Новости за 23.08.2021

Egypt’s football association said on Monday Liverpool had refused to release Mohamed Salah for the Pharaohs’ upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Angola and Gabon due to UK quarantine regulations. “The Association was informed by Liverpool of their regret of Mohamed Salah being unable to join the national team in their matches against Angola in Cairo and…

Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Liquorose, became the fifth Head of House on Monday and she picked Saga as her deputy. Due to Liquorose’s ban from the HoH room, Sage was asked to pick a partner to stay with him in the exclusive room and as expected, Nini was the lucky one. The…

No fewer than seven people have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of what is suspected to be cholera in Tella Town, Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, who confirmed the incident in Jalingo, on Monday, also disclosed that several others had been hospitalised in health care…

Pere, Maria, Queen, Sammie, Cross, and JMK, have been nominated for eviction in week five of the Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye season. This was announced during the Monday nomination show where each housemate had to nominate two other housemates for possible eviction. The accumulation of their nominations led to the selection of the…

A former coach of the Super Falcons, Godwin Izilein, on Monday, in Benin lambasted the Nigeria Football Federation for what he described as its shabby treatment of indigenous coaches. The coach, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, accused the NFF of always giving preferential treatment to foreign coaches, especially in the area of…

Manchester United defender Brandon Williams joined Premier League side, Norwich, on a season-long loan on Monday. England Under-21 international Williams made his United debut in September 2019 after coming through the youth ranks at Old Trafford. The 20-year-old left-back has been unable to hold down a regular place in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team due to…

The Federal Ministry of Health on Monday went round some motor parks and markets in Abuja to sensitise the public on dangers of drug abuse. Director, Food and Drugs in the ministry, Mr Olubukola Ajayi, while addressing the newsmen at the end of the exercise, said that such became necessary due to the danger drug…

Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemates, JMK, Pere and Maria, have been issued a strike each for microphone infringement in the house. Big Brother issued the strike on Monday, after the Head of House games and before the nomination show. Before issuing the strike, Big Brother played a video that showed Maria and Pere…

D’Tigers will be ready to make their Nigerian compatriots proud by Wednesday when they take on Mali at the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket in Kigali, team head coach Mike Brown assured on Monday. Admitting that the competition’s schedule for just immediately after the Summer Olympics has proved to be challenging for players and the coaching staff,…

As the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), moves closer to the end of his second term in 2023, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday, said Nigeria needs a leader with a broad world view and not a provincial politician. He equally noted that the leader must…

Ekiti United has qualified for the play-off in the Nigeria National League for the first time, having spent the last 10 years in the country’s second tier football league. Information Commissioner, Akin Omole, said, “Ekiti United FC, under the guidance of coach Samson Omiponle, defeated visiting Dynamite Force FC of Iyahmo, Edo State 2-1 in…

The Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman, has said the former Chairman of the Independent National Election Commission, Attahiru Jega, was wrong to have compared the six-year rule of the All Progressives Congress, with the 16 years of the Peoples Democratic Party. Lukman, said this in a paper titled, ‘Nigerian Politics…

The market indices of the nation’s bourse, opened trading for the week on Monday with a loss of 0.12 per cent, following sell pressure in Lafarge Africa and PZ Cussons. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N20.571 trillion, lost N25 billion or 0.12 per cent to close at N20.546 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index…

The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that phase two COVID-19 vaccination will commence in the state on Wednesday, August 25. He said this in a Facebook post on Monday. The governor encouraged residents to take the vaccine, saying that more people are being killed by the virus. Part of the post read, “Earlier…

The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that phase two COVID-19 vaccination will commence in the state on Wednesday, September 1. He said this in a Facebook post on Monday. The governor encouraged residents to take the vaccine, saying that more people are being killed by the virus. Part of the post read, “Earlier…

Fifteen kidnapped travellers including children and women were rescued by troops of Operation Safe Haven(OPSH) at Jagindi in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday night. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the troops repelled the bandits before rescuing the 15 persons who were in transit. Aruwan…

The Federal Government says it will soon inaugurate National Environmental Sanitation Response Intervention to cholera outbreak in Kubwa, Abuja, currently the epicentre in the FCT. The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this while briefing the newsmen on the cholera outbreak on Monday, in Abuja. Abubakar said that the latest situation report from Nigeria…

Liquorose has emerged as the Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye Head of House for week five. During the Head of House games on Monday evening, Liquorose victoriously got the highest points and earned the most coveted title of head of house for the week. With this new position, she is free from eviction, gets…

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday said that Nigeria needs a leader with a broad worldview and not a provincial politician. He also noted that the leader must be one who is incorruptible, who understands that the best way to fight corruption is by personal example and also…

Developing countries are expected to receive $275bn out of the International Monetary Fund’s $650bn Special Drawing Rights to be distributed among member countries based on their quota shares in the IMF. IMF’s Managing Director, Ms Kristalina Georgieva, said this in a statement on Monday in Washington, DC, while announcing the commencement of the distribution of…

The national power grid has collapsed for the second time in less than a month, worsening the blackout being experienced by households and businesses in parts of Nigeria. The collapse, which occurred around 1:00pm on Monday, was confirmed by two of the electricity distribution companies in the country. The grid had on July 28, 2021…

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance has dismissed a revenue of N1.3 trillion being projected by the Nigeria Customs Service for 2022 fiscal year, vowing to raise the target. The Comptroller-General of NCS, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), had in his presentation at the ongoing public hearing on the 2022/2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and…

Romelu Lukaku described his second Chelsea debut as “dominant” after scoring his first Premier League goal for the Blues as the European champions outclassed Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday. The Belgian has returned to Stamford Bridge for a club-record £97 million ($132 million) as the missing piece of a proven goalscorer to turn the Champions League…

The Police Command in Zamfara on Monday confirmed that gunmen killed four persons and abducted 50 others in Goran Namaye Town in Maradun Local Government Area. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu, made the disclosure to newsmen in Gusau on Monday. Shehu said the attackers, who came in large numbers, invaded the town…

The family of late policeman, Gabriel Maduka Igwe, narrate how he was attacked and burnt alive on his way back home after using an Automated Teller Machine by some hoodlums for being a police officer. The sad incident happened in October 2020.