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Nigeria, UK begin talks on security, defence partnership

Nigeria and the United Kingdom have commenced their first Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue. Ndidiamaka Eze, Press and Public Affairs Officer, British High Commission, announced the meeting in a statement. UK National Security Adviser, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, and his Nigerian…

Hoodlums set fire on Obasanjo’s farm in Benue

Some yet-to-be identified arsonists have razed down 2,420 hectares of farmland belonging to a former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo. It was learnt that the farmland called Orcha Farm, located at Howe community, near Aliade, in Gwer East Local Government Area…

Manchester United announce deal for Kovar

Manchester United have announced that goalkeeper, Matej Kovar, will spend the remainder of the 2021/22 season on loan at League One club, Burton Albion. Man United disclosed this in a statement via their website on Tuesday morning. “Matej Kovar will…

I can’t wait to leave office – Buhari

As President Muhammadu Buhari settles down to the last lap of his administration, which elapses on May 29, 2023, he has told a gathering of businessmen, civil society organisations and the media that he looks forward to when his tenure…

Unemployed man faces N1.4m theft charge

A 27-year-old unemployed man, Samuel Philip, who allegedly broke into the shops of three men and stole plumbing materials worth N1.4 million, was on Monday docked before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The defendant, whose residential address was not provided,…