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What’s scouting in football?

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares     WatchmanPost Sports                with            Christ Umosen What’s Scouting in Football? Scouting, according to its literal meaning is a world youth programme that focuses on outdoor activities and social development. This group is otherwise referred to as Scout Movement. However, scouting in…

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Ibaka Road notes

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse         By Soney Antai, Award-winning columnist          Ibaka Road notes Death, the ice-old bastard, again struck in Oroland. This time, it snatched away an officer and a gentleman, a titled chief and knight of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Eyo Inuekim, who worked with the Nigerian Customs and…

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Fulani herdsmen destroying farmlands in Bayelsa – Music star Timaya cries out

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Fulani herdsmen destroying farmlands in Bayelsa – Music star Timaya cries out The Frontier ′March 18, 20250 Minutes read0 •Timaya Afrobeats singer Inetimi Alfred Odon, popularly known as Timaya, has raised the alarm over the reported destruction of farmlands by Fulani herdsmen in his home state of Bayelsa. He called on the government…

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Musings about life

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse  By Soney Antai, award winning columnist             Musings about life The present is a reality, death a certainty, Life a swiftly passing possession. They who enjoy know what they are getting. The rest is dismissed as altogether in the air    –  R. A. Watson As a…

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Suspension from Senate – Natasha files contempt charge against Akpabio, ors  •As Akpabio says court can’t interfere in Senate affairs 

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Suspension from Senate – Natasha files contempt charge against Akpabio, ors •As Akpabio says court can’t interfere in Senate affairs Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has dragged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and others before an Abuja High Court for alleged contempt of court. Others defendants in the contempt charge, filed under Form 48…

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We will resist political plot to remove Akpabio from office – Itai Afe Annang

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesWe will resist political plot to remove Akpabio from office – Itai Afe Annang •Senator can’t sexually harass fellow Senator – Senator Ibokessien By Emmanuel Ntekim One of the foremost socio-cultural organisations in Akwa Ibom State, Itai Afe Annang, has vowed that the people of Annang nation shall resist any political plot to remove…

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ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Two months, two dictators A few days before last month ended, former President Mohammadu Buhari was quoted in the press as saying that Nigerians are difficult to lead: “Nigeria is a difficult country to govern, but most Nigerians are unaware. You will not understand the complexities of leadership and…

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Special Report – 19 February

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares      Special Report  How cost of fuel is affecting Nigerians Nigeria is the sixth largest exporter of petroleum in the world. As a result, a commodity that can easily define Nigeria’s economy is petrol. Thus, any change in the price of petrol can affect the nations micro and macroeconomic indices because crude…

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A’Ibom Veteran Journalists Get New Interim Exco

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares A’Ibom Veteran Journalists Get New Interim Exco The League of Veteran Journalists in Akwa Ibom State is currently being repositioned to engage more in the affairs of the state, and in mentoring young journalism professionals. To this end, the League has constituted a four-man Interim Executive Committee to pilot its affairs and chart…

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