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Paris St-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino has revealed an injury was the reason he substituted Lionel Messi during Sunday’s win over Lyon. Messi appeared unhappy at being replaced, but Pochettino said he had taken a knock to his left knee. The 34-year-old will miss PSG’s trip to Metz on Wednesday and is a doubt for next week’s Champions League game against Manchester City. Pochettino said he noticed “Leo was looking at his knee”. “We are pleased with the way he played,” said the former Tottenham manager, who did not mention Messi’s injury following the game on Sunday. “He played very well…

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has praised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for getting the political attention needed to address the challenge Nigeria faces in education, health care, nutrition and skills acquisition. El-Rufai stated this on Tuesday at the Human Capital Development (HCD) Strategy Validation Event, which held at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja. Governor El-Rufai commended VP Osinbajo for leading the HCD initiative for government. “If we don’t invest in education, health care, nutrition and skills, our situation would get worse. This is why I must pay compliments to His Excellency, the Vice President, for being at the…

proposes 30 years jail term for ransom collection A bill proposing life imprisonment for the offence of kidnapping or any form of abduction, wrongful restraint and confinement on Tuesday passed second reading in the Senate. The bill sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun (APC, Ogun Central) seeks to, among others, introduce stiffer punishments and punitive measures to combat and prevent kidnapping in Nigeria. Leading debate on the bill, Senator Amosun observed that kidnapping is a major security challenge confronting Nigeria in recent times. According to the lawmaker, the light punishment for the offence has continued to make it grow and assume…

The Senate on Tuesday passed bills to establish the Orthopedic Hospital, Dekina, Kogi State and the Federal College of Education, Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The approval followed the consideration of two separate reports by the Committees on Health (Secondary and Tertiary); and Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. The reports were presented by Senators Yahaya Oloriegbe and Nora Daduut. Oloriegbe, in his presentation observed that Nigeria is one of the densely populated countries in the world which “is plagued with poverty and an exceedingly high burden of disease.” According to him, Orthopedics such as musculoskeletal disorders, spine disease, cancers, tumors and congenital defects are…

Two others for N2.9m get-rich-quick scam in Maiduguri The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 arraigned one David Asigbe Irumekhai before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on three separate charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence and cheating to the tune of N23, 870,000.00 (Twenty Three Million, Eight Hundred and Seventy Thousand Naira). In the first charge, Irumekhai was docked for N5 Million fraud. He was alleged to have obtained the money on the pretext of executing a purported contract awarded by Terres Des Hummes,…

The International Press Centre (IPC) condemns in strong terms last Sunday’s brutal attack on the General Manager, JAMZ 100.1FM, Ibadan, Mr. Tony Awobode, reportedly by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and his men from the Eleyele Police station in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Western Daily News report of September 21, 2021 stated that: ‘’The incident happened when Awobode popularly known and addressed as Don Tee who was riding on a power bike was stopped by the DPO alleging that his car mirror was hit by the power bike as the JAMZ FM GM was trying to cross towards the…

At launch of UN Global Compact Africa Strategy, VP urges private sector to scale up contribution to continent’s economic growth UN to open new Global Compact Africa office in Abuja, 2022 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says in furtherance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), seeking to promote economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection, governments in Africa must ensure that engaging the continent’s rapidly growing youth population through jobs and other opportunities remains its central priority. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Monday at the virtual launch of the United Nations Global Compact Africa Strategy – an initiative of the United…

Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, remanded one Madu Ozoemena, who is being prosecuted for an alleged $1,201,174 fraud, in prison. Ozoemena is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two-count amended charge bordering on obtaining property by false pretence contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) and (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Fraud Offences Act 2006. One of the counts reads: “Madu Anthony Ozoemena, between 2010 and 2011, at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, obtained…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday requested that the Senate confirms the nominations of members of the board of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The President in another letter to the upper chamber also sought the confirmation of the Board of the Upstream Regulatory Commission. He explained in a letter dated September 16, 2021, and read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, that the request to confirm the Chairman, Chief Executive and Executive Directors for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority was made in accordance with the provision of Section 34(3) of the Petroleum…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed George Abbah Ekpungu (Cross River) as the new secretary of anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Senate on Tuesday confirmed that it received a request from President Buhari to confirm Ekpungu’s appointment along with four others who will act as board members of EFCC. The request was contained in a letter dated September 17, 2021, and read during plenary on Tuesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. EFCC arrests three ‘spiritualists’ for N16m get-rich-quick scheme in Borno President Buhari explained that the request for the confirmation of the nominees was in accordance…