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Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain centre-back Sergio Ramos will join his old team Sevilla as a free agent, the Laliga team announced on Monday. Ramos is returning to his boyhood club, Sevilla, as a free agent, the Laliga side said on Monday. The 37-year-old turned down a hefty offer from Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad and agreed to a one-year contract with the Spanish team after his contract with the Ligue 1 club expired in June, reports said. Ramos began attending our youth academy when he was seven years old and advanced through the ranks until he made his first reserve team…

A 40-year-old woman, Ogunyemi Ajoke, has been convicted and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by the Court of Law in Lagos for dealing and selling liquor laced with hard drugs, popularly called ‘Skushies’. Justice Akintayo Aluko, who presided over the court, gave the verdict after the convicted woman pleaded guilty to a count charge leveled against her by the anti-narcotic agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The convict, according to the prosecutor, N. J. Mamza, was arrested on July 23, 2023, at Titilayo Street, Egbe, in Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, with 25 litres of the alcoholic…

President Bola Tinubu expressed his support for new partnerships with Oracle and global technology companies on Monday to promote the ease of doing business, digital innovation, effective identity management, efficient payroll administration, and qualitative citizen-centred service delivery in Nigeria. Tinubu said that with cutting-edge technology, Nigeria will digitize the public service and surgically apply public money for growth. Ajuri Ngelale, media adviser to President Tinubu, said this on Monday in a statement, Chronicle NG reports. On Monday, President Bola Tinubu expressed his support for new partnerships with global technology companies to ensure that data from public institutions is accurate and…

In a bid to promote transparency and openness, the presidential election petition tribunal (PEPT) judgements to be delivered on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, will be transmitted live by the FCT Court of Appeal, and interested broadcast stations are encouraged to broadcast for public view. Chronicle NG reports that both Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar are contesting INEC’s announcement of APC’s Bola Tinubu as president, claiming that the election was marred by corruption and that Tinubu was not qualified to run. Umar M. Bangari, Chief Registrar, Court of Appeal, said this in a statement on Monday. The Court of Appeal wishes…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and FCT Command say they have arrested three suspected vandals and cable thieves. The suspects, Peter Kile, 27, Akanuge Sammel, 27, and Justin Tundu, 31, were caught in unlawful possession of the cables by a patrol team around House on the Rock Church Junction, Airport Road, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), a statement reads. The arrest was made following an intelligence report that some criminals disguised themselves as engineers with the aim of vandalizing and carting away cables. It said the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, expressed disgust at the level of…

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr. Dele Alake, says that solid minerals will contribute 50 percent to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). Alake said this during the unveiling of the Agenda for Transformation of Solid Minerals for International Competitiveness and Domestic Prosperity in Abuja on Sunday. He said that the ministry was poised to attract foreign direct investment to the country, adding that the ministry would focus on a seven-point agenda. According to him, these include the creation of the Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation, joint ventures with mining multinationals, and big data on specific priority minerals and their…

The National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) said it would deepen collaboration with the Nigerian police to fortify the nation’s lottery sector. The Director-General of the Commission, Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila, was quoted as saying this in a statement issued on Sunday by Mr. Magnus Ekechukwu, Deputy Director/Head Public Affairs, NLRC, when he visited the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun in Abuja. The meeting underscored the existing collaboration between the two entities aimed at ensuring monitoring, evaluation, and enforcement of the activities of the commission while upholding the rule of law. Gbajabiamila expressed his appreciation for the warm reception extended by…

The mayor of Madrid urged all citizens on Sunday to stay inside as the city prepared for the severe storms and torrential rain that are expected to hit portions of Spain. A maximum red signal, which denotes potential extreme danger, was issued by the national weather office AEMET for Sunday in the Madrid region, Toledo province, and the city of Cadiz. It warned that Madrid might experience 12-hour rainfall of up to 120 litres per square metre. Madrid Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida posted on X, formerly Twitter, “I ask the people of Madrid to stay at home today due to…

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, flagged off the distribution of food items for 500,000 vulnerable households in the state on Sunday to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Speaking during the exercise at the Lagos State House in Alausa, Ikeja, the governor said that the strategic goal of the program was to reach vulnerable households in the state with staple food items using two methodologies. He said that under category 1, groups would receive bulk food items including 50 kg of rice, 50 kg of garri, and 100kg of beans. He said that in category two,…

The United Kingdom said it issued 132,000 visas to Nigerians in the first half of the year, as Jonny Baxter, British Deputy High Commissioner, disclosed in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. Baxter, however, could not readily give the total number of applications received from Nigerians during the period. “In the first half of the year, we granted approximately 132,000 visas, and those are all sorts of visas, which include visit, work, and study visas. “In the previous full year before that, we issued about 324,000. In that year, the UK issued about three million visas, and of those three…