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He ordered the resolution of pending compensation issues and that the contractors go back to the sites within one week The Kano State Government has mandated the immediate release of funds to contractors for the completion of the stalled five-kilometer road projects across the state’s 44 local government areas. Governor Abba Yusuf made the disclosure […]

Premier League side, Arsenal, have completed the signing of seven academy graduates including a player of Nigerian descent Brian Okonkwo. Brian Okonkwo was born in London to Nigerian parents. He has played for the Gunners from the under-18 to the under-21 level. The 18-year-old goalkeeper is a brother to Nigerian-born British goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo who

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have found their competitors in the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers following a draw event held in South Africa on Thursday. Nigeria will face Benin Republic, Rwanda, and Libya in what promises to be a challenging Group D. The draw, which sets the stage for the road

The party insists that Ighodalo remains its candidate for the September 21, governorship election. The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for calm amid the annulment of its governorship primary election. Within Nigeria had reported earlier that the court voided the primary election because it didn’t satisfy the requirements for

The Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Organisation has clarified that the Federal High Court ruling on the party’s delegate election does not invalidate the primary election results that selected Dr. Asue Ighodalo and Osarodion Ogie as the party’s gubernatorial candidates. NATURENEX earlier reported that a Federal High Court in Abuja declared the Peoples

Afrobeats sensation, Ayodeji Balogun, known as Wizkid, is mourning the loss of his mother, Jane Morayo Balogun, on what would have been her birthday. NATURENEX recall that Wizkid’s mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun, passed away on August 18, 2023, in London. Reflecting on her posthumous birthday, Wizkid expressed deep sorrow and described his life as empty

A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) primary election, which resulted in Asue Ighodalo becoming the candidate for the upcoming Edo State governorship election, as invalid. NATURENEX reports that the primary, held on February 22, 2024, was voided because 378 delegates who were supposed to vote were unlawfully excluded

The management of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has indefinitely suspended the ongoing second-semester examinations. This decision followed the killing of Olaoye Fabiyi, a final-year student, allegedly by suspected cultists on Wednesday. Fabiyi was reportedly dragged out of the examination hall by unidentified men while writing his final papers. According to

A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Kenneth Okonkwo has claimed that ethnic bias is responsible for the prolonged detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Okonkwo insisted that there was nothing special about the agitator’s crime, adding that he has not done anything that other people from other

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has decried the issue of illegal admissions by some institutions which, it said, had remained a source of embarrassment to the country. NATURENEX reports that the JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made this known in a report published in the board’s bulletin in Abuja. He said the board uncovered 3,000

Bologna have rejected Arsenal’s transfer offer of €47 million for defender Riccardo Calafiori because their valuation of the 22-year-old Italian international who has also attracted Chelsea’s interest is 50 million euros, according to Corriere dello Sport. Manchester United are reportedly considering a big transfer offer for 29-year-old captain Bruno Fernandes, although the Portuguese midfielder is

His arrest followed a press conference held at the La Palm Hotel on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, where he announced that he was the new cook-a-thon record holder The police in Ghana have apprehended one Ebenezer Smith, a chef, for parading a fake Guinness World Record for marathon cooking. Smith, also known as Millennium Chef