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18Jun

By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments

News

‘Go home quietly’ – Asari Dokubo warns Rivers LG chairmen

A fresh crisis is brewing in Rivers State over the tenure of the 23 council chairmen. This is just as Niger Delta leader and former militant warlord, Muhajid Asari Dokubo, has asked local government chairmen to accept the end of their three-year tenure and “go home quietly.” NewsNow recalls that Governor Siminalayi Fubara had instructed the chairmen, supported by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to step down when their term ends. However, they refused, claiming that the pro-Wike faction of Rivers House of Assembly has prolonged their tenure. The Martin Amaewhule-led Assembly modified the law to allow LG chairmen to extend their term by six months due to Fubara’s alleged failure to hold local government elections. While speaking at the 2024 Eid-el-Kabir celeb...

Cameroon-Nigeria trade leaks over $15m – Gov Otu tells World Bank team

18Jun

By Afolake IbidunNo Comments

Business

Cameroon-Nigeria trade leaks over $15m – Gov Otu tells World Bank team

Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has disclosed that various leakages in international border trade between Nigeria and Cameroon result in losses exceeding $15 million. He lamented that the burgeoning trade at the Mfum International Border does not yield any meaningful revenues to the state tax net. He advised that the substantial trans-African trade through the border be closely monitored. Otu spoke when he hosted a team from the World Bank in Calabar, the state capital. The team was in Cross River State on a fact-finding mission to federal government agencies in the state, as well as to examine issues limiting trans-African free trade. The Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has called on the World Bank and other multilateral agencies to assist in bridging the soci...

18Jun

By Ofomata EdidiongNo Comments

Sports

Euro 2024: He celebrated for winning goal-kick – Neville criticises Arsenal defender

Former Manchester United captain, Gary Neville, has criticised Arsenal’s Kieran Tierney amid the ongoing Euro 2024 in Germany. Neville insisted that Tierney got ‘carried away’ during Scotland’s 5-1 Euro 2024 defeat to Germany. According to him, the defender still has a long way to go after he celebrated with Andy Robertson for winning a goal-kick during the encounter. “They were getting caught up in the first five minutes,” Neville said on ITV. “What I thought was a significant moment in the first couple of minutes in the game was when one of their experienced players, Kieran Tierney, playing for Arsenal Football Club, he celebrated winning a goal kick like it was almost the last minute of the game. “I just thought, “oh no”. This is a marathon, this match. You have such a long way to g...

Kola not fit to be president, can’t manage father’s empire—MKO Abiola’s son

18Jun

By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments

Headlines

Kola not fit to be president, can’t manage father’s empire—MKO Abiola’s son

Abdulmumuni Abiola, a brother to Kola Abiola and son of the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late MKO Abiola, has criticised the poor handling of his father’s legacies. He expressed his disappointment in the podcast MIC ON with Seun Okinbaloye, released Saturday night. He also blamed Kola, Abiola’s eldest son, who he said was in a position to hoist his father’s legacy but failed to do so. This is as he alleged that Kola, who could have carried on with his father’s struggle, was in a relationship with former Head of State General Ibrahim Babangida’s daughter while his father was in prison. Babangida’s regime annulled the 1993 presidential election, which was adjudg...

18Jun

By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments

News

Harness Nigeria’s resources towards nation-building — Ex IPAC chair urges Oyetola

Wale Adebayo, the former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Osun State, has called on the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, to ensure the country’s resources are well channeled towards growth and development. Adebayo, who praised Oyetola’s exceptional leadership on Tuesday in Osogbo, said that harnessing such endowed resources in the right direction would significantly benefit the country at large. He lauded the minister’s remarkable achievements in boosting the state’s representation at the national level, leveraging substantial benefits for the state. “I want to say that these benefits include access to resources and investments, enhanced visibility and influence, and opportunities for indigenes, among others. “The Marine Minister has done i...

18Jun

By Ofomata EdidiongNo Comments

Sports

EPL 2024/2025: Full list of Arsenal games

Arsenal’s first fixture of the 2024/2025 Premier League campaign is against Wolves. The game will be played on Saturday, August 17, at Emirates Stadium. The Gunners’ first away fixture is against Aston Villa on Saturday August 24. Mikel Arteta’s side finished in the second position on the Premier League table last season behind champions Manchester City. Full list of Arsenal’s 2024/2025 Premier League fixtures: AUGUST Sat 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) Sat 24 Aston Villa (A) Sat 31 Brighton & Hove Albion (H) SEPTEMBER Sat 14 Tottenham Hotspur (A) Sat 21 Manchester City (A) Sat 28 Leicester City (H) OCTOBER Sat 5 Southampton (H) Sat 19 Bournemouth (A) Sat 26 Liverpool (H) NOVEMBER Sat 2 Newcastle United (A) Sat 9 Chelsea (A) Sat 23 Nottingham Forest (H) Sat 30 West Ham United (A) DE...

13 killed as heavy rains pound Central America

18Jun

By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments

Headlines

13 killed as heavy rains pound Central America

Thirteen people have died in flooding and landslides in El Salvador and Guatemala as heavy rains pound Central America, authorities from the two countries said. In El Salvador, the hardest hit country so far, five people died Monday in a landslide in the western district of Tacuba, in the department of Ahuachapan, Civil Defence chief Luis Amaya said. Those deaths follow two fatalities recorded on Sunday after a tree and a pole fell on a car that was travelling on a highway in the capital. Another four people were killed in flooding and landslides between Friday and Sunday, Amaya added. On Sunday, Congress approved a state of emergency to facilitate the mobilisation of resources. Presid...

18Jun

By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments

News

Kogi Govt bans traditional procession in Koton-Karfe, environs

Following a security report to avert a breakdown of law and order, the Kogi State Government has banned all forms of traditional procession in Koton-Karfe and neighbouring communities in Kogi Local Government Area of the state. The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, disclosed this in a statement made available to NewsNow on Tuesday. He noted that the proactive ban is aimed at curbing plans by some elements in the area to disturb the peace of the ancient town. “His Excellency Alh. Ahmed Usman Ododo reiterates his administration’s commitment to peaceful coexistence among all Koton-Karfe people and will always leave his doors open to listen to complaints and grievances rather than resort to violence. “We urge all concerned to strictly abide by ...

18Jun

By Obi UgochuwkuNo Comments

Politics

Edo guber: Obaseki neglected road, health infrastructures, schools – Okpebholo

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate for the September 2024 election in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has accused the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, of neglecting public infrastructure in the 18 LGAs of the state. He said that if Obaseki had paid attention to this infrastructure, Edo State would have looked like any other urbanised community in other states. Speaking to journalists in Calabar, Okpebholo said that if he wins the upcoming gubernatorial election, his government will give special attention to health, school, and road infrastructure. He promised to re-enact Adams Oshiomhole’s infrastructural revolution when he was governor. “We’ll declare an emergency on roads, schools, and health infrastructure in the 18 LGAs of the state. “We will be taking a hol...

Pressure on cholera vaccine stocks ‘decreasing’- Gavi alliance

18Jun

By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments

Headlines

Pressure on cholera vaccine stocks ‘decreasing’- Gavi alliance

A resurgence of cholera across Africa has driven an urgent need for more vaccine doses, but stock shortages have hampered the fight against the increasing outbreaks of the deadly disease. But pressure on the supply of doses is now decreasing, said Aurelia Nguyen, Chief Programme Pfficer of the Gavi Vaccine Alliance that raises funds to supply vaccines to developing countries. Ahead of a summit in Paris on Thursday aimed at ramping up vaccine production in Africa, Nguyen told AFP about the current state of play. – How many doses are there? – Nguyen: “Cholera outbreaks are becoming more and more frequent, more and more widespread, and are occurring more often in countries that had prev...