Powerplay pivotal as 2 forces collide in T20 World Cup final

 T20 World Cup final - The blistering pace of Pakistan's new-ball bowling attack take on England's blazing opening pair in a head-to-head battle that could well decide the T20 World Cup final. England's openers stormed to a ten-wicket win in Adelaide over India, with Alex Hales and Jos Buttler breaking records in their blitz.Buttler and Hales have set the tone with the bat, and boast the best average Powerplay in the tournament, an impressive...

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Troops kill 4 bandits, recover 3 rifles in Kaduna

  The Kaduna State Government said troops of Operation Thunder Strike (OPTS) have killed four bandits and recovered three rifles in Chikun Local Government Area of the state.The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna.Aruwan said: “Four bandits have been killed and several others injured in an ambush operation conducted by troops around Gwagwada, Chikun...

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Zulum Storms IDP Camp At Midnight, Discovers 650 ‘Ghost Households’

  Around midnight on Sunday, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum showed up at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies (MOGOCOLIS), in Maiduguri, where some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Abadam Local Government Area of Borno were being camped.Upon arrival, Zulum immediately sealed the entrance and supervised a headcount to identify actual IDPs, in order to put a stop to rampant cases of dubious residents pretending to be displaced.These...

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Yoruba Leaders Sponsoring Crisis In South-West Over 2023 Polls Won't End Well —Oluwo

  The Oluwo of Iwo town in Osun State, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi, has advised Fulani people not to live inside bushes but rather stay in the town, so that all of them could be known.Akanbi urged Fulani settlers to fish out the criminals among them in the interest of peaceful co-existence.The monarch, in a statement he posted on his Facebook page, on Sunday, alleged that all the hues and cries on the security challenge in the South-West region...

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Lagos college of medicine shuts down as students, staff contract COVID-19

  The Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) has shut down its campus after some students and officials tested positive for COVID-19.In a statement, the institution’s student union said the provost mandated every student to evacuate the hostel and isolate themselves at home for two weeks effective from Friday.The union said courses and examinations have been put on hold, adding that a communique containing modalities for school...

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Amotekun Dismisses Officer For Killing Young Man In Ibadan

  The Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, has dismissed one of its operatives, Kazeem Afolabi, for killing a young man in Ibadan.Afolabi was dismissed for killing Tosin Thomas at Mokola Roundabout area in the city on Wednesday.In a statement issued by the security network on Thursday, the state Commandant of Amotekun, Olayanju Olayinka, said the agency was alerted to a purported armed robbery operation at Total...

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2023: APC opens up on Tinubu’s chances of becoming presidential candidate

  The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, opened up on the chances of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, emerging as its presidential candidate in 2023.Ex-Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC, Yekini Nabena, said Tinubu’s chances are dependent on his alliances with party stakeholders from other zones in the country.Speaking with Dailypost, Nabena said: “I don’t know or tell how strong Tinubu’s...

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