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Man United Captain, Harry Maguire was given 72 hours to Quit the club or Three bombs would be detonated at his family home as he was sent ‘quit the club or die’ notice
Harry Maguire was reportedly threatened that his house would be bombed within 72 hours if he did not quit Manchester United in a horrific death threat. The England defender received a bomb threat to his home on Wednesday. The threat was reported to Cheshire Police, who conducted a sweep of the footballer’s home. Police sniffer dogs carried out urgent bomb searches at the Cheshire mansion he shares with fiancee Fern Hawkins and their two daughters, following the anonymous email sent to his agent. The security team around the Man United captain and England defender is also thought to have been beefed up. But The…
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NIN-SIM Registration: SERAP Sues Buhari Over Blocked Lines
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to order the unblocking of millions of telecommunication subscribers barred from making calls on their SIMs. This is coming two weeks after the group issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government to unblock millions of unregistered lines, following a recent directive for telecommunications companies to block outgoing calls on all unlinked lines, as the deadline for the verification expired on March 31. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/711/2022 filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP sought an order to set aside the directive…
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Everything Must Be Done To Win 2023 Elections, Wike Tells PDP Stakeholders
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must do everything to win the polls or risk extinction. Wike, whose tenure ends by next year, is one of the frontline presidential aspirants battling the clinch the PDP ticket. While addressing PDP stakeholders on Saturday in Akwa, the Anambra State capital, Wike said if the party cannot defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polls, it might go into extinction. “We have been in opposition since 2015. If we don’t win this election in 2023, you can as well…
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Tinubu, Umahi, Bala Mohammed, Others Attend First Lady’s Iftar Dinner
Some presidential aspirants are currently being hosted for Iftar dinner by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, at the Presidential Villa.The First Lady had sent an invitation to all presidential aspirants across all political parties, to the Ramadan IftarAt the time the event took off, All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State were among the presidential aspirants attending the event. Also present were: Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige; Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio; one-time…
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Extortion of intakes embarrassing to Government – Aregbesola
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said that reports of extortion of fresh intakes at training camps and institutes under the Ministry of Interior are becoming serious and embarrassing.He cautioned the culprits that such unprofessional and unethical behavior would not be tolerated by the government.Aregbesola issued the cautions at the start of the third and fourth quarter performance evaluation of the Ministry and its agencies/services at the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps headquarters in Sauka, Abuja.The Minister, who would not name the agencies extorting new applicants and intakes at their training camps, stated that the government would…
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Resign if you have Political Ambitions, Sanwo-Olu tells Aides, others
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, has ordered political appointees and civil workers who want to run for electoral office in 2023 to resign from their current positions According to a memo released by Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the Head of Service,appointees who want to be delegates to political parties’ primaries for elective posts in 2023 were also invited to provide their resignation letters to the Secretary of State Government Part of the memo reads: “It is hereby notified for general information, in line with the recently amended Electoral Act and provision of rule 040524 of the Lagos State Public Service…
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President Buhari approves reopening of four more land borders
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reopening of four more land borders. The borders are Idiroko in Ogun, Jibiya in Katsina, Kamba in Kebbi and Ikom in Cross River. The President had in 2019 ordered the closure of land borders as measures to curb the proliferation of illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products into Nigeria from neighbouring West African countries In 2020, the president ordered the reopening of borders in Seme in Lagos, Illela in Sokoto, Maigatari in Jigawa, and Mfum in Cross River. However in a memo released by the deputy comptroller-general of the NCS, E,…
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BREAKING: Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi buried
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi who died in the late hours of Friday has been laid to rest.Oba Adeyemi was buried in the ancient town of Oyo on Saturday.The remains of the Alaafin of Oyo has since been taken to his palace.
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State Police and Restructuring: Obasanjo had the opportunity to do something but he did not – Femi Adesina
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has reacted to a recent statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the establishment of state police to help curb the issue of insecurity bedevlling the country Speaking in an interview on Channels Television, Adesina accused Obasanjo of not doing anything on the issues of State Policing and restructuring during his tenure as President of the country following calls from Afenifere. The presidential spokesperson said; “Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has a right to hold a different opinion from what he held in the past but I recall that under him, restructuring of the federation was a…
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Sex tape: Lagos Govt orders reopening of Chrisland schools
The Lagos State Government has directed the reopening of all Chrisland Schools in the State.This comes after the schools were shut down on April 18, 2022, by the State Government over the controversies and outrage that followed the viral sex tape of minors who are pupils of the school.The controversies led to the suspension of the school by the state government.However, the Lagos State Commissioner of Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, in a statement explained that the reopening of the school was to ensure that other students were not denied access to learning while an investigation into the issue continued.The statement…
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Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi dies at 83
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Atanda Olayiwola Adeyemi has joined his ancestors. The Oyo Monarch died at 83.Sources said he died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, late Friday and his remains have been brought to Oyo in the early hours of Saturday (today).The monarch reigned for 52 years, which made him the longest serving monarch in the State.The governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde is expected to make an official statement on the passage of the monarch.
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FG will issue $950m bond soon – Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed
Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has announced that the federal government will issue another $950 million bond by the end of the month or in May. The minister made this known in an interview with Bloomberg on ThursdayAccording to Ahmed, the country will raise the $950 million soon and consider whether or not to return to the market this year.“For 2022, we have already issued early in this year, in March actually, $1.25 billion, and that means that the market is still very receptive to Nigeria. We still have about $950 million to issue and that…
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