Tag: newsletter
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Victor Osimhen turns down Napoli move
Lille star Victor Osimhen has turned down the chance to join Napoli and he’s awaiting an offer from the Premier League, according to Football Italia. The Super Eagles striker was in Italy last week to visit Napoli’s management and inspect the club’s facilities, but he is said to be declining their €50 million offer. The…
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Delta State: Again, Okowa revises 2020 budget, states why
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday sent a revised 2020 appropriation bill of N282 billion to the State Assembly for approval. The letter accompanying the proposed budget made up of N152.4 billion Recurrent Expenditure and N127 billion Capital Expenditure, was read by the Speaker, Sheriff Oborevwori, during plenary in Asaba. Okowa recalled that the…
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FCTA threatens to shut GTB over COVID-19 protocol violation
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has threatened to seal some Guarantee Trust Bank branches in Abuja for non-adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols in their operations. Chairman of the FCTA Enforcement Team on COVID-19, Mr Ikharo Attah, issued the warning to the management of the bank at Area 3 during a monitoring exercise on Tuesday…
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Pastor confesses to raping daughter, getting her pregnant thrice
A 44-year-old pastor at Ogo Oluwa Parish of the Christ Apostolic Church in Owode-Egbado, Ogun, has been arrested by the police for raping his own biological daughter. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abeokuta. According to Oyeyemi, the pastor was arrested…
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Chelsea in pole position to sign €100m Kai Havertz
Premier League side Chelsea are in pole position to sign Bayer Leverkusen star Kai Havertz. According to Goal, a number of rival suitors were put off by the €100 million (£90m/$112m) price tag being placed on him this summer. The effects of the coronavirus pandemic on club finances across the European football landscape means few…
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Transfer: Guardiola responds to City-Messi links
Pep Guardiola has reiterated his desire to see Lionel Messi remain at Barcelona, with the Manchester City boss refusing to be drawn on speculation suggesting that he could be reunited with the Argentine in England. Speculation regarding a move away from Camp Nou for a six-time Ballon d’Or winner has surfaced again over recent weeks.…
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I did not give Shehu Sani bribe, witness tells court
Alhaji Sani Dauda, a prosecution witness, on Tuesday, denied giving Sen. Shehu Sani bribe. Dauda made this known in a Federal High Court,Abuja, while being cross-examined in the ongoing trial of Sani over alleged bribery and advanced fee fraud, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) slammed a two-count charge on Sani bordering on name-dropping,…
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Ex-Army General demands N8.1bn compensation from Lagos govt
A former General in the Nigerian Army, Alhaji Abdul-Rauf Tijjani, on Tuesday, sued the Lagos Government and seven others at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged injustice meted out to him by officials of the state government. Tijjani, who filed the suit with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/690/2020 before Justice Inyang Ekwo, challenged the alleged sabotage of…
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Reps set to investigagte NNPC, NLNG over illegal $1.05bn withdrawals
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged illegal withdrawal of funds from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited amounting to $1.05bn by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion moved by the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, at the plenary on Tuesday, entitled ‘Need to Investigate the…
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Editor cries to Sanwo-Olu over Customs boss, Omonile take over of land
…says one Agabi a stripped chief is behind his ordeal …begs Lagos AG to intervene to save his property from land grabbers …warns that if nothing is done now, this could lead to breakdown of law The Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of South South International magazine and former President of the League of Maritime Editors and…