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Former Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney said his main ambition for Birmingham City was to take the Championship club back to the Premier League. Rooney was appointed Birmingham manager on Wednesday with the club, which is part-owned by former NFL great Tom Brady and lies sixth in the second-tier championship with 18 points from 11 games. They last played in the Premier League in 2011. “The goal for the club and for me is to take the club back to the Premier League,” Wayne told a press conference on Thursday. After signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with Birmingham, Rooney…

A period of silence will be held before England’s game with Australia at Wembley for “the innocent victims of the devastating events in Israel and Palestine”. The Football Association also said players would wear black armbands for the match at Wembley on Friday. More than 1,200 people have been killed after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a series of attacks on Israel. Israel then launched air strikes on Gaza and stopped food, water, fuel, and medicine from entering the territory. More than 1,300 people have been killed in Gaza since the retaliatory strikes, with 338,000 displaced. “On Friday evening, we…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted the foreign exchange (forex) restrictions on importation of forty-three (43) items implemented eight years ago. Chronicle NG reports that the apex bank decision to lift forex restrictions is coming at a time when Nigeria’s economy is dwindling. The 43 items, as disclosed by CBN, include: Basic food items: “rice, margarine, palm kernel, palm oil products and vegetable oils, meat and processed meat products, and vegetables and processed vegetable products. Others are: poultry and processed poultry products, tinned fish in sauce (geisha) or sardines, tomatoes or tomato pastes. The CBN also considered some…

The Anambra South Senatorial District representative, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has officially joined Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), after decamping from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) as a lone ranger in the 10th Senate of the national assembly. During today’s brief plenary, Senate President Senator Godswill Akpabio read this on the Senate floor. Senator Ubah, by this move, aims to join forces with other Igbo Progressives and stakeholders in changing the present disadvantaged position of Ndi Igbo in national politics. “Today, I have moved from the Young Progressives Party, YPP, to the All Progressives Congress, in accordance…

Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court in Benin City convicted and sentenced an impersonator, Endurance Agbi, and ten other fraudsters to various prison terms on Tuesday. The other convicts are: Sylvester Osatofoh Ebhoaiye, Edafe Promise, Christian Skinn, Ariomoghwa Lucky, Ogbebor Pricewill, Irikefe Prosper, Odiri Ejiro, Eyengho Richard, Apoi Ufouma, and Enabor Peter Odianosen. While Odianosen was jailed on Wednesday, October 10, 2023, all the others were jailed on Tuesday. They were arraigned separately on one-count charges of personation and unlawful possession of fraudulent documents by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…

The Global Advisor at the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), Chair of the Board of Directors for the Climate Action Platform for Africa (CAP-A), and immediate past Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called for the global South and global North to collaborate with openness and transparency rather than merely seeking influence and leadership from the South, which will waste this crucial opportunity for effective global action for climate, peace, and security at the inaugural Future Resilience Forum. “With the largest renewable energy potential and critical minerals located in the global South, the global North…

UEFA said on Thursday it was postponing Israel’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Kosovo in Pristina. The Israeli authorities are not allowing the national team to travel abroad due to the conflict with Hamas. European soccer’s governing body said a new date for the Group I match, which had been scheduled for Sunday, would be announced at a later time. UEFA has already postponed Israel’s qualifier against Switzerland to November 15 in the wake of attacks by Hamas militants. The match had been scheduled to be played in Tel Aviv on Thursday. Pastor Adeboye stands by Israel in ravaging war against…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has kicked against the plan by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to include private universities as beneficiaries of its projects. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known at a two-day interactive session between TETFund and all unions of beneficiary institutions in Abuja on Wednesday. Osodeke, ASUU  president said that the move to include private universities in the fund’s project would lead to the proliferation of private universities devoid of quality. The ASUU president charges the fund to work more on its project monitoring method, saying that the levels of performance by…

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) worldwide, has reacted to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, saying all members of the RCCG worldwide stand with the people of Israel. Adeboye stated this in a viral video clip posted on his verified social media page on Wednesday. The cleric, who noted that his prayers are with the people of Israel, said, “Hello, my beloved brothers in Israel, I want you to know that we are praying for you and that all members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God all over the world are standing by…

Lauretta Onochie, former Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board, has taken a swipe at Peter Obi, the Labour Party 2023 presidential candidate, who requested President Bola Tinubu reveal his true identity to Nigerians during a TV broadcast today. Onochie, former new media aide to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, said Peter Obi, former Anambra State governor, is unskilled in manipulation, listens to mentally ill advisers, and will never be declared President of our great nation. Chronicle NG reports that Onochie offered the unsolicited advice that Obi should go home and enjoy his retirement with his grandchildren as she does.…