Zinedine Zidane has resigned as Real Madrid manager with immediate effect, according to media reports, just days after the club were beaten to the La Liga title by Atletico Madrid. The Frenchman’s reported departure comes at the end of a disappointing campaign for the 13-time European champions, who also lost to Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals as they failed to win a trophy for the first time in 11 seasons. Italian football journalist Fabrizio Romano broke what he called “exclusive” news in a tweet which was picked up by Spanish sports outlets including Madrid sports dailies Marca and AS,…
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Lagos State Government has announced that the Eko Bridge from Costain to Alaka in bound National Stadium will be partially closed for 10 weeks for emergency repairs by Federal Government. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, who made this known in a press statement, said the closure will take place from June 4 to August 13. Oladeinde explained that the repair was necessary to complete the rehabilitation works at the opposite side of the bridge earlier embarked upon by the Federal Government, hence the need for a notice of routes diversion. He said pending the commencement of the…
Facts, they say, are sacred. In this regard, the fact that the Kwara State Government feels the need to hire ghost-writers to do its black-ops opinion pieces on the immediate-past President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, points to the fact that they are terrified about the moves he has been making, both at home in Kwara State and across the nation, as the Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee (PDP NRSC). You see, it’s easy to twist facts, muddy up dates, and create alternate narratives. Additionally, it is a lot easier to…
Nigerian Army troops of Operation Hadin Kai have raised a suspected Boko Haram logistics stockpiles at Kurkareta town in Yobe State on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. The operation was successfully carried out by the troops in conjunction with local vigilantes. The raid was however undertaken following a credible intelligence that some members of the community were suppliers of fuel and other products to the insurgents. News of the successful operation was made known in a press release on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima. Meanwhile, items recovered by the troops…
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday declared that the ban on open grazing would benefit all the stakeholders in the livestock business value chain when the operation begins. The ban on open grazing which has been a controversial issue in the country recently was among the resolutions made by the Southern Governors’ Forum, at a meeting held in Asaba, Delta State. Akeredolu, who insisted that the ban on open grazing had come to stay, disclosed that the legislative process was ongoing at the State House of Assembly, to make it a law. The governor stated this at…
The President, African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said that the bank invested $96m in its Higher Education and Science and Technology project. Adesina said this while delivering acceptance speech after receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) conferred on him by the Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. A statement issued on Monday said that the award was in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science, research and academic leadership; reforms and thought leadership as well as significant contributions to Africa’s social and economic development. The bank’s HEST project focused on three major areas which were supporting centres of…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has faulted the reaction of Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President Muhammadu Buhari on the open grazing by the southern Governors’ forum. The Governor in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties, Doyin Odebowale warned Mr Garba Shehu and his cohorts to desist from hurling insults at the elected representatives of the people. He added that the President’s aide lacks the authority to make policy statements for the Federal Government, unless directed, expressly. The statement reads,”Mr Garba Shehu just released a press statement purporting to represent the position of President…
The sudden death on Friday of the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, has thrown up controversy over who becomes the next army chief. Mr Attahiru and 10 other military officers died in a military plane mishap in Kaduna. Going by history, the appointment of the chief of army staff is influenced by both political and military considerations. However It is the prerogative of the president to decide using information at his disposal. Information has it that the ability to fight bandits, insurgency and terrorism effectively would be a key political and military consideration of the president. Since the…
The Presidency has described Southern Governors Forum’s recent ban on open grazing as an action of questionable legality, accusing the Governors of politicking with a serious security issues and an attempt at show of power. The Presidency’s position was contained in a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. It insisted the Governors’ action during the recent meeting in Asaba, Delta state is a violation of the constitutional right of Nigerians to live and do business in any part of the country, irrespective of such citizen’s state of origin. It recalled that…
There is no allocation for Constitution Review in the 2021 budget, The Nation has learnt Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the Review the 1999 Constitution, Ovie Omo-Agege, disclosed at a briefing in Abuja, on Monday. Omo-Agege the situation notwithstanding, the committee has sufficient funds to carry out the exercise, saying it was still operating its 2020 budget. He expressed optimism that funds would be voted for the exercise in the supplementary budget expected to be transmitted to the National Assembly in no distant time. The Committee has scheduled zonal public hearing in 12 states across the six geopolitical zones to…