Tottenham striker Harry Kane believes everything is falling into place for them to mount a title challenge. Spurs are top of the league after another impressive win, this time against Arsenal in the North London Derby. Goals from Heung-Min Son and Kane in the first half won the game for Spurs, as Arsenal were toothless throughout the second period. “We’re feeling good, both at an age now where we’re coming into our prime in understanding the game and each other,” Kane told reporters post-game. “It was a great assist from Sonny, nice to see it go in. He’s then cutting…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is set to commission the newly constructed Lagos-Ibadan rail line by January 2021. Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, disclosed this last week in Abuja during the inauguration of the recently elected members of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA). Amaechi said Buhari was a committed reformer determined to change the face of transportation in the country. CIoTA President, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, while welcoming the minister, disclosed that the transport sector was moving into a new era of professionalism that was set to usher in excellence across the various modes. Amaechi said…
Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has suspended Anthony Agbazuere, his Chief of Staff (CoS). A video of Agbazuere spraying money on Odumeje, the ‘Indaboski’, is currently trending online. Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has suspended Anthony Agbazuere, his Chief of Staff (CoS). A video of Agbazuere spraying money on Odumeje, the ‘Indaboski’, is currently trending online. In a short statement on Sunday, Chris Ezem, secretary to the state government, announced that the CoS has been suspended immediately. “Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the immediate suspension from office of the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr ACB…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has explained why lecturers are yet to call off their eight-month-old strike. Its leadership said the Federal Government has neither implemented nor fulfilled any of the offers it made to ASUU. For instance, the union explained that the salaries of its members withheld by the government have not been paid despite the latest offer from the government negotiating team. The government, in its latest offers to ASUU leadership, pledged to pay N40 billion as Earned Allowance and N30 billion for the revitalisation of the university system, bringing the total payment to N70 billion. The…
The chief adviser for United States (U.S.) efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine, Moncef Slaoui, said yesterday he planned to meet with President-elect Joe Biden this week to discuss the programme before the expected first round of vaccinations in the country later this month. Slaoui, chief adviser to the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed initiative, said he has not yet met with Biden, who last week criticised the Trump administration’s vaccine distribution plan. “We really look forward to it because actually things have been really very appropriately planned,” Slaoui said in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Biden said…
THE legal fireworks over the result of the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State won by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu will begin tomorrow at the Governorships Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, the state capital. The candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Eyitayo Jegede had filed a petitioned against Akeredolu, who was declared winner of the October 10, 2020 Election by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at the tribunal headed by Justice Umar Abubakar. Justice Abubakar would lead two other judges to hear the petition filed by Jegede as from tomorrow, December 8. Election Tribunals are established pursuant…
Thirty prominent professional bodies under the aegis of the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) yesterday urged the federal government to immediately overhaul the country’s security apparatus, saying the situation had largely deteriorated in recent months. APBN, which comprises Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), among others, also urged the government to consider state policing as an option. Speaking with journalists in Abuja yesterday, APBN’s President and Chairman of its Board, Akin Oyegbola, asked the government to urgently and decisively curb the worsening insecurity of…
Sporadic gunshots are presently been fired in the Oba Adesida road axis of the Ondo state capital city, Akure, Nigeriancablenewsonline.com has reliably gathered. The cause of the gunshots is still yet to be confirmed at Press time. It was however gathered that a fight early ensued between some non-indigene traders and indigene. While reports also has it that sodiers have been deployed to restore law and Order in the area, commuters are advised to take alternative route from the city centre.
The authorisation to use the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech now clears the way for the deployment of a vaccine that’s expected to play a significant role in the global effort to cub the coronavirus. With the virus infecting more than 64 million people and cutting over 1.5 million lives short, the UK is set to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week. For the third day in a row, the US saw a record number of cases, with nearly 230,000 new infections on Saturday, according to Johns Hopkins University. As race to end the pandemic heats up,…
NEWS Lawan flags off third phase free animal vaccination in Yobe North 26 minutes ago 100 views Lawan flags off third phase free animal vaccination in Yobe North President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has flagged off the third phase of a free animal vaccination in his Yobe North Senatorial District. The programme is organized to offer treatment and veterinary care to domesticated animals such as horses, donkeys, cattle against Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia (CBPP). CBPP is a contagious disease that attacks the lungs and thoracic cavity causing fever and rapid respiration, cough and nasal discharges in domestic animals. Livestocks…