A broadcast journalist, late Jacob Haruna Zango, was on Friday laid to rest in his hometown Abuyab in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Late Jacob Zango, a staff with the Kaduna State Media Corporation died on Wednesday, 14th August, 2024, after a brief illness at the Kafanchan General Hospital. Loved ones, friends, media practitioners, and well-wishers converged at Abuyab village on Friday to pay their last respect to the late media guru. At the funeral service on Friday, the chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, Comrade Asma’u Yawo Halilu, thanked the Almighty…
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Let’s be brutally honest. Aston Villa is the reason Arsenal failed to win the Premier League title last season. Not Manchester City. In the final weeks of the season, there was a lot of swooning about Pep Guardiola’s mighty army and how much of a juggernaut they are. And of all that is correct. But if the Gunners had defeated Aston Villa at the Emirates – where they were close to imperious – they would have won the title by a point. It is instructive to note that Unai Emery’s men completed the double over Arsenal – the only team…
Former Arsenal goalkeeper, Shaka Hislop, has urged the Gunners to sign Brentford’s Ivan Toney if they fail to land Victor Osimhen from Napoli. Toney and Osimhen have been linked with a move away from Brentford and Napoli this summer transfer window. The duo have attracted interest from Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Saudi Arabia. “Money aside, if Arsenal could, for me, I think the best striker out there who is available is Victor Osimhen,” Hislop said (via Metro). “I know, by all reports, he’s got his sights set elsewhere. So, okay, if he is not available, then absolutely yes, Ivan…
Singer, Burna Boy has described Nigeria as ‘collateral damage’ following the country’s current state. Speaking during his recent interview with Tidal, the singer called Nigeria a Royal Niger company for the British. In a now trending video on social media, Burna Boy emphasized that Nigerians are suffering from the consequences of poor governance and external influences. Sharing his thoughts about how Nigeria came to be, he noted that the country was never meant to exist. “We were not even supposed to be Nigerians in the first place. We are the Royal Niger company. So, we are basically a company for…
Heartland have confirmed their head coach, Christian Obi died in a ghastly road accident, DAILY POST reports. The Nigeria National League outfit were involved in a road accident on their way to Abakaliki on Friday. The Naze Millionaires were scheduled to participate in the TICO/SELECT Ifeanyi Ekwueme pre-season tournament. Obi was unconscious with a slight injury to his right leg upon evacuation from the badly affected part of the bus. The gaffer gave up the ghost at a nearby hospital in Okwelle, Onuimo Local Government of Imo State. His remains have been deposited at the Federal University Teaching Hospital, (FUTH)…
An erstwhile Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has called on President Bola Tinubu to quickly declare a state of emergency on food, saying Nigerians are hungry and angry. Clark made the call on Friday at his Asokoro residence in Abuja when the President of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas ( HOSTCOM) High Chief Benjamin Tamaranebi led a delegation of his team to pay him a courtesy visit. On the recent protest by Nigerians, the elder statesman said that the government cannot stop the people from protesting, stressing that it was their right…
Manchester United have announced that defender Will Fish has left Old Trafford to join English club, Cardiff City on a permanent transfer. The Red Devils disclosed this in a statement on their website on Friday night. This is coming ahead of Man United ‘s Premier League tie with Brighton on Saturday afternoon. “Will Fish has completed a permanent move from Manchester United to Championship side Cardiff City. “We wish you all the best with your next steps, Will,” Man United’s statement read. Fish made his senior debut in the 2020/2021 campaign as a late substitute against Wolves. The 21-year-old had…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, has expressed concern over the rate of vandalism and theft of its infrastructure across the country. Its Managing Director, Mr Freeborn Okhirie, voiced this concern during a visit to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, headquarters in Abuja. Okhirie commended the NSCDC for its unwavering efforts in protecting Critical National Assets and Infrastructure, CNAI, which has, over the years, led to the arrest of railway sleepers’ thieves. He, however, said that notwithstanding the NSCDC efforts to salvage the NRC from economic saboteurs, the corporation still suffered losses through vandalism of its installations across…
The African Export-Import Bank has said that it provided $650m funding for Oando’s acquisition of the 100 percent stake in the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited. The Continental Bank disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The bank noted that it successfully arranged a senior $500 million and a junior $150 million reserve-based lending facility for Oando Petroleum and Natural Gas Company Limited, which made the NAOC possible. The facility was used to finance Oando’s acquisition of the 20 percent participating interest held by Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited in the NEPL/NAOC/Oando Joint Venture in Nigeria. Recall that Oando announced…
In an effort to mitigate the hardships caused by the removal of fuel subsidy, the federal government on Friday, launched the Conversion Incentive Programme of the Compressed Natural Gas Initiative in Abeokuta, Ogun State Speaking at the flag-off, Michael Oluwagbemi, the CEO and Program Director of the Presidential CNG project, stated that the goal of the project was to convert one million automobiles for free. Oluwagbemi said to fulfil the President’s promise, the program would work with four conversion centres signed up in the state. He said, “What we are doing here now is to flag off the incentive programme…