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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Folusewa Akinola |Ikponmwosa Odigie |Michael Ovienmhada |Teliat Sule
Reports from Libya indicate a wave of arrests and $500 fines imposed on Nigerian nationals, following a contentious ruling by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) that awarded Nigeria’s Super Eagles three points and three goals. The decision, made after Nigeria’s men’s team was detained for over 20 hours at Al-Abraq Airport, was issued by CAF’s disciplinary committee after a complaint from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Michael Ovienmhada |Teliat Sule |James Ogbomo
The Poultry Association of Nigeria has warned that the price of a crate of eggs may increase from N5,500 to N10,000 due to escalating costs of poultry feeds in the country. The association attributed the rising cost of eggs to the high cost of transportation as a result of the removal of fuel subsidy as well as indiscriminate increase in prices of feed by the millers. The Secretary of Chapter Musa Hakeem said this at a press briefing to commemorate World Egg Day on Saturday in Abuja.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Teliat Sule |Michael Ovienmhada |Bill Okonedo
…loans and advances hit N35trn…personnel expenses surge by 85%Amid a profit windfall occasioned by the humongous gains realised from forex, six deposit money banks in Nigeria have paid a total of N537.45 billion as tax to the Federal Government in the first three quarters of 2024.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Bill Okonedo |Michael Ovienmhada |Teliat Sule
…as dry season knocksNigeria’s dry season which typically lasts for five months (from November to March) is setting in, bringing with it concerns and prospects around food production, transportation and prices, in a year which has seen charges for both essentials rising astronomically and impacting cost of living.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Folusewa Akinola |James Ogbomo |Michael Ovienmhada
72-year-old promoter, Frank Warren has ruled out any possibility of Daniel Dubois fighting Anthony Joshua in his next match, hinting that there have been talks with other people regarding his next match so. In an interview with Box Nation Warren said, “I don’t see that happening next. So we’re looking at a couple of things at the moment so we’ll make a decision. I was hoping we could’ve done it fairly and quickly but we won’t.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Michael Ovienmhada |Teliat Sule |Bill Okonedo
Just as some people never learn a lesson from history, countries led by people like that easily fall into the trap of mediocrity. Take a country like Iran for example—here’s a country with unparalleled social, political and cultural history that could easily be a leader in the region, and a partner for progress with leading nations around the world. You may wear combat boots and carry a sword to do a revolution.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Princess Nzerem |Tobore Jerome |Benedicta Agbonrobosa |Michael Ovienmhada
Rena Wakama, the Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has been named the Best Female Basketball Coach at the Paris 2024 Olympics tournament.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Chuks Oluigbo |Teliat Sule |Michael Ovienmhada |Nigerian Byzantine politics
…Obaseki, PDP leaders meet, strategize ahead campaign flag-off…APC inaugurates campaign council, receives Shaibu, others…state govt petitions IGP over July 18 shooting incidentBarely two months to the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is leaving no stone unturned as it waxes confident that its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, and his running mate, Osarodion Ogie, will emerge victorious at the poll.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
nigerianobservernews.com | Lamai Cassius |Osaze Ogbomo |Michael Ovienmhada |Nigerian Byzantine politics
At least four persons have so far been confirmed dead while several others with various degrees of injuries are in hospital as a result of trees that fell in the popular Jattu Market in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State following a heavy downpour. An eyewitness account noted that a woman and her less than a year old child were among the victims of the unfortunate incident, saying the trees were completely pulled down as a result of the thunder storm.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
theabujainquirer.com | Michael Ovienmhada
By Michael O. OvienmhadaWe were ecstatic. We were joyful. We were expectant. Newspapers were emblazoned with huge headlines proclaiming a new dawn. A renowned Professor was in charge of the National Electoral Commission, (NEC). He dominated the airwaves with his dreams and plans for a new Nigeria. He called it Option A4. A man we had come to know as Maradona, like a colossus, had been center stage for 8 years. Power is an aphrodisiac.
