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British Prime Minister Theresa May will file formal Brexit divorce papers on Wednesday, nine months after Britons narrowly voted to leave the European Union. She signed the Brexit letter today and spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the future talks. The letter will be hand-delivered on Wednesday to EU Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels by Tim Barrow, Britain’s permanent representative to the EU. The letter will formally signal the beginning of Britain’s exit from the bloc it joined in 1973. On the same Wednesday, she will update the British parliament while Tusk will give a briefing to reporters.…

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has condoled with Mrs Pauline Tallen, former Minister of State for Science and Technology, and her family members over the death of her husband, Mr John Tallen. Aisha also paid condolence visit to Buba Galadima, the Secretary of defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), over the death of his son, Aliyu Buba Galadima. Pauline Tallen’s husband died on Tuesday at the age of 83 at his residence in Abuja after a protracted illness. The president’s wife, who was received at the residence by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung and…

A former Nigerian state governor sentenced to five years in prison for corruption this month has been granted bail on medical grounds pending his appeal, his lawyer said on Tuesday, though prison officials queried the basis of the ruling. James Bala Ngillari, governor of northeastern Adamawa state for seven months until May 2015, was convicted of awarding a contract for the procurement of 25 vehicles at a cost of 167 million naira ($548,891) without following due process. Convictions of serving and past government officials remain rare in Nigeria even though President Muhammadu Buhari made a crackdown on corruption a central…

The Lagos State government said it will not hesitate to shut down the Federal Marriage Registry in Ikoyi if an immediate solution is not proffered by the owners as its patrons always constitute a nuisance through indiscriminate parking on the road among other environmental offences. It also issued 14 days grace to owners of illegal structures on Victoria Island, Ikoyi and Lekki and environs to remove such infractions or face prosecution according to the state’s environmental law. This came following approval by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for the commencement of enforcement of the Clean-Up of the inner streets of Ikoyi, Victoria…

The Chairman Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, Sen. Hope Uzodinma has denied any link with the 30 containers of rice seized by the Nigerian Customs Service. Speaking with our correspondent, Uzodinma said that he had no personal interest in the imported rice and as such was not mounting pressure for its release. The lawmaker was reacting to some online publications alleging that he was mounting pressure on the comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ali(retd) to release 30 containers smuggled rice imported last year. He explained that contrary to the reports, the letter sent to the Nigeria Customs…

Nigeria could avoid playing friendlies in London from now on because of problems obtaining visas for staff and players, coach Gernot Rohr has said. The Super Eagles played Senegal at non-league Barnet’s ground in north London last Friday, drawing 1-1, but a second scheduled match against Burkina Faso on Monday had to be called off. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said seven Burkinabe players failed to secure British entry visas. Rohr said several of his players also found themselves unable to travel, including defenders Kingsley Madu, of Belgian side Zulte Waregem, and Musa Mohammed, who plays with Zeljeznicar Sarajevo. The…

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a state by state list centers for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration for interested candidates. Approved CBT Centres According to the Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the time frame for the registration has now been reduced from three months to just one month for efficiency. Prof. Oloyede,said “the essence of reducing the period of registration from three months to one month was to eliminate all ills associated with prolonged registration of candidates.”

The Senate on Tuesday admitted that it bought a bullet proof Range Rover Sports Utility Vehicle ( SUV ) as had been reported in the media. Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi told newsmen in Abuja that indeed the senate procured the said vehicle but not at the price that was being reported. Sabi said that the vehicle cost was procured at $298,000 (N49.1 million) and not N298, million as was being reported in the media. According to the spokesperson of the Senate, the vehicle was procured in 2015 for $298 at an exchange rate…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has struck out the breach of fundamental human rights suit instituted by former NNPC Group Managing Director, Andrew Yakubu against the EFCC. This followed an application by Mr Adeola Adedipe, Yakubu’s counsel, to withdraw the suit. Adedipe told the court that his application was due to the prevailing circumstances, particularly since his client had been charged to court and admitted to bail. “We consider it necessary to discontinue with this suit, we have served the notice on all the parties and they are not opposed to our application.” Mrs Rita Ogar and Mr T.A. Agbe,…

Chelsea have made Arsenal’s Alexis Sánchez their main summer transfer target, with Antonio Conte having discussed with the club’s hierarchy the possibility of bringing the Chilean to Stamford Bridge. The Italian manager is in talks with Chelsea over a new contract and, as part of that, summer transfers have been discussed. Conte has submitted to the club’s recruitment team, effectively headed by the director Marina Granovskaia and technical director Michael Emenalo, a list of players he would like to sign, with Sánchez and a left-sided defender among the priorities. Sánchez looks set to leave Arsenal after three years at the…