Author: David Great

In a bid to stop the abuse of foreign exchange, commercial banks have mandated travellers in need of dollars – Personal Travel Allowance (PTA) and Business Travel Allowance (BTA) – to get dollar travel debit cards as they will no longer be disbursing money in cash. First Bank of Nigeria and Access Bank have announced that they will now only be disbursed via a dollar travel card. The banks disclosed this via email to their customers, although some others have commenced disbursements through travel cards only in an effort to reduce the demand for cash and check customers who capitalise…

The flight taking the Queen’s coffin to London was the most tracked in history, according website Flightradar24. Nearly six million people tried to follow the plane’s route from Edinburgh to RAF Northolt within its first minute in the air, the website said. The huge traffic caused disruptions to the site, where users can track the path of planes in the air. More than 4.79 million people watched on its site and app and 296,000 were watching on a YouTube stream, it said. The previous record was when a flight carrying US politician Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan last month was followed…

The national coordinator, Jagaba Ambassadors and Media Action (JAMA), Mohammed Uthman has pledged to mobilise 15 million votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, come 2023 elections. Othman made the pledge on Wednesday at the inauguration of the national executives, zonal and state coordinators of Jagaba Ambassadors and Media Action (JAMA) in Abuja. He said that the group would use its structures across the 36 states of the federation and FCT to sensitise Nigerians on the leadership qualities of Tinubu. He said this would ensure victory for Tinubu and Shettima presidential ticket in the 2023 general…

Chelsea made an informal bid for Rafael Leao in the summer transfer window, according to Milan director Paolo Maldini. (Sky Sports via SempreMilan.it – in Italian) Manchester City are set to join Chelsea in the race to sign AC Milan and Portugal forward Rafael Leao, 23. (Calciomercato – in Italian) AC Milan are looking for replacements for Belgium and former Liverpool striker Divock Origi, despite only signing the 27-year-old this summer. (Calciomercato – in Italian) Manchester United want Atletico Madrid and Slovenia goalkeeper Jan Oblak, 29, to replace current number one David de Gea. (Jeunes Footuex – in French) Newcastle have agreed terms with Egypt-born forward Garang Kuol, 18, who plays in…

Battling Salzburg held a disjointed Chelsea to a 1-1 draw in the Champions League on Wednesday, severely denting the 2021 winners’ chances of qualifying from Group E. Raheem Sterling put the London side ahead in the 48th minute latching on to a low cross from Mason Mount and shooting beyond the diving Philipp Kohn into the left corner of his net. But Noah Okafor equalised in the 75th minute with a low shot after Cesar Azpilicueta and Thiago Silva had failed to clear the ball. The Austrian side also drew against AC Milan last week. It was a disappointing first…

Erling Haaland’s magnificent strike capped a dramatic Manchester City comeback and condemned former club Borussia Dortmund to a painful Champions League defeat at Etihad Stadium. City struggled against a composed Dortmund, who took the lead when the outstanding Jude Bellingham glanced home Marco Reus’ cross after 56 minutes. Pep Guardiola’s side toiled in search of inspiration and found the equaliser with 10 minutes left when defender John Stones fired a powerful shot past Dortmund keeper Alexander Meyer. Inevitably, it was left to Haaland to produce a truly special moment four minutes later, showing outstanding athleticism to soar through the air…

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is unimpressed by new Chelsea owner Todd Boehly’s idea of a US style ‘All-Star game’ in the Premier League. Boehly, part-owner of baseball team the LA Dodgers, and basketball sides the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Sparks, suggested a north v south game. He said he hopes the Premier League “takes a little bit of a lesson from American sports”. Klopp said: “Does he want to bring the Harlem Globetrotters as well?” The German was asked about Boehly’s idea after Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Ajax in the Champions League. Earlier in the day at…

AC Milan secured their first Champions League win this season after goals from Olivier Giroud, Alexis Saelemaekers and Tommaso Pobega powered them to a 3-1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb at home in Group E on Wednesday. Giroud opened the scoring from the spot in the first half with Saelemaekers and Pobega adding two more after the interval as AC Milan, who drew at Salzburg in their group opener, grabbed a vital win despite a late rally from the Croatian champions. “It’s another positive step. I told my players we deserved to win a game in the Champions League. The fans…

US Special Envoy, John Kerry commends FG’s Energy Transition Plan in meeting with VP Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the use of gas as a transition fuel would not only help in stemming deforestation, it would also advance Nigeria’s broader development goals, especially because Nigeria has one of the largest gas reserves in the world. The same would be true as other developing countries would also benefit from the adoption of gas as a transition fuel. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday night when he received at the Presidential Villa, the US Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change, Mr. John…

Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, has convicted and sentenced a Lokoja- born musician, Onojah Emmanuel Samuel, and two others to twenty years imprisonment for offences bordering on cybercrime. Samuel was convicted of cybercrime on Monday, September 12, 2022 alongside Victor Atsumbe Kadiyamo and Jejelowo Segun, after pleading guilty to separate count charges, bordering on internet fraud. They were all arraigned for cybercrime by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The charge against Samuel reads: “That you, Onojah Emmanuel Samuel, sometime in May, 2022 at Lokoja, Kogi State within…