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IGP: I’m Not Aware Of FBI’s Request For Extradition Of Abba Kyari The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has said he is not aware of any request for the extradition of Deputy Commissioner...✍️✍️

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The first Santii Annual festival of Mumuye nation earlier scheduled for sixteenth October this year has been suspended. Media and Publicity committee chairman Yunana Kinka disclosed this to kekenews reporter in Jalingo, Taraba state.

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A former minister of sports, Solomon Dalung, has tackled his successor, Sunday Dare, over his comments on the allegedly diverted bonuses and allowances of Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress. Dalung said the N1 billion had been approved by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and released since August 2019 for the basketballers’ bonuses. The former minister was reacting to a comment made by Sunday Dare that he was not the minister when the bonuses were owed. In a video uploaded on the official Facebook page of the Federal Ministry of Youth & Sports Development, Nigeria, the minister had said, “These are allowances that are owed since 2017 when I was not even the minister.” The minister also clarified that the fund was not diverted. The PUNCH  had reported that members of D’Tigress had expressed their anger in a viral video, claiming that they are being owed allowances and bonuses. The women’s basketballers also threatened to boycott future call-ups to r...

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football stakeholders, ex-internationals and fans have called for the sacking of the team’s coach, Gernot Rohr. The Eagles suffered a shock 1-0 defeat in Lagos to end their 100 per cent start to the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against a team who are rated 123rd in the world. Known for their wing play that had the likes of Finidi George, Tijani Babangida, Emmanuel Amuneke rated as some of the best wingers in the world, the present Eagles under Rohr looks strange to their fans with their uncoordinated display and undefined pattern of play. Under the Franco-German tactician, fans had been left bitterly disappointed, sad and angry. On June 10, 2017, thousands of fans at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo were stunned as South Africa beat Rohr’s Eagles 2-0 to claim a famous win in an AFCON qualifier, hence bringing an end to the Eagles dominance over the Bafana Bafana. It was the first time ever that the Eagles had lost to South Africa in a competitive fixture in close to three d...