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Former Ghana, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol Rovers striker Junior Agogo has died, aged 40. According to Skysports, Agogo, who played 27 times for Ghana, scoring 11 goals, began his career with Sheffield Wednesday but left to play in the United States after making just two appearances for the Owls. He returned to England with Queens Parks Rangers in 2002, before going on to play for Brentford. Agogo is best known for his time at Bristol Rovers where he scored 40 goals in three seasons. He joined Nottingham Forest in 2006 and helped them achieve promotion to the Championship.…

An Uber driver, Richmond Temple, who was allegedly in possession of N12 million worth of church equipment, on Thursday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Temple, 33, is standing trial on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, breaking in, illegal entry and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty. READ: Global Food Basket: NISRAL, German Agribusiness Alliance meet Osinbajo The Prosecutor, Sgt. Friday Mameh, told the court that the defendant and others still at large, committed the offences   on Aug. 9, at 3.00a.m. at The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) Restoration Parish, Chevron Drive in Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos State.…

In furtherance of Nigeria’s Global Food Basket goal initiated by the Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, NIRSAL’s MD/CEO, Aliyu Abdulhameed on Wednesday had a special meeting with the German Agribusiness Alliance (GAA) which he said was in furtherance of Nigeria’s multilevel engagement with Germany to tap financial, intellectual and technological capacities crucial for the development of Nigeria’s Agribusiness Sector. Aliyu disclosed this information on his tweet on Wednesday. He said ”Following German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Nigeria, and the subsequent visit of @ProfOsinbajo to Germany, of which NIRSAL’s MD/CEO  @aliyu_hameed actively participated, NIRSAL is taking steps to ensure that the economic…

The Vice-President, Prof.Yemi Osinbajo is currently chairing a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Some state governors and ministers are present at the session, the first after the inauguration of the new government and the inauguration of fresh ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Findings indicate that the National Livestock Transformation Plan is a likely item on the agenda. You would recall that the Ministry of Agriculture had earlier started a version of the plan, otherwise called ‘Ruga’, but was suspended on July 2 on the orders of Buhari. READ: National Assembly’s budget…

A civic tech organisation in Nigeria has decried the increasing budget of the National Assembly (NASS), stressing that, the federal legislative arm of government is killing the country. BudgIT raised the alarm on its Twitter account on Thursday, noting that, the staggering difference between NASS’ budget in 2003 and 2019 is having a telling impact on the economy and growth trajectory. The National Assembly in Nigeria is made up by the Senate and House of Representatives. BudgIT, an organisation dedicated to raising the standards of transparency, citizen engagement and accountability most especially in public finance said the budget of NASS…

Israeli troops in the Golan Heights fired at an Israeli civilian aircraft on Wednesday night, having misidentified it as a hostile plane which they thought had infiltrated from Syria. An army spokeswoman told dpa on Thursday that the troops, believing that the aircraft posed an imminent threat, fired at it until they realized it was an Israeli aircraft. No injuries were reported. The pilot involved in the incident told Israeli news site Ynet that he was “a metre and a half away from disaster”. The pilot, who had the required permits for the flight, said that he felt a knock…

Young boxers, Wednesday, turned out in huge numbers for the maiden Lagos State Inter-Club Challenge sponsored by Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya (SAN) Chairman, GOtv Boxing and Patron, Nigerian Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C) The tourney, which began on Tuesday and ends on Thursday, is holding at the Rowe Park Sports Centre, Yaba, Lagos. Organised  by the Lagos State Sports Commission in conjunction with the Lagos State Boxing Association, the tournament has an objective of discovering talented boxers that will represent Lagos State at the 20th National Sports Festival scheduled to hold in Edo State next April. Expected to feature over…

Enugu State Police Command says it has re-arrested Gideon Balogun, a prisoner that escaped from the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) in Enugu in 2017. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, in a statement on Thursday said Balogun, who hailed from Edo, was re-arrested on Aug. 21, in Emene, an outskirt of Enugu metropolis. He revealed that the suspect, a former inmate of Enugu Prison, had been on the wanted list of the NCS in Enugu State. “Police operatives of Emene Division in the early hours of Wednesday re-arrested the wanted suspect while attempting to steal shafts from…

Two Local Government Areas of Gubio and Magumeri in Northern Borno Senatorial District are currently under the control of Boko Haram when the insurgents in their large number launched a coordinated attack on the communities beginning from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning without confrontation. Both Gubio and Magumeri have no military presence as troops were withdrawn recently for routine operational changes as enshrined in the Rules of Engagement. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been displaced while others are under the captivity of insurgents, especially those who chose not to flee the attacks. In Gubio, the insurgents on Wednesday evening…

The Villarreal fans club has named Samuel Chukwueze the club’s breakout star for the 2018-19 season