Manchester United have decided to grant a stay of execution to manager, Erik ten Hag, amid calls for him to be sacked. However, according to the UK Telegraph, the Dutchman is now under “intense scrutiny”. Pressure is building on Ten Hag again following a 3-0 thrashing at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. The result means United have failed to score in three of their last four Premier League games and now sit 12th in the table. Ten Hag has delivered Carabao Cup and FA Cup triumphs across his two years at Old Trafford. United sporting director Dan Ashworth,…
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The Senator representing the Southern Kaduna, Sunday Mashall Katung, has condemned the killing of Raymond Timothy Adai, a councilorship candidate in the Kaduna State local government election. Ada was reportedly killed alongside his younger brother, James Timothy. The senator condemned the killing in a statement he issued on Monday. “Mr Adai, a councillorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his younger brother were attacked and killed on Sunday evening, 29th September 2024, while on their way back from a political campaign in Kizachi Village of Pari Ward. “More worrisome is the fact that Mr Timothy left behind a…
Paris Saint-Germain manager, Luis Enrique, has dropped Ousmane Dembele from his squad to face Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday. According to RMC, the 27-year-old clashed with Enrique following their 3-1 win over Stade Rennais on Friday evening. The disciplinary decision means that Demebele will not travel with his teammates to London But midfielder Vitinha, who has recovered from injury, is included in the travelling squad to face Arsenal. Dembele has been a mainstay in the PSG side that currently sits top of Ligue 1. He has played in all league fixtures, scoring four goals and registering four assists.…
A suspected gas explosion has occurred at the residence of a Nigerian journalist, Abdulkareem Haruna, sending shockwaves through the neighborhood. This was made known on Monday by Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, in a post on his X handle. Makama said that the explosion, believed to have been caused by a faulty gas cylinder, tore through the kitchen as family members were preparing for the naming ceremony of a new born child. According to the report, two individuals present at the scene sustained serious injuries, while a newborn baby was caught in the blast and…
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says its Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch, OPWP, has destroyed a terrorist logistics base at Yadi Forest in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Ali said the operation was executed following credible intelligence indicating huge presence of terrorists and their weapons cache in the Yadi Forest. According to him, the intensive intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance confirmed the consistent presence of terrorists and their motorcycles at the location. He stated that additional…
Residents of Ugborodo, a riverine settlement in Warri, Delta State, has decried environmental degradation in the community due to the activities of International Oil Companies, IOCs. The residents of the community, operating under the aegis of Ugborodo Community Youth Development Body, in an open letter addressed to President Bola Tinubu, signed by Wilson Ejeh and David Mamah, President and Public Relations Officer, respectively, expressed disaffection over the neglect of the Delta Port in Warri by the immediate past and the present administration. They said efforts made to the minister of Marine and Blue Economy and heads of parastatals under him,…
Ogun State Government has commenced the reconstruction of the failed portion of the Sagamu–Ore-Benin Expressway near Sagamu to address the current traffic logjam being experienced by motorists on the road. Governor Dapo Abiodun paid an unscheduled visit to the bad portion of the road on Sunday, saying that as a major road linking Lagos through Ogun State to the South East and South South of the country, its deplorable condition has caused untold hardship to those who ply it on a daily basis. He said that though the reconstruction of the road was awarded by previous administrations, the contractors executed…
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, has officially unveiled the voters’ register for the upcoming October 5, 2024, local government election in the state. RSIEC Chairman, Retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli, led the Commission’s team on Thursday in displaying the voters’ register at Rumudara community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area. Enebeli emphasized the Commission’s commitment to ensuring free, fair, credible and violence-free elections. The retired Justice explained that the display of the voters’ register provides citizens the opportunity to verify their registration and confirm their designated polling units ahead of the elections. Enebeli urged the people of Rivers State to…
Transportation is one of the fundamentals of development, and access to it remains pivotal to the growth of the economic and social derivatives of any strategic effort aimed at bringing about the kind of expansion and progress that the present administration under the leadership of Prince Dapo Abiodun is working assiduously to entrench in Ogun State. From time immemorial, parameters that guarantee effective transportation in all evolving societies have defined the extent to which such societies advance in all developmental spheres, whether it be with respect to diplomacy, trade and commerce, investment opportunities, or the attraction of would-be investors, among…
The convener of the Yoruba One Voice, YOV, and Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has charged the Federal Government and governors of the South West region to address the spreading hunger in Yorubaland. Gani Adams gave this charge at the end of YOV’s quarterly conference via Zoom on Sunday, urging the governors to make agriculture more attractive to the people of the region. He said the conference with the theme ‘Rescuing Yoruba Nation from hunger, your task, my task’, was a wake-up call to both the Federal Government and the South West Governors to devise a better approach…