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Tottenham have sacked head coach Mauricio Pochettino after five years in charge of the Premier League club.

Hope Aroke aka H-Money, a jailed fraudster coordinated transactions in excess of $1,000,000 (One Million Dollars) from the Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos.

Luis Enrique has returned to a role as manager of the Spain national side five months after deciding to step down from the post.

Africa’s leading video entertainment company, MultiChoice, is making the upcoming festive season a truly ‘HAPPIER’ one for customers in Nigeria with the expansion of its DStv and GOtv package offering to deliver more quality content at great value for customers this festive season and beyond. On Sunday, 1st December 2019, DStv & GOtv customers will have more entertainment options to choose from with the introduction of three new DStv packages: DStv Confam, DStv Yanga and DStv Padi while GOgetters will also get two new GOtv packages: GOtv JOLLI and GOtv JINJA. These new packages are exclusively and specially-curated for the Nigerian market and come upgraded with new channels, fresh content and Naija-centric names that contribute…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, transmitted a letter to the Senate, seeking consideration and passage of six Aviation Bills. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan read the letter during plenary. The President, in the letter said: “Dear Distinguished Senate President; Transmission of Six Aviation Sector Bills to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. “Pursuant to Section 58 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, I formally request that the following six bills be considered for passage by the Senate.” The bills include: Civil Aviation Bill 2019, Federal Airport Authority of…

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the National Assembly to fast-track the passage of the Special Crimes Court Bill. He made the call during the opening of two-day National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in Public Sector held at the State House old Banquet hall, Abuja He also urged the judiciary to embrace and support the creation of the Special Crimes Court. He said: “The fight against corruption is of course not only for government and anti-corruption agencies alone. All arms and tiers of government must develop and implement the anti-corruption measures. ‘‘I invite the legislative and judicial arms of government…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented Integrity awards to two public servants, ACG Bashir Abubakar and Mrs Josephine Ugwu of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, for exhibiting Integrity in the performance of their official duties. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president presented the awards to the recipients at the opening of two-day National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in Public Sector held at the State House old Banquet hall, Abuja. The event is being organised by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in collaboration with Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences…

Senator Dino Melaye who sought re-election in the Kogi West Senatorial District election held on 16 November has vowed to report his main challenger Smart Adeyemi to the International Criminal Court, (ICC) at the Hague. Melaye who is a member of the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described the election that have been “inconclusive” as a civil war. In a tweet on Tuesday, he said he was going to report the governor of Kogi state. Yahaya Bello and others who he believes were key player in the just concluded governorship election. “What we had in Kogi is no election,what…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, transmitted a letter to the Senate, seeking consideration and passage of six Aviation Bills. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan read the letter during plenary. The President, in the letter said: “Dear Distinguished Senate President; Transmission of Six Aviation Sector Bills to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. “Pursuant to Section 58 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, I formally request that the following six bills be considered for passage by the Senate.” N1tn spent on NASS constituency projects in 10yrs without results –…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the over N1 trillion spent on the constituency projects of National Assembly members in the last 10 years has produced no results. He said data collected from Nigerians in rural communities showed that they had not felt the impact of such projects. Buhari spoke at the National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in Public Sector, which opened at the State House Conference Centre on Monday in Abuja. The chamber is noisy, Lawan cries out   The event was organised by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, in collaboration…