Author: David Great

The Federal Government has approved the implementation of Project T-MAX, a Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme, to train 15,000 Nigerians across seven-pilot states. The pilot states picked for the programme are Edo, Enugu, Gombe, Kaduna, Lagos, Nasarawa and Ogun. Participants will be trained for free. The portal is now open for Lagos and Ogun residents and they can register on the T-MAX website registration closes on September 16, 2022. Project T-MAX is a Technical & Vocational Education & Training (TVET) Programme, which has been approved by the National Steering Committee on National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) as one…

New signing Fabio Carvalho scored a last-minute winner to secure three points for Liverpool at home to Newcastle. The 97th minute strike was Carvalho’s first goal at Anfield since joining from newly promoted side, Fulham in the summer. Newcastle record signing Alexander Isak gave the away side the lead in the 38th minute thanks to an assist from Sean Longstaff but Roberto Firmino drew his side level but Carvalho sent Liverpool fans into a frenzy with the last kick of the game. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp believes Fabio Carvalho’s last-gasp winner against Newcastle at Anfield will be “remembered for years…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a re-run chairmanship election in six wards of Kuje Area Council. Delivering judgment, Chief Magistrate Muinat Oyekan, who led a three-member panel, nullified the elections held in nine polling units where elections were marred by irregularities. The judge ordered that the rerun should be conducted across the affected polling units won by the incumbent Kuje Area Council Chairman, Abdullahi Sabo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The All Progresses Congress (APC) candidate, Hamidu Sarki, filed the petition challenging Sabo’s victory.…

Musa Abdullahi, deputy chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, has noted with concern the lethargy displayed by some government agencies invited by the Reps committee. Speaking on Wednesday at the resumed meeting of departments and agencies for the scrutiny of their finances, Abdullahi urged heads of such agencies to demonstrate a high sense of responsibility whenever they were invited. At Wednesday’s sitting, only three agencies out of the 12 invited appeared before the committee at the start of deliberations. Abdullahi stated that members of the committee had forfeited their holiday by sitting to deliberate on national issues…

Troops of Headquarters 82 Division Nigerian Army, made up of troops of 34 Artillery Brigade, in conjunction with troops of Nigerian Navy, Air Force and other security agencies on Tuesday 30 August 2022 neutralized two combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing Eastern Security Network (ESN) along Eke Ututu – Ihitte Nansa road in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, director army public relations said the troops encountered the dissidents while carrying out a raid operation around the general area of Orsu Ihitte Ukwa and Ihitte Nansa. The neutralized…

Nigeria’s free-to-play football predictor, SuperPicks has launched on Google Play and will launch on Apple’s iOS soon. With N50 million up for grab, participants can enjoy one-touch, super fast experience while playing to win millions. Chronicle NG reports that in terse email read, “Do you want Push Notifications so you never miss a SuperPicks round again? Are you ready to become a millionaire? “Download the SuperPicks Android App now and all of that will be one click away. Playing for free just got that much better.” The organisers then announced that, “Enjoy even better action with the app”. SuperPicks: One…

MultiChoice Nigeria has announced an open weekend of football frenzy for all lovers of the beautiful game. For the first time ever, 11 English Premier League matches will be open to both DStv and GOtv subscribers. The matches will air from Thursday, September 1 to Sunday, September 4, across SuperSport channels on GOtv and DStv. Announcing the special football treat, the Executive Head of Marketing, MultiChoice Nigeria, Tope Oshunkeye, said the live coverage is open to DStv customers on Premium, Compact Plus, Compact, Confam and Yanga customers and for GOtv customers on Supa, Max, Jolli and Jinja packages. “We are…

Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana has signed a seven-year deal with Chelsea for £70m plus add-ons. Fofana is the third defender to join Thomas Tuchel’s defence, following the arrivals of Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli and Marc Cucurella from Brighton. The France Under-21 international made 37 Premier League appearances for Leicester since joining from Saint-Etienne in 2020. “The last two days have been really big days for me and I’m very happy. I trained this morning with the team and it’s a dream for me. I’m very excited to start playing games for the fans and the club,” he said after…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), FCT Command, says there is no disquiet in Kuje Custodial Centre over the death of an inmate. It dismissed some online publications that there were some disturbances by the inmates of custodial centre, Kuje, as a result of the death of an inmate. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Chukwuedo Humphrey, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. NCoS, however, confirmed the death of an inmate on August 29 after a protracted illness. Humphrey said that the report was not true and did not reflect the peaceful atmosphere prevailing in the yard.…

Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, Kwara State has convicted and sentenced two fashion designers: Jatto Mujeeb, Opeyemi Bhadmus Abdulsamad, alongside three other internet fraudsters: Ipadeola Olawale, Tomiwa Kingsley and Kolawole Segun to various jail terms. They were jailed on Monday, August 29, 2022 after pleading guilty to three-count separate charges bordering on internet fraud, cheating and possession of fraudulent funds. Based on their guilty pleas, prosecution counsels: Innocent Mbachie and Sesan Ola prayed the court to convict and sentence the internet fraudsters accordingly. Justice Yusuf sentenced Mujid to six months imprisonment on each of the…