Paris St Germain (PSG) scored three goals in a four-minute blitz in the second half to demolish 10-man Montpellier 4-0 on Friday to go three points clear at the top of the French Ligue 1. Kylian Mbappe bagged a double for his first goals of the year with Neymar...
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No fewer than 2,000 people across 20 local governments in Oyo State have benefitted from the empowerment programme organised by Sen. Teslim Folarin (APC-Oyo Central). The beneficiaries, who stormed Ilaji Hotels and Sports Resorts in Ibadan on Friday, went home with different equipment and items. The News Agency of...
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 52-year-old man, Usman Abdullahi, to three months Community Service for stealing two Infinix phones. Abdullahi, whose address was not provided, was sentenced on a one count charge of stealing.The Magistrate, Mr Dehinde Dipeolu, sentenced Abdullahi after he pleaded guilty of the...
The Police Command in Zamfara has allowed members of the Special Constabulary, recently recruited by the state government, to perform police duties, except handling arms and ammunition. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Superintendent of Police (SP) Muhammad Shehu, disclosed this in a statement he issued to...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi on Friday, announced the corps plan to introduce a digital driver’s licence that would guard against theft. Oyeyemi made the announcement in Abuja at the year’s first strategy session of zonal commanding officers and sector commanders on zero tolerance...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – In line with the Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) Cap P8 LFN 2011 (as amended), the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has urged all employers of labour in the state to file their Company’s Annual Tax Returns on or before the statutory deadline...
The Yobe government, on Friday, launched the Buni-Guban Trader Money Employment Scheme with the disbursement of N12 million to women and youth in Fune, Potiskum, Fika and Nengere local government areas of the state. Speaking at the occasion in Damagum, headquarters of Fune, the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Idi...
The Immediate Past Governor of Ebonyi, Chief Martin Elechi, has publicly congratulated his successor, Gov. David Umahi, for defecting to the All Progressive Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the duo severed relationship in 2014 when Umahi, who was Elechi’s deputy, did not receive his...
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is set to be sidelined for a “few weeks” because of a hernia operation, according to his club manager Brendan Rodgers on Friday. The England striker has scored 13 goals in all competitions this season and Rodgers described the operation as a “small corrective...
Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has picked up a hamstring injury that will keep him out for “between four and six weeks,” his manager Pep Guardiola confirmed on Friday. De Bruyne limped off with a complaint in Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Aston Villa and Guardiola said a scan has revealed...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange market capitalisation on Friday dropped further by N51 billion on sustained profit taking due to fear of rate adjustment by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The MPC of the Central Bank of Nigeria first meeting of year has been slated for Jan. 25 and Jan....
Kenya’s health ministry on Friday launched smart anti-epidemic robot technology to reduce exposure of health workers to COVID-19 patients under their care. Mutahi Kagwe, the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Health, said this during the launch of the robots in Nairobi. Kagwe said the robots would be deployed...
Some civil servants on grade level 12 and below in Jigawa, are yet to comply with the state government’s directive to resume work today, after it had lifted the work-from-home order, to curtail the spread of coronavirus, NAN check has revealed. The check conducted on Friday, in Dutse, showed...
James Imhanlahimi, the FCT cricket team coach, says he is optimistic of a good outing for his team in the National Under -17 Male North Central Qualifiers which begins on Saturday.Imhanlahimi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that he was optimistic because the team...
The Zambian government said on Friday that it will next month hold a virtual meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to negotiate an extended credit facility. The virtual meeting will be held from Feb. 1, to March 3, 2021. Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba said the meeting...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – In continuation of the on-going efforts to obliterate elements of Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) criminals from the North-eastern part of Nigeria, troops of Operation TURA TAKAIBANGO (a subsidiary Operation of Operation LAFIYA DOLE) have neutralized 5 Boko Haram Terrorists while...
Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Friday urged the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to help Lebanon in its fight against COVID-19, the National News Agency reported. Diab asked Guterres in a phone call to help Lebanon secure hospitals beds, medical equipment and ventilators, and support the country in...
Gov. Abdulahi Sule of Nasarawa State has raised an alarm over the regrouping of dislodged Boko Haram insurgents along the Benue/Nasarawa border, seeking urgent presidential intervention in checking their dastardly activities. Sule stated this when he briefed State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at...
A Kwara High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Friday sentenced a commercial driver, Adetunji Oluwasegun to two years imprison for a fraud amounting to N2 million. The Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Monday, Jan. 18, arraigned Oluwasegun on a one-count charge...
Some analysts have made projections on the trajectory of the nation’s economy in 2021, saying the year will be challenging but there will be light at the end of the tunnel. They spoke during an interactive zoom webinar by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce with theme, “ 2021 Economic...