Author: David Great

The Presidency has dismissed speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the amended Electoral Act 2022. President Buhari who returned to Nigeria after a condolence visit to the United Arab Emirates, was reported to have signed the amended Electoral Act. Chronicle NG reports that the amended Electoral Act would enable political parties submit a list of statutory delegates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the party primaries. The statutory delegates list will give the President, Vice President, Governors, National Assembly members, local government chairmen, among others the power to vote as delegates at the party primaries. Reacting…

Lyon returned to the pinnacle of European football with an eighth Champions League title courtesy of a superb victory over tournament favourites Barcelona in a gripping final in Turin. The French side came into the game as underdogs against a Barca side that had lost just once in a season that included a flawless La Liga-winning campaign. But the most decorated side in the women’s game started superbly, pressing high and picking apart the Catalans to charge into a 3-0 first-half lead. Amandine Henry struck a brilliant long-range strike to give them a lead that was doubled by a header…

Troops of 34 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in conjunction with operatives of the Department of State Service on Friday 20 May 2022, dislodged a training camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) at Okporo in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State. Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, director army public relations on Saturday noted that weapons were recovered from the destroyed IPOB/ESN training camp. “The troops dislodged the training camp after exchanging fire with the dissidents, neutralizing two notorious members of the group, who have been on the wanted list…

Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne has been voted the 2021-22 Premier League player of the season, while team-mate Phil Foden was named best young player. Belgium midfielder De Bruyne has scored 15 goals and registered seven assists, with City top of the league before the final day of the campaign on Sunday. “To win this award for a second time is an achievement that I am really proud of,” he said. De Bruyne, 30, was chosen after the votes from the public on the Premier League website were combined with those of the 20 Premier League club captains and a…

In Owerri, Eze Imo says VP chosen by God from childhood Osinbajo tells Imo, Osun, Kogi delegates: Let’s do what’s right for our country in 2023 Osun people came out en-masse on the streets of Osogbo yesterday to show unyielding support for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, regarding 2023, and the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun, Larooye II, himself capped it up with a ringing endorsement for the presidential aspirant, describing him as “incoming president” much in line with the sentiments on the streets. Indeed, it was a carnival-like atmosphere in Osogbo, and a warm reception also in Owerri,…

The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has urged traditional rulers in Ogun to sensitise their subjects against engaging in human trafficking. Gbadebo made the plea on Friday in Abeokuta at a sensitisation meeting held with some traditional rulers in the state by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The meeting was part of the Action Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (A-TIPSOM) funded by the European Union. It was organised by the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP), as part of the support for NAPTIP and the state…

France forward Kylian Mbappe has agreed in principle to remain at Paris St-Germain. The 2018 World Cup winner, 23, had been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid but has committed his future to the French champions. Mbappe will sign a lucrative new three-year contract with PSG. The deal is still to be signed but PSG are likely to make an announcement around their final game of the season with Metz on Saturday evening. According to Spanish football expert Guillem Balague, writing last month, PSG were prepared to offer him a £150m signing-on fee to keep him for another…

Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden has become the first player to be voted the Premier League young player of the year in successive seasons after winning the 2021-22 award. The 21-year-old has scored nine goals and provided five assists this season, with City top of the league before the final day of the season on Sunday. He secured the most combined votes from the public and a Premier League panel. “I’m very proud to have won for a second season in a row,” said Foden. “I have been really happy with my performances this season and it has been great…

Chukwujekwu Uzozie, a businessman and farmer based in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra has been abducted by yet-to-be identified persons. Uzozie’s only son was said to have been shot by the assailants who stormed his home in Umudiji Umuohama village, Ukpor on Saturday morning and shot into the air severally before forcing themselves into his compound. A family source, who pleaded anonymity said Uzozie was taken to an unknown destination and no contact has been made while the son who was badly wounded has been taken to hospital for medical treatment. The source said Uzozie was…

Justice Nathan Musa of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe has convicted and sentenced a former cashier of Yola Electricity Distribution Company, YEDC, Ibrahim Aliyu to seven years imprisonment for criminal breach of trust and forgery. He was jailed on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 after pleading guilty to one-count amended charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and forgery upon his arraignment by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Aliyu was arraigned on November 17, 2020 on 36-count charges bordering on criminal breach of trust, forgery and using as genuine a forged…