Barcelona will face Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in this season’s UCL season. The encounter will see Polish striker, Robert Lewandowski return to face his former side which he left for the spanish side in the summer. Both teams are not unfamiliar opponents as they have met several times in the group phase with Bayern’s thumping of Barca 8-2 in the 2019/20 season most famous. The draw for the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League is taking place in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Troops of the 21 Armoured Brigade have destroyed a Boko Haram market in Bama Local Council of Borno State. They also invaded and destroyed another market, known as ‘Daula’ and killed six terrorists manning it. Counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, stated, yesterday, in Maiduguri: “Troops, in collaboration with the Civilian JTF, stormed an illegal market at Bararam village,” adding that the insurgents were trading in food items, including maize, beans, salt, seasoning cubes and used clothes. Other wares traded in the market comprise drugs and petrol. “Upon the sighting of troops, the terrorists opened rapid fire,”…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting has approved over ₦42 billion for the reconstruction of roads across five states in the insurgency-ravaged Northeast region. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the weekly hybrid FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Umar-Farouq, the four memoranda presented and approved by the Council are road construction and reconstruction for five States of the Northeast region namely Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe and Bauchi. “For Borno, we have 22.5 kilometre road that is to…
Some police officers have registered their displeasure over the Force Headquarters’ failure to pay their duty allowance for the coverage of the Osun governorship election, 38 days after the election. The officers who spoke, anonymously, to reporters in Osogbo, stated that about 140 officers from the State Investigation Bureau (SIB), 30 from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), and about 160 mobile police officers of MOPOL 39 had not been paid. One of the officers said, all other police officers deployed for the election coverage had received their allowances, including those deployed from outside the state. He said they made efforts to…
Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deputy governorship candidate in Lagos State is celebrating her 45th birthday today. The mother of two shared pictures of herself and expressed appreciation to God. The actress turned politician wished herself a happy birthday and prayed that God would never forsake her. She wrote: “OLUWASEUN!”“Happy birthday to you OLUFUNKE AKINDELE!!!”“The Lord will never forsake you in Jesus name!! AMEN!!”
Nigerian airline, Air Peace, has announced new regulations on baggage for its domestic and regional flights. In a flyer obtained by our correspondent, the airline noted that with effect from September 1, baggage allowance on domestic flights would be 15 kilogram for economy class while that of business class would be 30 kilogram. It added that N1000 per kg would be charged on baggage exceeding the specified weight, which would be paid at the airport. The flyer titled, ‘BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE UPDATE,’ read, “Effective from September 1, 2022, baggage allowance on domestic flights will be 15kg in Economy Class; 30kg in…
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu Aketi ,SAN, has reconstructed the Ondo State House of Assembly Complex after forty years of total neglect by successive governments. The entire complex was built by the first Executive Governor of the state, late Pa. Michael Ajasin. It was left in a sore-sight by past government before the Governor Akeredolu administration. The Governor, who paid an unscheduled visit to the Assembly complex on Tuesday, expressed satisfaction with the level of work done at the Hollowed chamber. He described the work done as the “reconstruction of the Hallowed chamber” adding that his administration has completely changed…
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has approved the constitution of Governing Councils for the Four Tertiary Institutions in the State. The move is aimed at consolidating the gains of his administration in the education sector and to further strengthen its development. Members of the Governing Councils for the four tertiary institutions are as follows: UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, ONDO (UNIMED) 1. Prof. Ayo Arowojolu-Pro-Chancellor/Chairman 2. Prof. Tolu Odugbemi 3. Chief Adetola Wewe 4. Dr. Adeluse Obe 5. Special adviser to the Governor on Health 6. Commissioner for Health 7. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology 8. Niyi Kukoyi,…
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Abuja branch, has said contrary to the claim by the federal government, the union did not receive N100 billion from the federal government. The union blamed the government for its ongoing strike, saying it frustrated all genuine efforts it had made to end the industrial action. The University of Abuja branch chairman, Dr Kassim Umaru, speaking Tuesday, during the union’s congress at the University’s Mini Campus in Gwagwalada,said “the congress deliberated on issues around the strike and vehemently rejected the offer presented by the federal government. Reacting to the reports that…
Six persons on Tuesday lost their lives in a fatal road accident which occurred in Ajue on the Ondo-Ore road in Ondo state. The accident occurred when the driver of a trailer coming from Ore Axis lost control of the wheels and veered off the road before ramming into a Nissan bus conveying ten passengers. The Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ore,Ondo state,Babafemi Alonge, who confirmed the accident, said six victims of the accident, who were inside the bus were said to have died on the spot. Alonge said those who lost…