Jose Peseiro named as new Super Eagles head coach with mandate to take over after Nations Cup

PORTUGUESE manager Jose Peseiro has been appointed as the new Super Eagles head coach by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) with  mandate to take charge of the team at the end of the African Cup of Nations in February.

 

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Governor Masari says local Katrina residents will now carry arms in a bid to combat banditry

GOVERNOR Aminu Masari has called on local residents in Katsina State to arm themselves and confront the bandits operating within their communities because security officials cannot tackle the growing  insecurity alone.

 

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Over 15,000 Nigerian nurses register to practise in the UK within the last five years

OVER 15,000 Nigerian nurses have obtained licences to practise in the UK within the five year period spanning from March 2017 to March 2021 making Nigeria the largest source of foreign nurses in the country after the Philippines and India.

 

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Would you not just love it if President Buhari declares 2022 the Nigerian Year of Agrobusiness in his New Years Day address

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Nigeria is estimated (we do not even have exact figures) to earn about $37bn a year from the sale of petroleum products. I for one have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that if we turned off the oil taps today, agriculture alone could generate that figure.

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Yoruba group Ilana Omo Oodua launches kidnapping mobile phone application called Pajawiri

YORUBA self-determination group Ilana Omo Oodua has launched a mobile application called Pajawiri designed to track kidnap victims and alert the authorities of any cases of abductions within Nigeria.

 

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10 famous quotes from Desmond Tutu

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[1] If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. For instance, if an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality

[2] My father always used to say Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument. Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right

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Police release Okorocha's son-in-law Uche Nwosu who was dramatically arrested yesterday

SECURITYMEN in Imo State have released former Governor Rochas Okorocha's son-in-law Uche Nwosu who was dramatically arrested while worshipping at St Peter’s Anglican Church at Eziama Obieri in Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state yesterday.

 

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Hundreds of Muslims attend multi-faith Christmas service in Kaduna in move to build religious tolerance

HUNDREDS of Muslims joined their Christian brethren in Kaduna for Christmas church services as part of a communal programme aimed at promoting peace and religious tolerance across northern Nigeria.

 

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Nigeria will go nowhere unless we break the Rasputin-like hold religious leaders have on the masses

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[1] One reason why there is so much ethnic and religious strife in Nigeria today is because cleric dominate the thinking of the masses kind of like Grigori Rasputin, the Russian mystic monk did in the early 20th century

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