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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson said on Monday players are being ignored as more matches are played during football season, ahead of the start of the extended Champions League this week. Liverpool head to AC Milan on Tuesday in the revamped competition, which includes an eight-game league phase and a possible two-legged play-off before the last 16. Earlier this month, global footballers’ union FIFPro called for safeguards to be introduced for players who already face excessive workloads amid a constantly growing calendar. “Sometimes nobody asks the players what they think about adding more games,” Alisson told reporters. “Maybe our opinion doesn’t matter,…
A man in Lagos has been detained by the police for allegedly killing his neighbor, Gloria, and her son over a dispute related to environmental sanitation in Lekki area. The incident occurred on September 15 around 10:50 pm. According to the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the suspect attempted to dispose of the bodies in a large sack, however, neighbors alerted the police at Elemoro division, leading to the suspect’s arrest and recovery of the bodies. The bodies have been deposited at the Epe General Hospital mortuary for autopsy and preservation, while Police detectives are currently investigating…
Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has stated his commitment to supporting Governor Douye Diri as he resumes his official duties after his two-week vacation. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Doubara Atasi, on Monday in Yenagoa, the state capital, Ewhrudjakpo said he was full of vitality for the task ahead while thanking God for His mercies and grace upon his life and family. He thanked Diri for the privilege and permission granted him to proceed on vacation and also thanked his staff, Bayelsans and Nigerians alike, for their support, prayers and best wishes while…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has officially announced her intention to seek a second four-year term as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The announcement was confirmed on Monday, September 16, 2024, by WTO spokesperson Ismaila Dieng. “We can confirm that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has officially announced her intention to seek a second term as Director-General of the WTO,” Dieng said in a statement. Okonjo-Iweala, who made history as the first woman and first African to lead the WTO, will pursue a second term when her current mandate expires in August 2025. Her decision was officially communicated to WTO chair and…
Hopes for a potential reduction in petrol prices following the anticipated supply from Dangote Refinery were dashed yesterday, as NNPC Limited released a new pricing template that raised pump prices by approximately N95 per litre nationwide. Petrol prices had already been increased by over 45 per cent about two weeks ago, in anticipation of the refinery’s output. However, after extended negotiations between the Federal Government and Dangote Refinery, NNPC Limited was designated as the sole off-taker of petrol from the refinery. Amid disagreement between NNPC and Dangote over the price of the product, a statement by Chief Corporate Communications Officer,…
people of Opobo nation, the home country of the incumbent governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, have tasked the governor to start taking all necessary steps to ensure that he is not stopped from contesting and returning to complete his second tenure in 2027. The governor’s kinsmen under the auspices of Opobo Progressive Movement, OPM, disclosed this yesterday in a statement in Port Harcourt by the President of the body, Amb. Freedom Owujie, in reaction to a statement by Ogoni and Oyigbo People’s Assembly, OOPA. OOPA during a conference in Tai Local Government Area of the state said that…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it will not yield to the call of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to redeploy the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Anugbum Onuoha. Statereporters recalls that Onuoha has been a subject of controversy over his relationship with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and Wike have not been in good terms after Wike supported his second term bid when he defected to the PDP. The Governor and the national leadership of the PDP have expressed fears that Onuoha would influence the election to…
Dangote Refinery has clarified that its recent sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) was conducted in U.S. dollars. The refinery’s spokesperson, Anthony Chiejina, in a statement released on Sunday, emphasized that their current stock of crude was procured in dollars, leading to a dollar-based transaction with NNPC Ltd. “We sold the products to NNPC Ltd. in dollars with a lot of savings against what they are currently importing,” the statement read. This revelation comes in response to NNPC’s claim that they purchased petrol from Dangote Refinery at…
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, says the failure of political parties and their candidates to sign the Peace Accord to shun electoral violence sends a wrong signal to Nigerians. He stated this Sunday in Benin City, during the Edo Election Security Townhall, a programme organised by Channels Television in partnership with the Kimpact Development Initiative and the UK International Development. Though 17 political parties are fielding candidates in the September 21, 2024, Governorship Election in Edo State like the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP), among others, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, recently wrote a diplomatic letter to the United Kingdom aviation handlers requesting landing slots for Air Peace, at the UK’s Choice airport in Heathrow. These requests sparked discussions in the industry, OLASUNKANMI AKINLOTAN x-rays the matter The media has been filled with reports about the protest letter written by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, to his British counterpart. The letter was written to lodge a formal complaint about the UK airport authority’s refusal to allow the Nigerian Air Peace to land at Heathrow Airport. In a letter dated…