Tag: Ticket
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Man Utd release statement after Ratcliffe is questioned over rising ticket prices
Manchester United fans have put out an open letter to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, requesting an end to his controversial ticketing policy. Ratcliffe’s financial decisions, including redundancies and cutting popular staff roles, have left fans and former stars disgruntled.
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AFCON 2023: CAF ranks Nigeria fourth in ticket purchase
Nigeria has been ranked fourth position in terms of tickets purchased by participating countries ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. This was information was revealed by the Confederation of African Football, (CAF) on its official X account. Message reads “Ticket sales for Nigeria are among the top five on the continent,”.
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Qatar: 2.95m World Cup tickets already sold – FIFA
Nearly three million World Cup tickets have been sold, FIFA said Sunday, as the governing body’s president revealed the tournament had helped push revenues over the past four years to a record $7.5 billion. A FIFA spokesman told AFP that 2.95 million tickets had been sold up to Sunday’s opening day. The start of…
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Man Utd tickets rise to £2,500 ahead of Ronaldo return
Tickets for Manchester United’s next home game is a hot item. Fans have started the mad scramble for tickets to see Cristiano Ronaldo’s historic second United debut next weekend. The Portuguese superstar is set to make his Old Trafford homecoming on Saturday, September 11, when United host Steve Bruce’s Newcastle in a 3pm kick-off. Ronaldo’s…
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Kogi guber: ‘No second term ticket for Yahaya Bello’
Stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, asking that Governor Yahaya Bello should not be given a second term. The governor, they claimed, had received about N344billion in the last 38 months of his stewardship, without doing anything with the allocations. The governor is owing salaries, pensions and gratuities, they…
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EFCC clamps down on train ticket racketeers
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abuja Zonal Office, say they have arrested five suspected train ticket racketeers. The commission’s acting Spokesman, Mr Tony Orilade disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. He said that the suspects were Clement Zakka, Udim Samson, Adams Danladi, Otitomoni Omobolanle and Hassan Dauda. Orilade…
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A searchlight on the obnoxious taxi ticket in Abuja municipality
Abuja is the city of the moment. The melting pot of all impossibilities and cynosure of all eyes. The moment anybody steps into Abuja, you ‘ve that deep sense of equanimity across all spectrum. But Abuja is not all rosy. It is also hard and biting. Indeed an average Abuja inhabitant is caught in between…
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Muslim/Muslim ticket: Buhari helped me in choosing my running mate — El Rufai
Governor Nasir E’rufai of Kaduna has explained how he chose his running mate for the 2019 election. In his first public response to criticisms over the decision, Mr El Rufai said he benefitted from President Muhammad Buhari’s counsel in deciding the candidate. Mr El-Rufai last week named Hadiza Balarabe, the current Executive Secretary of the…
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2019: Atiku speaks on defecting from PDP if he loses ticket
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Thursday reiterated that he would not defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) anymore, even if he failed to secure the party’s presidential ticket. Atiku stated this in Minna while addressing party supporters at the PDP headquarters. He stated that he would support whoever becomes flag bearer of the…
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2019: APC adopts indirect primary for senatorial, governorship tickets
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted indirect primary for all elective positions apart from the presidential election. The decision was taken at the 6th national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja on Thursday. Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau state, told reporters that states may consider direct primary when the need rises.…