Manchester United legend, Wayne Rooney has slammed Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe over his arrogant attitude towards his teammate and the Ballon d’Or holder, Lionel Messi. Rooney’s anger at Mbappe was revealed following the French forward’s unruly behaviour toward Neymar and Messi. The former England striker has criticised Mbappe for pushing Messi during the Ligue 1 match between PSG and Montpellier last weekend. The former Red Devil noted that he felt angry at the manner Mbappe, one of the stars in world football at the moment, behaved with Messi, who has currently won most Ballon d’Or. Last weekend, PSG…
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In continuation of their clearance operations in bandits and terrorist enclaves in Kaduna and other parts of the northwest zone, security operatives have rescued three people who were kidnapped by bandits along the Zaria-Kano road. The captives according to security sources were kidnapped from a neighbouring state and taken down to Kaduna by their abductors. According to the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the victims were rescued by troops conducting patrols around Ungwan Namama, along the Zaria-Kano road. He explained that the troops came in contact with the migrating bandits in the…
In continuation of their clearance operations in bandits and terrorist enclaves in Kaduna and other parts of the northwest zone, security operatives have rescued three people who were kidnapped by bandits along the Zaria-Kano road. The captives according to security sources were kidnapped from a neighbouring state and taken down to Kaduna by their abductors. According to the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the victims were rescued by troops conducting patrols around Ungwan Namama, along the Zaria-Kano road. He explained that the troops came in contact with the migrating bandits in the…
Naira has dropped to N683 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market, popularly called the black market. The figure represents a depreciation of N3 or 0.4 per cent from the N680 it traded last week. Bureaux De Change operators said there was still FX scarcity in the market. They put the buying price of the dollar at N678 and the selling price at N683, leaving a N5 profit margin. “Demand is still high, but we don’t have enough dollars,” a currency trader said. Last year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stopped…
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts is investigating the Federal Ministry of Agriculture over the award of contracts worth about N18.9bn to several companies to clear bushes during the COVID-19 lockdown. Chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke, made this known at an investigative hearing in Abuja on Tuesday. The lawmaker stated that the House was interested in finding out the location and significance of such projects. He disclosed that the committee had consequently invited the ministry and the companies involved. The invited firms were, however, conspicuously absent at the hearing without any reason for their non-appearance.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has revealed why some of the seven million eligible voters could not complete the Continuous Voter Registration. INEC recently disclosed that out of 10,487,972 Nigerians who carried out their pre-registration online, only 3,444,378 completed the process at a physical centre. INEC’s National Electoral Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, in a chat with our correspondent on Tuesday, explained that most of those who could not complete the registration were Nigerians in diaspora. Okoye, therefore, absolved the Commission of any wrong doing, saying the majority of the affected registrants could not…
Reactions have trailed the decision of the President, Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick’s decision not to contest for a third term in office. Pinnick, during an interview on Arise TV on Monday, stated that he won’t be running for a third term, despite calls from associates persuading him to continue in office. His second term is billed to lapse on September 20, having first assumed office in 2014. “Third term? No, no,” Pinnick replied when asked if he would be contesting again. “I’m fine and I’m telling you that there are so many Nigerians that are…
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have once again neutralised scores of terrorists after a fierce attack around the Galbi Forest in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. This is coming three days after same troops neutralised many of the terrorists in the area. According to a private security organisation, Eons Intelligence, via its verified Twitter handle on Tuesday, the terrorists were said to have returned to the same spot looking for the dead bodies of their fellow fighters earlier killed on Saturday by troops, when they suffered another defeat. The organisation wrote: “Troops of Operation Forest Sanity…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has targeted September 2022 to present the 2023 appropriation bill to the National Assembly. This was disclosed by the Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, on Monday in Abuja during training on budget preparation using the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System. The training was organised for more than 4,000 budget officers drawn from about nine hundred government ministries, departments and agencies nationwide. Akabueze, represented by the Budget Office Director of Expenditure (Socials), Fabian Ogbu, said the Buhari regime was determined to ensure consistent and timely preparation,…
Troops of Sector One, Operation Hadin Kai, have rescued another Chibok girl in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. The Chibok girl, identified as Aisha Grema, was rescued alongside her four-year-old child on Friday. The Nigeria Army disclosed this on its Twitter handle on Saturday. On Saturday, August 13, the Army also said three others, amongst whom was a 12-year-old child who was abducted since her infancy, were also rescued by troops of 242 Battalion. The tweet read, “The President, Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association, Mrs Salamatu Yahaya, on Saturday, August 13, 2022, donated relief materials and…