinery. More to follow… BREAKING: Again, NNPCL increases fuel pump price

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has upheld the sack of Hon. Simon Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the House of Representatives by Election Petition Tribunal. The court also affirmed the declaration of Hon. Dennis Nnamdi Agbo of the Labour Party, LP, as the winner of the 3rd February, 2024 re-run election for Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency. The judgement was unanimously delivered by the three members of the panel and read out by the chairman of the panel Justice Ekanem. One of the Labour Party lawyers, Ifeanyi Ogenyi confirmed this in a post on Wednesday. “”Congratulations…

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Wednesday sacked his Special Assistant on Forestry (Central Senatorial District), Adeboye Taofiq Ewenla, over N30 million bribery allegation levelled against him. Aiyedatiwa, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, ordered that a probe be conducted into the allegations, adding that the sack takes immediate effect. Ewenla had in a leaked audio demanded the sum of N30 million from timber traders operating in the state with a threat that failure to pay the amount will lead to their banishment from the forest reserves. Infuriated by the demand of the governor’s…