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Full List of Ballon d’Or 2024 Winners

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Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí have been crowned 2024 Ballon d’Or best male and female footballers in the world in a memorable ceremony held in Paris. Rodri’s stellar performances for both club and country secured him the men’s Ballon d’Or, while Bonmatí retained the Ballon d’Or Féminin after leading Barcelona to an unprecedented quadruple and guiding Spain to further international success. Barcelona’s 16-year-old sensation, Lamine Yamal, claimed the Kopa Trophy, awarded to the world’s top Under-21 player. His remarkable season, punctuated by breakthrough performances for both club and Spain, positioned him…

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Alex Ikwechegh apologizes over Assault on Bolt Driver

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A member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Alex Ikwechegh, has expressed regret for assaulting a Bolt driver who came to deliver a package to him. In a public statement titled ‘A Statement of Regret and Commitment to Justice’, Ikwechegh apologized for his actions, which were captured in a viral video, and acknowledged the behavior as “unacceptable” for a public official. He has committed to cooperating with the ongoing police investigation and to addressing the situation through professional counseling. Ikwechegh stated, “As a public servant, I recognize the trust placed…

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Suspected drug dealers arrested in Lagos, N10m bribe rejected by NDLEA officers

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One Tsolaye Eburajolo has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, who turned down a N10 million bribe offered to them for his release. This comes as the operatives recovered 26,250,000 pills of tramadol and 508,400 bottles of codeine-based syrup, with a street value of N16,683,800,000, which were intercepted by NDLEA operatives during a 100% joint examination of watch-listed containers with personnel from the Customs Service and other security agencies at the Tincan Port in Lagos and the Port Harcourt Port, Onne, Rivers State, between October…

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SSANU, NASU shut down universities nationwide over unpaid wages

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The non-academic staff, under the aegis of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Allied Institutions, NASU have shut down Universities across the country, especially those owned by the Federal Government. The action followed the decision of the national leaders of the two unions to call their members out on indefinite industrial action, following the alleged failure of the government to pay them four months of their salaries withheld during the 2022 strike by university workers. According to figures from the National…

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Abia lawmaker faces investigation for alleged assault on Bolt driver

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A viral video showing Hon. Alex Ikwechegh, a lawmaker representing Aba North & South Federal Constituency, allegedly assaulting an Uber driver during a delivery at his residence in Maitam, Abuja, has drawn negative publicity for the politician, and he is currently under investigation by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. According to a trending video, the lawmaker slapped an e-hailing(Bolt) driver, Stephen Abuwatseya who requested the lawmaker to come and personally pick up his delivery and pay him his fees. In the video, the lawmaker repeatedly insisted that the request…

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Ogun teacher suspended after flogging student to death

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A secondary school teacher has been suspended by the Ogun State government, through the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, for allegedly to have beating and punishing an SS2 student, Monday Arijo of Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-emi to death. The incident led to the immediate arrest of the teacher, as the Principal of the school, Mrs. Tamrat Onaolapo was promptly queried for allowing corporal punishment to be used on the pupil against the established rules and regulations in the state. The principal was given 24 hours to explain her…

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Man arrested for stabbing 65-year-old aunt to death

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One Jonathan James, 31, in Bagadaza Quarters, Gombe State, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his 65-year-old aunt, Ramatu Musa, to death with a sharp knife. The leader of the patrol team from Pantami Division, Girema Yahaya, disclosed that the incident occurred in the night. “We received a distress call at 2:15 a.m. and immediately responded to the scene. Unfortunately, the victim succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Specialist Hospital in Gombe,” he said. According to a statement by the state Police Public Relations…

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Labourer remanded for killing wife

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A labourer, Sunday Emmanuel, has been remanded in prison custody by order of an Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly killing his wife Linda. It was gathered that the defendant was arrested by the men of the state police command, for allegedly committing the crime at Ogbeni Camp in Ofosu, Idanre Local Government Area of the state in October. After Emmanuel allegedly macheted the wife to death, he also allegedly attempted to kill his three-year-old son by macheting him. The defendant, who is a farm labourer was alleged to…

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Newly constructed Pedestrian bridge collapses in Lagos

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The newly constructed pedestrian bridge at Five Stars Bus Stop, inward Iyana-Isolo, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, area of Lagos, has partly collapsed in the early hours of Thursday. According to an eye-witness, the incident happened in the early hours at about 6.30 am. It took the prompt intervention of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, to save the situation. Upon arrival of LASEMA team, part of the pedestrian bridge had fallen with some portions shutting down half of the expressway. According to investigations conducted by the LASEMA, the incident was…

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Professor Humphrey Nwosu, Ex-NEC Chairman, dies at 83

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Professor Humphrey Nwosu, the former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, NEC, is dead. He died in a hospital in the United States, according to a reliable source. An official statement regarding his death is expected to be released soon. Born on October 2, 1941, Nwosu was appointed NEC Chairman by then Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, serving from 1989 to 1993. During his tenure, he conducted Nigeria’s historic June 12, 1993 election, widely regarded as the freest and fairest in the country’s history. The election saw Chief Moshood Abiola…

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