Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has insisted that the club’s board has never told him anything about finishing in the top four this season. Maresca spoke ahead of his side’s EFL Cup tie with Newcastle United on Wednesday. Chelsea currently sit in the fifth position on the Premier League table following their 2-1 win over Newcastle United over the weekend. “The club has never mentioned anything about top four,” Maresca said at his pre-match press conference. “They always said the target and idea is to build something important for four or five years. We work every day to reach something important.…
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Big Brother Naija reality show star Tacha has broken her silence after she fell on the runway while modelling at Lagos Fashion Week on Saturday. The reality star stumbled after missing her steps on the stage. The video of the incident went viral on social media. Reacting to the trending clip, Tacha shared the video on her social media pages, captioning it with, “She fell and ate.” Watch the video below: she fell and ATE #LagosFashionWeek pic.twitter.com/xJjSR3kcGP — TACHA.ETH (@Symply_Tacha) October 26, 2024 Tacha reacts after falling at Lagos Fashion Week [VIDEO]
The body of the Federal and State Auditors-General of Nigeria has advised government functionaries to be more active in the fight against corruption in the country. The national chairman of the body, Sunday Adegoke, made the call in Abakaliki on Monday during the official flag of a four-day capacity-building workshop for the state and local governments’ auditors-general in the Southeast zone. Adegoke noted that financial misappropriation and other corrupt activities have become a global challenge and advocated for a total clampdown on the menace in Nigeria. According to him: “The public finance actors, especially the key government functionaries who hold…
Sporting Lisbon have confirmed that Manchester United have indicated interest in paying the 10 million euro release clause in manager Ruben Amorim’s contract. The Portuguese club has informed the country’s financial regulator about the negotiations. Amorim is expected to be in charge when Sporting play a Taca da Liga tie against Nacional at Estadio Jose Alvalade on Tuesday night. But it could be the 39-year-old’s last game with the team. Due to their listing on the stock market, Sporting are obliged to inform Portugal’s financial regulator, the CMVM, of any significant impact on the club’s business. The statement to the…
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to amend the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC Act No. 33 of 2023, to strengthen the capacity of the corporation to safeguard depositors’ funds, ensure the security of financial institutions, and promote trust in the banking system. This was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, chaired by Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (APC, Lagos East), during plenary. Presenting the report, Senator Abiru said the bill would also make the NDIC more effective, safeguard its independence and autonomy and bring it in line with…
The Women and Youth Council of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has criticised the appointment of two male leaders for the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry. Members of the concerned group gathered at the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday, carrying placards with various inscriptions, such as “Men Are Not Compassionate Enough To Run the Humanitarian Ministry,” “We Say No To Women Discrimination,” and “Humanitarian Ministry is Not For Political Compensation,” among others. Led by its convener, Jennifer Raymond, the group argued that the male appointments do not adhere to the principle of federal character and called on President Bola Tinubu to…
Scores of lawyers under the aegis of Ekiti Lawyers Vanguard for Transparency have petitioned the Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Hon. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, against Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja over his alleged controversial rulings and other misconducts. The legal practitioners further accused Nwite of bias and desecration of the hallowed temple of justice with what they described as unjust conducts, maintaining that the judge’s actions were capable of bringing Nigeria to great disrepute if they are not curbed. The lawyers claimed that Justice Nwite’s alleged unjust rulings were embarrassments to the body of benchers,…
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said power supply will be restored in the northern Nigeria region by this weekend after several days of blackout. Adelabu disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing the journalists on the update on efforts to restore power to the Northern region. In his statement posted on the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s official X account on Tuesday, Adelabu explained that the delay in fixing the vandalised Shiroro-Kaduna line was due to security threats. Adelabu said the government has vowed to explore alternative solutions to fix the vandalised Shiroro-Kaduna line. According to him: “We’ve had vandalism there…
No fewer than 44 persons have been arrested for alleged illegal tax collections in Kogi State. The chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service, KGIRS, Alhaji Salihu Sule Enehe, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday evening. He noted that the agency has recorded a 70 per cent success rate in its efforts to combat illegal tax collection in Kogi State. According to Enehe: “The Kogi State Internal Revenue Service has launched an extensive public awareness campaign, including the installation of billboards across the state and the three senatorial districts, to discourage taxpayers from engaging with illegal…
The Senate, through its Committee on Code of Conduct, Ethics and Public Petitions, frowned on Tuesday at the Nigerian military over the delay in payment of insurance benefits to dead and retired personnel. It specifically declared that it was unacceptable that 174 families are facing the brunt of such delays in the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, alone. This is even as it prevented NAF officers, led by Wing Commander Mohammed Saleh, from arresting Master Warrant Rukayat Ajoke Ishola, who petitioned the Senate on non-payment of her husband’s insurance benefits and alleged maltreatment by the Air Force authorities since the demise…