Gabriel Jesus marked his first Arsenal home game with a hat-trick as the Gunners ended pre-season with a 6-0 thrashing of Sevilla to lift the Emirates Cup. Four quickfire goals put the Gunners in cruise control within the first 19 minutes of the game, with Bukayo Saka and Jesus grabbing two each. The £45m signing had to wait until 12 minutes from time to complete his hat-trick, flicking home a loose ball as Sevilla tried to defend a corner. A late sixth came when Gabriel Martinelli teed up Eddie Nketiah for a tap-in following a quick counter-attack. The result…
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Sixty terrorists and over 120 suspected terrorists have been apprehended by the Joint Military Taskforce in the North-East named, “Operation Hadinkai” in their recent operations. Three more Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State in 2024, were also rescued by the Joint Military Taskforce. Major General Christopher Musa, the theatre Commander, disclosed this on Friday at a press briefing at its headquarters in Maiduguri. According to the theatre Commander, “What we intend to do as part of our kinetic and non-kinetic efforts is to deny them the ability to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, said that thugs did not cart away its voter enrollment machines in Surulere as been reported. It was reported on Friday, that thugs invaded INEC Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centre, situated at St. Bridget Catholic Church Ijesha, in Surulere, and catered away INEC enrollment machines. Reacting to the development, INEC’s Public Relations Officer in Lagos state, Mrs Adenike Oriowo told NAN that though the exercise was distrupted because of the surge, no machine was stolen. “There were issues in the said CVR centre but orderliness was restored and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the designation of Lekki Deep Seaport as a Customs Port and Approved Wharf. This is contained in the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday. It stated that the Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Kokoin, in a letter through the Ministry of Transportation, secured the approval for the port to be gazetted in line with extant laws. With the approval and level of preparedness, the port is set for berthing commercial vessels before year-end.
AKURE – Hundreds of alumni of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) are heading to Dallas, Texas, the USA, this weekend in what promises to be the largest ever single gathering of alumni of any Nigerian university. According to the organizers, about 720 old students of FUTA are expected at year’s grand reunion. After three virtual reunions and annual alumni get-together in 2020 and 2021, alumni of FUTA from across the world will gather in Dallas to celebrate the first in-person Reunion since 2018 this Weekend between 28 and 31 of July 2022. The organizers…
The Oyo State Government has declared Monday, August 1 a work-free day to mark the new Islamic calendar, 1st Muharam (Hijrah) 1444 AH. A circular signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, dated July 29, 2022 and communicated to heads of the legislature, Judiciary and various Ministries, Departments and Agencies announced this. The circular reads: “The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has declared Monday, 1st of August, 2022 as a work-free day in the state, to commemorate and celebrate the new Islamic Calendar Year of 1st Muharram (Hijrah) 1444 AH. …
Nigerian music star, singer Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, has apologized to the organizers of Headies Awards following his reckless comment on death threat. His apology comes days after he was disqualified from participating in the awards. Portable in a video post, stated, “Headies, make una no vex.” The Zazu crooner encouraged fans to vote, saying, “Okay, keep voting, keep voting. Headies Awards. Recall that Portable was earlier disqualified from the 15th edition of Headies Awards scheduled to hold this year. The organizers had stated that the singer was the founder of ‘One million Boys’, a…
Some thugs have invaded St. Bridget Catholic Church ljesha, Surulere Lagos, and carted away registration machines and disrupted officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission from registering people for the permanent voter card (PVC). As at the time of filing this report, the Parish Priest of the church this reportedly locked up the church while people who came out to get registered scampered for safety. A resident of the area who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that the thugs invaded the venue, saying they wouldn’t be allowed to register because they won’t vote for their (thugs) candidate. He claimed…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said there is a limit to what it can do to stop vote-buying during elections in the country. INEC Commissioner representing Niger, Kogi and Kwara states, Mohammed Sani Adam, said this in Minna, Niger State, while monitoring the ongoing voter registration exercise in the state. He said vote-buying is a national and sociological issue that jeopardises elections in Nigeria. “There are the anti-corruption agencies like the ICPC and the EFCC, and other security apparatus basically saddled with the responsibility of monitoring criminal activities; ours is to conduct elections, not monitor criminals.…
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday frowned at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, whom he accused of telling many lies during his (Atiku) recent interview with Arise TV. Wike made the remarks while speaking with newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport, vowed to speak his own truth in reaction to the stance taking by Atiku and his men. His words: said: ““I have decided to be quiet because PDP is a party I love so much. I have moved on to conclude my social contract with the people of Rivers. However, it…