Author: Vincent Osuwo

England international Bukayo Saka has been named England Men’s Player of the Year for a second successive year, the English Football Association has announced. The 22-year-old Arsenal winger was voted the standout player of the 2022–23 season by fans, ahead of midfielder Jude Bellingham and striker Harry Kane, who were second and third, respectively. Saka, who made his England debut in October 2020, scored seven goals in ten games for England in the previous 12 months, including three goals at the 2022 World Cup. He was voted player of the match in England’s 6-2 win over Iran in Qatar, as…

Popular Nigerian music producer and Chief Executive Officer of Mavin Records, Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly called Don Jazzy, has described Nigeria’s rave of the moment, Asake, as “Nigeria’s Lil Wayne.” Speaking in a podcast interview with DJ Big N, the Mavin boss said the YBNL signee is a rare and generational artist. He said, “Asake is such a brilliant artist. He’s an all-rounder. He’s an artist that we don’t get all the time, but when he does, you just know that a star has been born. Asake is Nigeria’s Lil Wayne.” His comment comes on the heels of the YBNL artist’s…

Governor Yahaya Bello, the executive governor of Kogi State, has approved a 100% increase in the allowance of National Youth Service Corps members sent to Kogi State for their mandated one-year service. This is stated in a statement published on Tuesday in Lokoja and made accessible to journalists by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Mohammed. The governor was stated to have approved the increase in light of present economic realities as well as the overall value of the NYSC scheme to national and state development. Speaking on Tuesday at the NYSC 2023 Batch ‘B’ Stream 2 closing ceremony at…

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has stated that he does not believe FIFA arranged the 2022 World Cup so that Argentina’s Lionel Messi would win. Louis van Gaal, Van Dijk’s former national team manager, made the assertion. Van Gaal, who coached the Netherlands at the tournament in Qatar, aroused eyebrows by stating that the event was rigged in order for Messi and Argentina to win. Argentina won on penalties against the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. Van Dijk, who played in that game, was asked about it before the forthcoming international matches.  FIFA World Cup was staged for Messi to win…

On Tuesday, officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) apprehended some officials of the Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency who were diverting palliatives meant for the citizens to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. Peter Afunanya, spokesman of the secret police, who disclosed the development to newsmen in a statement in Abuja, explained that some of the diverted items were recovered from the suspects. He stated that some of the suspects who were arrested at a popular market in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, where the items were being resold, included officials of the Nasarawa State Emergency Management…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a 19-year-old and three other fraudsters over their involvement in internet-related crimes in Benin City, Edo State. According to a Tuesday, September 5, 2023 statement signed by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, a State High Court sitting in Benin, on Monday, September 4, 2023, convicted and sentenced the four internet fraudsters to prison over fraud. The statement disclosed that they were arrested over their involvement in internet-related fraud activities. The convicts, Edah Edison, Akuche Cosmas Chigozie, Chidi Iredia Endurance Eddy, and Uchechukwu Victory Tabowei,…

Fidelity Bank Plc has stated that its profit before tax rose by 204.4 percent as of the end of the first half of the 2023 financial period to N76.3 billion. According to a statement, a review of the results published on the Nigerian Exchange Group on Friday, September 1, 2023, revealed a solid performance across all financial indices, maintaining the bank’s position as one of Nigeria’s fastest-expanding and best-managed financial institutions. The statement said, “Gross earnings for the period grew by 59.6 percent to N247.1bn from N154.8bn reported in June 2022. Profit after tax stood at N61.9bn, representing a growth…

The Federal Government has announced plans to include families of wounded and killed soldiers to the national social register as well as its poverty alleviation activities. Dr. Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, announced this at a meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, on Monday in Abuja. Edu expressed a desire to assist the families of fallen soldiers. She said, “We want to expand our social register to accommodate military personnel that have either been wounded or affected by war, even soldiers that left their families behind. “We need this data from the…

Operatives of the Benue State Police Command have killed one and arrested three suspected armed robbers and cultists in Makurdi, the state capital. This was stated in a press statement issued yesterday in Makurdi by the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene. According to the statement, officers from Operation Zenda JTF raided the communities of Kighir, Kanshio, and Adeke after receiving convincing intelligence regarding the activities of the armed robbery syndicate. According to the statement, when the suspects saw the police, they engaged them in a gun battle, and one of them was shot and died later…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has begun a two-day nationwide warning strike in response to the Federal Government’s failure to address the effects of fuel subsidy removal and devaluation of the Naira. The NLC closed down government offices in Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Abuja, and Oyo States. Chronicle NG reported on Friday that the President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, announced a two-day nationwide warning strike to protest against the government’s failure to address the economic crunch facing the country as a result of fuel subsidy removal. Addressing newsmen at the Labour House in Abuja, Ajaero, who stated that the…