President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday, 11 July, 2023, charged members of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation to make the country proud by winning the World Scrabble Championship coming up in Las Vegas, United States of America. Akpabio, who is also the Grand Patron of the Federation gave the charge while playing host to members of the federation in his office. He also bid the National Scrabble team farewell to this year’s World English Scrabble Players Association (WESPAC) He charged them to do the country proud by repeating the feat of 2015 which saw them emerge the world champions.…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Manchester Football Club of England have suffered a blow in their pursuit of Victor Osimhen after Napoli President, Aurelio De Laurentiis, said he believes only Paris Saint Germaine (PSG) can afford to buy their talismanic striker, Victor Osimhen this summer. Napoli President said that only the riches of PSG will be enough to prize the 24-year-old away from the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona this summer. “The only club that could afford Victor Osimhen is Paris Saint-Germain,” De Laurentiis told Mediaset. “If Nasser Al Khelaifi [PSG president] wants to send in a bid around £170m, we wait and we see what…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike FIFA has sanctioned Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi Arabian club, Al-Nassr, because of an issue involving Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa. The world football governing body banned the club from registering any new signing going into the new Saudi Pro League. Al-Nassr have failed to pay Leicester City the money they owe them over Musa’s transfer. Recall thatMusa signed for the Saudi Arabian Pro League side in a €16.50m deal in 2018, shortly after impressing at the World Cup in Russia. While the Knights of Naja have paid the transfer fee, they are yet to pay the add-ons, despite…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Immediate past Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to integrate voters’ registers with the National Identification Number (NIN) database in order to maintain the integrity and transparency of the country’s elections, thegazellenews.com reports. Aregbesola said that by doing so, the era of underage voting and numerous registrations will come to an end. The former Osun State Governor made the remarks on Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 while presenting the lead paper, “Towards Free, Fair, and Credible Elections,” at the 7th International Conference of the Professional Statisticians Society of Nigeria (PSSN) at Nasarawa State…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja has said that intelligence gathering is a critical element to the success of military operations The Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday, 12 July, 2023, said the COAS stated this on Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 when the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani paid a visit to the Army Headquarters, Abuja. The COAS, who noted that the visit afforded the Nigerian Army (NA) the opportunity to receive feedback on the security situation in Kaduna state,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mr Emmanuel Damis, on Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 appeared before the Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal as subpoenaed witness and tendered Mr Peter Mbah’s qualifications. Damis, petitioner’s witness three, works at the Legal Drafting and Clearance Department, INEC headquarters, Abuja. The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal presided over by Justice M.K Akano is hearing the petition filed by Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party(LP) against Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Edeoga is praying the tribunal to disqualify Mba over the alleged NYSC certificate forgery. When the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Both Kano and Jigawa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have generated over N18.8 billion as revenue from January to June. The NCS Area Comptroller, Sambo Dangadima, made this known in an interview in Kano on Wednesday, 12 July, 2023. ”We have positioned our officers at strategic locations to deal decisively with all those involved in sharp practices and illegal businesses,” Dangadima said, adding that the area command has ordered officers deployed to border posts to intensify efforts in preventing any form of smuggling. He further stated that the area command has ordered officers deployed…
A Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday, 12 July, 2023, dismissed a suit filed by an aspirant in the All Progressives Congress’ governorship primaries in Kogi State, Senator Smart Adeyemi, against the emergence of the candidate of the party, Usman Ododo, saying it lacks merit. Delivering judgement in the suit marked “FHC/CS/556/2023 Smart Adeyemi v. APC & 2 Ors”, Justice J.K. Omotosho held that Adeyemi’s allegations were criminal in nature, as he alleged that elections did not hold and that the produced results were forged. He said the Applicant needed to prove the allegations of forgery,…
Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, convicted and sentenced Iyamu Odeh Richie, a 33 year-old fashion designer, and two others to jail for internet fraud.The two others are Ojo Destiny Osarobo and Honda Onoriode Meluin. The convicts’ journey to prison began following their arrest by operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged involvement in internet fraud.They were subsequently arraigned on separate one count charges bordering on unlawful possession of fraudulent documents and impersonation. The charge against Onoriode Meluin reads: “that you, Honda…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, July 11, 2023 arraigned Sa’adu Maiwada, Deputy Accountant General of Katsina State, alongside Sani Lawal BK before Justice M.S Abubakar of the Federal High Court Katsina on a two count charge of conspiracy and money laundering. Also arraigned along with the defendants is a company, Integrated Gas Services Limited, where the 1st defendant doubles as managing director. The defendant, in their capacity as then Sub-Treasurer and Deputy Sub-Treasurer in the office of Accountant General of Katsina State, allegedly colluded and diverted the sum of N261, 869. 824.00 (Two Hundred and Sixty-one Million, Eight…