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The chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of House of Representatives Committees will hold a one-day retreat in Abuja centred on the 10th House of Representatives legislative agenda on Monday. Chronicle NG reports that the retreat is expected to dwell on the theme, ‘Improving Legislative Performance through Effective Committee Management.’ House spokesman Akin Rotimi said this in a statement on Sunday. The statement said, “The House of Representatives is set to hold a one-day retreat for chairpersons and deputies of its various standing committees on Monday, November 27, 2023. Scheduled to hold at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, the retreat has the…

Thousands of Everton fans have held anti-Premier League protests after the club received a 10-point deduction for breaching financial rules. The Toffees host Manchester United on Sunday in their first match since being handed the biggest sporting sanction in the competition’s history. Supporters marched to Goodison Park in protest at the scale of the punishment. The club has said they will appeal against the sanction and have until next week to make it formal. English top-flight clubs are permitted to lose £105 million over three years, and an independent commission found Everton’s losses to 2021–22 amounted to £124.5 million. Prior…

Aston Villa came from behind in a pulsating encounter at Tottenham Spurs to claim a 2-1 win and hand Ange Postecoglou’s side their third successive defeat. Before kick-off, both sets of supporters mourned the death of former Spurs boss Terry Venables, who passed away at the age of 80, as announced on Sunday. Perhaps that roused the hosts, who started with a fiery intensity and should have scored two early goals through Destiny Udogie and Dejan Kulusevski. Spurs eventually got the goal their play deserved when Giovani Lo Celso, starting his first Premier League game in more than two years,…

President Bola Tinubu has vowed to find a lasting solution to the tough times facing Nigerians, saying that he is quite aware of the myriad of socio-economic and political problems Nigerians are grappling with. Tinubu stated this yesterday at the 11th Convocation Ceremony of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, where four sets of graduands participated in the ceremony. Professor Garba Sharubutu, the Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), represented the president and stated that he is actively working to eliminate the current hardships in the country. “Our policy instruments are being…

Sierra Leone has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked a military barracks and attempted to break into an armoury in the capital, Freetown, the government said on Sunday, Reuters reported. The Sierra Leone government statement said the security forces were in control of the situation. “In the early hours of Sunday, some individuals attempted to break into the military armoury at the Wilberforce barracks. They have been rebuffed,” Sierra Leone information minister Chernor Bah said in the statement. “A nationwide curfew has been declared with immediate effect… We strongly advise citizens to stay indoors,” the statement added. A Sierra…

Thirteen Israelis and four Thai nationals arrived in Israel on Sunday after a second release of hostages held by Hamas in an exchange deal for Palestinian prisoners, despite a dispute about aid delivery into Gaza. Although the issue was resolved through mediation by Egypt and Qatar, it delayed the release of captives and underscored the fragility of the four-day truce to swap 50 hostages held by the Palestinian militant group for 150 prisoners in Israeli jails. A Palestinian official familiar with the truce efforts played down the threat that it could collapse. “There is no major threat to the agreement.…

No fewer than 13 people sustained injuries in multiple accidents on Sunday at Car Park C on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Mrs. Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Okpe explained that the incident occurred at 4:55 a.m., adding that it was caused by speeding and involved five vehicles and 22 people. ”A total of five vehicles were involved, which includes three trucks, a Toyota Corolla marked MUS 793 HM, and a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number FG 369-F20,” she said. Chronicle NG 

Second-half goals from Jamaal Lascelles, Joelinton, and Anthony Gordon proved the difference as Newcastle emphatically returned to winning ways in the Premier League against Chelsea at St James’ Park. Lascelles’ free header from Gordon’s cross gave the Magpies a 2-1 lead on the hour mark, before Joelinton capitalized on a Thiago Silva error to double the hosts’ advantage just 90 seconds later. Fit-again Alexander Isak had opened the scoring in an entertaining first half, sending a composed finish beyond Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from 17-year-old Lewis Miley’s threaded pass. Raheem Sterling’s delightful free-kick restored parity 10 minutes later, but Chelsea…

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s late equalizer gave Liverpool a point at Manchester City in the meeting of the Premier League’s top two at Etihad Stadium. In a game that did not touch the heights of previous encounters between the main domestic powers of recent times, reigning champions City led when Erling Haaland was the beneficiary of Liverpool keeper Alisson’s poor clearance. It made him the fastest player to reach 50 Premier League goals – in his 48th match – and gave City an advantage they held until the closing stages. Ruben Dias thought he had added City’s second, only to see his…

A fire tore through a shopping mall in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday, killing 10 people. Geo News said the blaze started early in the morning at the multi-story RJ shopping mall in Pakistan’s most populous city. Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui said in a post on social media platform X that 10 people had been killed and 22 injured in the fire. “The fire has been extinguished, and the cooling process is going on,” Siddiqui said in the afternoon. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.