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Nigerian Drug Lord Arrested In Colombia 2 min read

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Nigerian Drug Lord Arrested In Colombia

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  Colombian authorities in collaboration with the FBI, have arrested a Nigerian national, Joseph Chinedu Okparaejesi, alias Alen, said to be a suspected transnational drug... Read More

Minister Blames Lawmakers For Proliferation Of Universities 2 min read

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Minister Blames Lawmakers For Proliferation Of Universities

ovanews 4 months ago

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has attributed the proliferation of universities to mounting pressure from lawmakers. Alausa spoke at the third edition of... Read More

Army Kills Kidnappers, Arrests Gunrunners In Plateau, Kaduna 2 min read

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Army Kills Kidnappers, Arrests Gunrunners In Plateau, Kaduna

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The Media Information Officer for Operation SAFE HAVEN (OSPH), Major Samson Zhakom, said on Thursday that troops of Operation LAFIYAN JAMA’A have killed two kidnappers... Read More

Streamer Peller under fire for calling Runtown ‘up-and-coming artist’ 1 min read

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Streamer Peller under fire for calling Runtown ‘up-and-coming artist’

ovanews 4 months ago

Popular TikToker Peller has come under heavy fire on social media for referring to Nigerian Afrobeats star Runtown as an “up-and-coming artist.” During a recent... Read More

Trump Threatens 200% Sanctions On European Wines Amid Tariff War 2 min read

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Trump Threatens 200% Sanctions On European Wines Amid Tariff War

ovanews 4 months ago

The U.S. President, KeyBanc, has threatened to impose 200 per cent tariffs on wines and alcoholic products from European countries. In a post on his... Read More

Carabao Cup final: ‘It’ll end 2-0’ – Neville, Keane predicts Liverpool vs Newcastle 1 min read

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Carabao Cup final: ‘It’ll end 2-0’ – Neville, Keane predicts Liverpool vs Newcastle

ovanews 4 months ago

Former Premier League stars turned pundits, Gary Neville and Roy Keane, have predicted the score of the Carabao Cup final between Liverpool and Newcastle. Liverpool... Read More

Champions League: UEFA releases statement on Alvarez’s controversial penalty against Real Madrid 2 min read

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Champions League: UEFA releases statement on Alvarez’s controversial penalty against Real Madrid

ovanews 4 months ago

UEFA have released an official statement, to address the controversial penalty decision, that went against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday night. The... Read More

FG Plans $1bn Venture Fund To Scale Up Leather Industry 2 min read

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FG Plans $1bn Venture Fund To Scale Up Leather Industry

ovanews 4 months ago

The Steering Committee on the Strategic Implementation Plan of the Leather and Leather Products Policy, alongside the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Institute... Read More

Lagos court orders public apology over cultural misrepresentation in ‘Gangs of Lagos’ 2 min read

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Lagos court orders public apology over cultural misrepresentation in ‘Gangs of Lagos’

ovanews 4 months ago

A Lagos State High Court has ruled in favour of the Isale-Eko Descendants Union (IEDU) in its lawsuit against Amazon Web Services Nigeria and the... Read More

Senior Abia Police Officer Dies While Eating Beans With Colleagues 1 min read

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Senior Abia Police Officer Dies While Eating Beans With Colleagues

ovanews 4 months ago

A senior officer of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), DSP Kenneth Ndu, slumped and died on Thursday while eating beans and plantains with colleagues at... Read More

Adenola Emerges Oyo Police Commissioner One Year Before Retirement 2 min read

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Adenola Emerges Oyo Police Commissioner One Year Before Retirement

ovanews 4 months ago

With just a year to the mandatory retirement age of 60 years, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Agbetokun, has appointed Johnson Adenola as... Read More

‘Porn sites’ ban will affect many Nigerians’ – Comedian IGoSave 1 min read

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‘Porn sites’ ban will affect many Nigerians’ – Comedian IGoSave

ovanews 4 months ago

Stand-up comedian IGoSave has strongly condemned the House of Representatives’ directive to the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, the telecoms regulator, to block access to all... Read More

Blackout In Rivers, Bayelsa As Four Towers On Owerri-Ahoada 132kV Line Collapse 2 min read

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Blackout In Rivers, Bayelsa As Four Towers On Owerri-Ahoada 132kV Line Collapse

ovanews 4 months ago

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Thursday announced that four towers along the Owerri-Ahoada 132kV Double Circuit line have been vandalised. The affected towers,... Read More

Rising Afrobeats star Rybeena explains why he named himself after popular soft drink 2 min read

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Rising Afrobeats star Rybeena explains why he named himself after popular soft drink

ovanews 4 months ago

Rybeena is one of the rising stars whose music is adding much-needed diversity to Nigerian street pop. The singer first made waves from his hit... Read More

FA Cup: I know they’ll turn up – Paul Merson predicts Liverpool vs Newcastle 2 min read

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FA Cup: I know they’ll turn up – Paul Merson predicts Liverpool vs Newcastle

ovanews 4 months ago

Former Arsenal man Paul Merson has predicted the outcome of the Carabao Cup final clash between Liverpool and Newcastle United. Making his prediction, according to... Read More

Europa League: Amorim adds two players to Man Utd squad ahead of Sociedad second leg 1 min read

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Europa League: Amorim adds two players to Man Utd squad ahead of Sociedad second leg

ovanews 4 months ago

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has added Tyler Fredricson and James Scanlon to their Europa League squad ahead of Thursday’s last-16 second leg against Real... Read More

Law Mandating Govt Officials To Prioritize Local Airlines For Official Trips Coming-Keyamo 3 min read

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Law Mandating Govt Officials To Prioritize Local Airlines For Official Trips Coming-Keyamo

ovanews 4 months ago

A new law that would mandate government officials to prioritise local airlines for official trips would soon be sent to the National Assembly for legislative... Read More

2027: Orji Kalu Dismisses Presidential Ambition, Declares Support For Tinubu 2 min read

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2027: Orji Kalu Dismisses Presidential Ambition, Declares Support For Tinubu

ovanews 4 months ago

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on South East Development Commission (SEDC) and representative of Abia North has dismissed speculations about his... Read More

Tinubu Allocates N40bn For National Library Completion 2 min read

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Tinubu Allocates N40bn For National Library Completion

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President Bola Tinubu has committed N40bn to complete the abandoned National Library project to support academic and research needs in the country. Minister of Education,... Read More

Benin: Driver Flees, 2-Year-Old Killed As Bus Rams Into Pedestrians 2 min read

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Benin: Driver Flees, 2-Year-Old Killed As Bus Rams Into Pedestrians

ovanews 4 months ago

A tragic accident on Wednesday evening claimed the life of a two-year-old girl after a Vannette bus rammed into pedestrians at the Ring Road area... Read More

EPL: They look lost, scared – Rooney wants 15 players out of Man United, names only 2 to stay 1 min read

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EPL: They look lost, scared – Rooney wants 15 players out of Man United, names only 2 to stay

ovanews 4 months ago

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has urged the Red Devils to offload at least 10-15 players from the club. The former striker is of the... Read More

Employees Arraigned For N18m Alleged Medical Tools Theft 1 min read

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Employees Arraigned For N18m Alleged Medical Tools Theft

ovanews 4 months ago

An aesthetician, Godwin Ezer, and a receptionist, Kelechi Adibe, were on Thursday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing medical and surgical... Read More

TETFund: Universities To Get N2.8bn Each, Polytechnics N1.9bn, Colleges N2.1bn In 2025 3 min read

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TETFund: Universities To Get N2.8bn Each, Polytechnics N1.9bn, Colleges N2.1bn In 2025

ovanews 4 months ago

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced its 2025 disbursement guidelines, allocating billions of naira to universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education. The Executive... Read More

Lagos Task Force Impounds 79 Commercial Motorcycles For Violating Highway Ban 1 min read

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Lagos Task Force Impounds 79 Commercial Motorcycles For Violating Highway Ban

ovanews 4 months ago

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit has impounded 79 commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, for violating the ban on plying restricted... Read More

World’s Richest Woman, Walton Loses $6.2bn In 24 Hours 2 min read

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World’s Richest Woman, Walton Loses $6.2bn In 24 Hours

ovanews 4 months ago

Alice Walton, the world’s richest woman, along with her brothers Jim and Rob Walton, saw their combined net worth decline by $6.2bn in a single... Read More