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ACF denies endorsing Jonathan for 2023

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has denied endorsing former President Goodluck Jonathan, as its preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election. A chieftain of the ACF, Alhaji Musa Saidu said this when he spoke with the Newsmen in Abuja on…

Messi top athlete ahead of James, Ronaldo — Forbes

Football star Lionel Messi has been named by Forbes business magazine as world’s top-earning athlete for the second time. Messi reclaimed the honour from mixed martial arts fighter, Conor McGregor. The 34-year-old Argentine forward earned 130 million dollars in the…

Bandits kill 6 soldiers in Taraba

The soldiers of the 93 Battalion, Nigerian Army in Takum, Takum Local Government Area (LGA) of Taraba, have come under heavy banditry attack, leaving six dead, and one missing. DSP Abubakar Usman, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Taraba Command, who…

Man, 30, in court for alleged N45,000 theft

A 30-year-old man, Wasiu Mahammed, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly breaking into a workshop and stealing a block molder valued at N45,000. The Police Prosecution, Insp. E.O. Adaraloye, told the court that…