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The Department of State Services has invited and interrogated the Secretary to Ogun State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, over recent allegations of fraud levelled against him.According to the source, the grill took place on Friday at 6:55 p.m. at the DSS’s Oke-Mosan headquarters in Abeokuta, Ogun State. On Friday, Talabi reportedly underwent a five-hour questioning before being freed on his own recognizance. In recent times, Talabi’s alleged association with Superflux Printing Limited, which is based on Acme Road in Ikeja, Lagos State, has drawn considerable attention. DSS occupy Lagos assembly According to information obtained by Chronicle NG, Senior Advocate of Nigeria…

Manchester City have completed the signing of defender Josko Gvardiol from RB Leipzig in a deal worth £77.6m. Pep Guardiola revealed on Friday that the 21-year-old was undergoing a medical ahead of his arrival and he now becomes City’s second signing of the summer after fellow Croatia international Mateo Kovacic. Gvardiol has signed a five-year deal City, who won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League last season. Gvardiol undergoes medical ahead of Man City move The former Dinamo Zagreb defender told City’s website: “I have always dreamed of one day playing in England and to be doing so…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has narrated how he lost a grandchild due to medical neglect in a government hospital. The former Akwa Ibom State governor narrated the tragic incident during Tunji Alausa’s screening as a ministerial nominee of President Bola Tinubu. While Alausa was grilled and provided solutions to issues in Nigeria’s healthcare system, the senate president admitted to being a victim of medical neglect. “Every other person has been a victim of medical neglect,” Akpabio said “My first grandchild in 2019 in a federal medical centre died through bleeding. He was receiving drip and it was tissued in the…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has regretted the impending exit of British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) from Nigeria after 51 years. This follows the company’s announcement of plans to end its prescription medicine and vaccine production in the country. Reacting to the development in a tweet on Friday night, Obi stated that the multinational company’s reason for exiting the Nigerian market is even more disheartening as they no longer perceive a prospect for the country as a business environment that would be anchored on productivity. According to Obi, these are some of…

Russia on Friday handed jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny 19 years behind bars on extremism charges, cementing a crackdown on voices critical of the ruling elite. The heavy sentence against Navalny, who had mobilized massive protests, is the latest in a string of lawsuits against high-profile activists and ordinary Russians who have protested Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. Germany immediately called the ruling “pure injustice”, the EU’s chief slammed the verdict as “unacceptable”, and the UN rights chief called on Russia to release Navalny “immediately”. “Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 19 years at a maximum security penal colony,” spokesperson Kira Yarmysh…

Pep Guardiola confirmed defender Josko Gvardiol was undergoing a medical at Manchester City on Friday ahead of a proposed move from RB Leipzig as he prepared his team to face Arsenal in the Community Shield. The treble winners are closing in on a deal for the Croatia international and are understood to have agreed a fee of 90 million euros ($99 million). Speaking to reporters ahead of Sunday’s curtain-raiser against Arsenal at Wembley, Guardiola said: “Regarding Gvardiol — what a beautiful surname he has — he’s doing a medical test. Man City agree €90m deal to sign Josko Gvardiol…

British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced plans to stop producing prescription drugs and vaccines in Nigeria after 51 years of business there. The international pharmaceutical business announced it would switch to a third-party direct distribution approach for its pharmaceutical products in a statement to the Nigerian Exchange Limited. Nigeria Air to begin flights in October The firm also stated that it is currently coordinating the following measures with its advisors and that it intends to submit a scheme of arrangements to the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to potentially return cash to its regional shareholders. Incorporated in Nigeria…

The Nigerian Navy has responded to an allegation of a vessel carrying stolen crude oil, which the Tantita Security Services supposedly intercepted in the Koko area of Delta State on Wednesday. Government Ekpemupolo, popu;arly known as Tompolo, is the owner of the private security firm Tantita Security Outfit. Tompolo is a former Niger Delta agitator who recently signed a contract with the Federal Government to guard oil pipelines. The 1,117-ton vessel purportedly intercepted was carrying about 8,100 barrels of crude, the security outfit said. Security operatives nab vessel carrying stolen crude oil The vessel, tagged, MT Praisel was flying a…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has placed its personnel on alert to stop any Nigerien from crossing into Nigeria through official or unofficial borders. The service has also instructed its men to stop Nigerians from going into the Niger Republic through the Katsina border with the Niger Republic as part of the Service’s efforts to impose an ECOWAS sanction against the military junta in the Niger Republic. “Nigerians should stay at home and not attempt to go to the Niger Republic until the embargo is lifted. And we are determined to return any Nigerien we catch who is planning to…

President Bola Tinubu has replaced a ministerial nominee, Maryam Shetty, choosing two others, including Festus Keyamo and Dr Maigari Mahmud. Festus served as APC campaign Director of Public Affairs in the 2023 election. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this when he read out a letter by the President at Friday’s plenary session.