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Russia will be re-admitted to European Under-17 competitions for the first time since the country’s invasion of Ukraine 19 months ago, UEFA  disclosed. European football’s governing body says boys and girls should not be punished for the actions of adults. “Football should never give up sending messages of peace and hope,” the organization said in a statement. UEFA suspended all Russian teams from European competitions when the full-scale invasion began in February 2022. It also revoked hosting rights for the 2022 Champions League final and 2023 Super Cup, which were due to be held in Saint Petersburg and Kazan, respectively,…

The Coalition of Northern Groups Students’ Wing (CNG-SW), an umbrella body of all Northern Nigerian students studying in Nigeria and in the Diaspora, in reaction to the kidnapping of female students at Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, has demanded their rescue by the federal government. It demanded that the government immediately mobilize all necessary resources and work with relevant security agencies to rescue the kidnapped students in a statement that Northwest coordinator Muhammad B. Aliyu signed yesterday in Abuja. While noting that time is of the essence, Aliyu said every effort must be made to ensure their prompt and safe…

Governor Dauda Lawal said on Tuesday that the Zamfara State Government has enough facts to expose the agents of the Federal Government behind the secret negotiations with bandits. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has accused the Zamfara State Government of politicizing security. This is in light of a request for clarification by Governor Lawal over a secret dialogue with bandits orchestrated by agents of the Federal Government. A statement by the spokesperson to the Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, revealed that the state government possesses hard evidence exposing some federal government agents involved in the negotiations…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct a mock accreditation of voters in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi ahead of the governorship elections scheduled for November 11. The mock accreditation scheduled for October 14 would be done using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and uploading polling unit results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Sam Olumekun, INEC commissioner of information and voter education, said this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the decision was taken at the commission’s meeting held on Monday, where, among other issues, it reviewed the preparations for the forthcoming off-cycle governorship elections in…

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, September 27, 2023, as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Maulid celebration in commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Monday, congratulated all Muslims, both at home and in the Diaspora, for witnessing this year’s occasion. Tunji-Ojo “admonished Nigerians, especially the youths, to imbibe the spirit of love, patience, tolerance, and perseverance, which are deep spiritual virtues and which Prophet Muhammad (SAW) exemplified, adding that doing so would guarantee peace, security, and harmony in the…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) management, under the leadership of Mr. Mele Kyari, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and International Oil Companies (IOCs) on Monday to limit the contracting cycle to 180 working days in order to increase productivity and ease of doing business. “In a major boost for the nation’s oil and gas industry, the NNPC Ltd. and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Oil Companies (IOCs) to reduce the contracting cycle to an optimal level of…

The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to declare the imposition of a Proof of Ownership levy on all vehicle owners as illegal and unconstitutional. The NBA-SPIDEL also urges the court to declare the new yearly vehicle documentation, which came with a N1000 price tag, as multiple taxation and unlawful. The plaintiffs in the suit, which is yet to be assigned to a judge, are NBA-SPIDEL, the Chairman of the Section, John Akpokpo-Martins, the Secretary, Funmi Adeogun, and a member of the Governing Council of NBA-SPIDEL, Francis…

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire incident at the Supreme Court on Monday morning. It stated that the fire had affected two judge’s chambers while also revealing that police and firefighters had intervened to bring the situation under control. The spokesperson for the police in FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, added that the properties destroyed during the inferno were yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. “On September 25, 2023, at about 7:00 a.m., there was a fire incident at the Supreme Court. The situation…

Following the fire outbreak at the Supreme Court complex on Monday morning, its spokesperson, Dr. Festus Akande, clarified that only one chamber of the building was affected. Akande disclosed this to reporters shortly after the fire was put out by the Supreme Court’s Fire Service Department. Chronicle NG had earlier reported that a section of the apex court building located in the Three Arms Zone of Abuja was gutted by fire. According to Akande, the fire erupted between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. “when staff were already in the office.” “Further investigations are going on, so we can’t say categorically, but…

Festus Akande, the Public Relations Officer of the Supreme Court, has said the fire incident that occurred on Monday morning has no connection with and won’t have any effect on the presidential election petition. A section of the Supreme Court complex in Abuja’s Three-Arm Zone caught fire this morning, Chronicle NG reports. Speaking during an interview with journalists on Monday, Akande stated that the fire outbreak won’t affect anything in the Supreme Court. He said, “As a matter of fact, there’s no single connection, and it won’t affect anything in the court. “This incident occurred in a chamber equipped with…