Новости за 19.09.2021

Brighton beat Leicester 2-1 to move up to third in the table ahead of the late kick-off between Tottenham and Chelsea, both former clubs of Greaves. Neal Maupay converted from the penalty spot with 10 minutes remaining of the first half following a handball by Jannik Vestergaard. Danny Welbeck doubled the lead five minutes after…

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal in three matches since his return to Manchester United on Sunday before Jesse Lingard grabbed a late winner on his return to West Ham in a 2-1 win. Ronaldo tapped in to cancel out Said Benrahma’s opener and substitute Lingard appeared to have won the match for the visitors…

The second batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft has departed the United States of America en route to Nigeria. A presidential aide, Tolu Ogunlesi, posted this on his Facebook page on Sunday. In a link shared by the presidential aide, the fighter planes were said to have refuelled at Rectrix in the Worcester Regional…

Arsonists have set the Independent National Electoral Commission office at Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State ablaze on Sunday. The Chief Fire Officer in Enugu State, Okwudili Ohaa, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu. Ohaa said that a distress call was received by the Enugu State Fire Service at…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has directed that the Nigerian National Petroleum CompanyLimited be incorporated. He also approved the appointment of the Board and Management of the NNPC Limited with Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as Chairman. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kyari, was appointed Chief Executive…

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova said on Sunday she would not play the Billie Jean King Cup finals in November as she needs rest. The rebranded Fed Cup tournament will be held on indoor hard courts at the O2 Arena in Prague on November 1-6 after the Czech capital replaced Budapest as the host city…

President Vladimir Putin’s party was set to retain a majority in parliament as Russia on Sunday concluded a three-day election in which most Kremlin critics were barred from running. The vote comes in the wake of an unprecedented crackdown on the opposition this year, with Russian authorities jailing Putin’s best-known domestic foe Alexei Navalny and…

Boarding house students of Lagos State Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools will pay N35,000 in each of the next two terms. Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, made the clarification in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by Mr Ganiu Lawal, an assistant director in the ministry. Adefisayo said the “experimental fee regime’’ was…

The Ondo State Government said it had begun the collection of consumption tax from the residents of the state in a bid to boost the Internally Generated Revenue of the state The government however explained that the consumption tax was different from the contentious Value Added Tax. The Executive Chairman of the Ondo State Internal…

Algeria prepared on Sunday to bury Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country’s longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes but without the ceremony accorded to leaders who died before him.  Bouteflika passed away on Friday aged 84, having lived as a recluse since he was forced from power more than two years ago….

Gunmen believed to be bandits attacked a church in Kogi, killing one and kidnapping three worshippers. The incidence happened on Sunday morning at the ECWA Church in Okedayo, Kabba, headquarters of Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. Governor Yahaya Bello had described the state as the safest in Nigeria. The attack happened barely…

Residents of the Ayetoro coastal community in the Ilaje area of Ondo State have appealed to the state and the Federal Government to save the committee from imminent extinction as the incessant incursion of the Atlantic Ocean has almost washed the community away. It was gathered that the ocean surge which often occurred has destroyed…

Manchester United make three changes following the midweek Champions League defeat at Young Boys. Jadon Sancho drops to the bench as Mason Greenwood returns alongside Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba in the three-man support of lead striker Cristiano Ronaldo. Raphael Varane comes in for Victor Lindelof at centre-back, while Scott McTominay replaces Donny van de…

The Federal Government has lifted the ban placed on flights coming into the country from India. The government had banned passengers, who visited India, Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey in the last 14 days from entering the country as part of precautionary measures to contain the virus in the country. But in the new travel…

Naija Ratels FC of Abuja has signed seven young players ahead of the 2021/2022 Nigeria Women Football League premiership (NWFL premiership), Paul Edeh Proprietor/chairman of the newly promoted premiership club has disclosed. Unveiling the players in Abuja, Edeh said the seven new players, most of them still in their teens, were carefully scouted from the…

Attempts by a female passenger, Obehi Isesele, and one Emmanuel Omebere to export illicit drugs to Europe through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja have been thwarted by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The agency said they were arrested shortly before they boarded their flights. “While…

Three policemen on duty in Onitsha Anambra State were on Sunday killed by gunmen. The incident, it was gathered, happened around 9 am on the Ukaegbu /Ezeiweka road in Onitsha. Two other cops were injured during the shooting incident at a security post mounted by the police operatives. The operation vehicle of the cops was…

Anthony Joshua could soon find out that former cruiserweight Oleksandr Usyk has “enough power to absorb and withstand punches”, says Michael Hunter. Joshua’s IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles will be at stake when he is challenged by Usyk at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next Saturday. Usyk, an Olympic gold medallist like Joshua, inflicted Hunter’s only…

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, has passed on at the age of 64. Mailafia, who was a columnist with The PUNCH was said to have died at midnight after a brief illness. The former deputy governor, who was the Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in…

It is fairly common to have conversations about oxygen in our daily lives and to make references to the importance of this crucial gas in the sustenance of human existence. In God’s infinite wisdom, it was made available to mankind and virtually all mammals to be able to derive their sustenance from its use. To…

The former England striker Jimmy Greaves, one of the game’s greatest goalscorers and characters, has died aged 81, his former club Tottenham Hotspur announced on Sunday.  “We are extremely saddened to learn of the passing of the great Jimmy Greaves, not just Tottenham Hotspur’s record goalscorer but the finest marksman this country has ever seen,”…

The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Kalu, says Nigeria requires 95 percent of national network coverage to enable electronic transmission of election results. Kalu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. NAN recalls that 52 senators on July 15 voted against electronic transmission of results in the…

Financial analyst, Tosin Adeoti, is one of the plaintiffs in a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying that the Governor of the Central of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, should be declared incompetent for the country’s high inflation rate and the fall of naira. In this interview with GODFREY GEORGE, Adeoti speaks on his…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on all Nigerian political leaders to come together in a bid to tackling the challenges facing the country. Lawan said no part of the country could on its own solve a problem that had engulfed all parts of the country. This was contained in a statement…

Forty seven people are said to compete for the vacant stool of the late Emir of Kotangora, Saidu Namaska. Meanwhile, The PUNCH learnt that arrangements are in top gear for the choosing of the next Emir of Kontagora in Niger State. The late emir passed away on September 9, 2021, and the election of the…