Author: Vincent Osuwo

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…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has warned the Department of State Services not to deter students from exercising their rights to protest, saying this is a universally recognised human right. The warning by the National Public Relations Officer of the union, Giwa Temitope, comes on the heels of a statement made by DSS that some politicians were mobilizing student leaders for violent protest against the Federal Government over socioeconomic matters. The spokesperson for the security agency, Peter Afunanya, stated on Monday that “intelligence reports have indicated that the plotters include certain politicians who are desperately mobilising unsuspecting student…

Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), has filed a lawsuit against the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, over alleged character defamation. Ndifon had filed a lawsuit against UNICAL’s vice chancellor and three other defendants, expressing his anger at what he described as dragging his image through the mud even when he had done nothing wrong. Other defendants in the case before a National Industrial Court in Calabar include the UNICAL Registrar and Prof. Dorathy Oluwagbemi-Jacob. He accused the vice chancellor of colluding with the LAWSAN president (unical chapter), Mr. Obi…

Manchester United winger Antony Matheus dos Santos has refuted the allegations of domestic violence levelled against him by his ex-girlfriend, Gabrielle Cavallin. Cavallin accused the 23-year-old Manchester United winger of attacking her while she was pregnant, damaging her breast implant, cutting her finger with a glass, and threatening to throw her out of a speeding car. However, Antony, 23, who played in United’s 3-1 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday, issued a statement on Monday night denying the allegations. “I can say with confidence that the accusations are false,’ he wrote on social media. “My relationship with Ms. Gabriela was tumultuous,…