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Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho scored to give Nigeria a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over South Africa on Wednesday after an Africa Cup of Nations semi-final thriller in Bouake. The match finished 1-1 after extra time and the three-time champions will face hosts Ivory Coast…

The National Population Commission, NPC, has said that birth certificates will not be issued to persons older than 18 years of age. The NPC State Director in Oyo State, Mr Akin Oyetunde, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. “The NPC is…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has banned the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets, small bottles of 200ml and below. The director-general of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, who stated this yesterday at a press briefing in…

A veteran actor and dramatist, Jimi Solanke, is dead. The folk singer, poet, and playwright died on Monday, just 59 days to his 82nd birthday. Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State confirmed the development in a statement. Born on July 4, 1942, in Ipara Remo,…

Fiery Enugu priest, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, on Sunday, tackled the President Bola Tinubu administration over the level of insecurity and hardship in Nigeria. Mbaka, who said there were many obstacles on Tinubu’s way to becoming the president, including the Naira redesign policy,…

President Bola Tinubu has been urged to investigate the “allegations that $3.4 billion loan obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is missing, diverted or unaccounted for.” The  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) which made the call in a statement on Sunday…

The pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Montessori School in Emure Ekiti kidnapped on January 29 have regained their freedom. The schoolchildren were released earlier on Sunday. However, the driver, who was also among the abductees, was killed and burnt by the…

A traditional ruler has been suspended in Oyo State for his alleged link with illegal miners, the state government has said. In a statement on Friday, the Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said the traditional ruler of Ido town…

The family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, otherwise known as MohBad, has visited the morgue where the corpse of its son is being kept since it was exhumed. This was contained in a statement sent to press on Thursday. The statement signed…