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18Jun

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Sports

Euro 2024: Hard work wasted, U21 squad – Paul Scholes slams Southgate for snubbing 2 stars

Despite England’s victory against Serbia in their opening game of the Euro 2024 championship in Germany, former Manchester United midfielder, Paul Scholes has told manager, Gareth Southgate he made a mistake not taking Marcus Rashford or Jack Grealish to the tournament. Marcus Rashford and Grealish were surprising omissions from the Three Lions squad, especially after the former had helped Manchester City win the Premier League last season. England’s 1-0 win against Serbia was not convincing, with Jude Bellingham scoring the 13th-minute header. It was a tame performance from Southgate’s men that left much to be admired. Scholes, a former England midfielder, gave his thoughts on the game with a post on Instagram, suggesting that Southgate has selected an inexperienced squad. “Can’t help...

Winning war against insurgency and other crimes in Nigeria using local content

18Jun

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Winning war against insurgency and other crimes in Nigeria using local content

……Focus on PROFORCE Armoured Vehicles The Nigeria’s automotive was established in the 1950s aimed at producing both passenger vehicles and commercial trucks. This was made possible by likes of Federated Motors Industries, a subsidiary of United Africa Company, and SCOA’s who produces Peugeot 404 and pickup trucks respectively. Information available at the National Automotive Design and Development Council webside, Nigeria currently has 31 licensed car, truck, and bus manufacturers with a combined installed capacity of 205,000 vehicles per year (NADDC). The majority of the materials used in its production are Steel, aluminium, glass, and polymer (plastics and fibre reinforced composites, rubber and textile fibres). However, one of the issu...

18Jun

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Sports

Euro 2024: You’re out of order – Keane blasts Mbappe after France beat Austria

Former Manchester United captain, Roy Keane, has said Kylian Mbappe was “out of order”, after he returned to the field of play without the referee’s permission. Mbappe picked up a suspected broken nose late on in their 1-0 win over Austria on Monday. The France captain suffered the injury after jumping into Austrian defender, Kevin Danso. Mbappe went off to be attended to by medics, but then returned to the field without the referee’s permission, before sitting on the pitch and receiving a yellow card from the match official. After the match, Keane slammed Mbappe’s apparent deliberate act of time wasting. He told ITV Sport: “He gets an injury, trying to stop the play, he’s gone on to sit on the pitch, I don’t like to see this. This is out of order. “Listen whether he’s been instructed ...

New Zealand Super Rugby player Garden-Bachop dies at 25

18Jun

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New Zealand Super Rugby player Garden-Bachop dies at 25

Otago Highlanders back Connor Garden-Bachop has died aged 25 after an unspecified “medical event”, New Zealand Rugby said on Tuesday. Police said they were called to the scene of a sudden death in Christchurch on Monday evening. It is not being treated as suspicious and will be referred to the coroner. “Connor passed away on Monday following a medical event and rugby’s collective focus at this time is on supporting his family,” New Zealand Rugby said in a statement. The son of former All Black Stephen Bachop, Garden-Bachop played for the Highlanders in this season’s Super Rugby competition. He was the father of twin girls. Highlanders team-mate Jona Nareki led the tributes to the winger on social media, posting on Instagram: “Rest in peace m...

18Jun

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Euro 2024: Deschamps gives update on Mbappe’s nose injury

France head coach, Didier Deschamps, has given a worrying update on Kylian Mbappe, following their 1-0 win over Austria at Euro 2024 on Monday night. Mbappe left the game towards the end with a broken nose and a blood-soaked shirt. The incident happened after the Real Madrid forward collided with Kevin Danso. Deschamps told TF1: “Apparently the nose is not good at all. So we’ll see. “It’s obviously the negative point of the evening. Even if it’s just his nose it’s annoying for us.” Mbappe is likely to play in the rest of the tournament with a mask. France plays Netherlands in their next Group D game on Friday night.

18Jun

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Sports

Euro 2024: Why I included Ronaldo in Portugal squad – Martinez

Portugal head coach, Roberto Martinez has defended his decision to include Cristiano Ronaldo in his Euro 2024 squad. According to Martinez, the 39-year-old deserves to be at the tournament. He also insisted that all the players were selected on merit. Ronaldo scored 44 goals in all competitions last season, having finished the second top scorer in all of Euro 2024 qualifying. “Cristiano is in the national team on merit. Nobody gets into the national team by just having a name. Cristiano scored 50 goals in 51 games – consistent with his club in his league – and he scored [10] goals in our qualification rounds,” Martinez said. “He’s a goalscorer and, for us, he’s someone who can make that final move. He can stretch defences and open spaces. Over the years, he has changed his way of playi...

18Jun

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Metro

Suspected bandits kill five villagers in Kaduna village

Suspected bandits, on Monday, killed five villagers in Ewehko community, Maro Ward in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A source, who identified himself as Luka Bulus, said the deceased persons were killed while attending a village meeting, even as the bandits set some motorcycles of the victims ablaze during the attack at exactly 2:14 pm on Monday. According to the source, the bodies of the victims were recovered from the scene of the incident. He said, “Another tragic incident occurred in our community today (Monday). In broad daylight, bandits launched a deadly assault on Ewehko, popularly known as Unguwar Paul, a village under Maro Ward in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. “The attack happened at about 2:14 pm on 17/06/2024. As of the time of this report, the...

18Jun

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News

Kano: We’ll resist state of emergency – Kwankwaso accuses Nigerian Govt of causing insecurity

A former governor of Kano State and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has accused the government of Ahmed Bola Tinubu of compromising Kano security by their refusal to take away heavy operatives guarding the deposed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. Kwankwaso also accused the Federal Government of attempting to create a new breed of terror group and insurgents in Northern Nigeria. Kwankwaso was reacting to the ongoing situation in Kano where federal security agencies are allegedly backing the deposed Emir Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony for the construction of 82 kilometres of rural road networks at his hometown, Madobi, Senator Kwankwaso said the people of Kano would resist any attempt to undermine the constituted a...

18Jun

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News

Rivers: Rights group warns ex-council chairmen against anarchy

The Human Rights Advocacy Network (HRAN), a prominent international human rights organization, has issued a stern warning to the outgoing chairmen of various local government councils in Rivers State, urging them to abandon any plans that might lead to anarchy or crisis in the state. The group also called on security agencies, including the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services (DSS), to be proactive in preventing any action that could disrupt law and order. The tenure of the local government council chairmen officially ended on June 17, 2024. However, Chidi Lloyd, the Emohua Local Council Chairman, along with several others from the Ikwerre ethnic group, has refused to vacate their offices, citing a purported six-month tenure extension granted by the state assembly. In a...

18Jun

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Business

INTERVIEW: How Nigerian Govt can tackle scary foodstuff price hikes, other challenges – CPPE Director, Yusuf

The Director of the Centre for Promotion of Private Enterprise, and former Director of Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Dr Muda Yusuf in this exclusive interview with NewsNow speaks on major factors causing foodstuff price hike, the solution to increasing inflation and anxiety in the financial sector and economic hardship in Nigeria. Excepts: Muslims in Nigeria are celebrating this Year’s Sallah amid astronomical increases in the prices of ram, tomatoes, pepper, onion, rice and other foodstuffs under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government, how would you react to the situation? The high food prices have a dampening effect on the Sallah festivities. Most food items are completely beyond the reach of many. The entire spectrum of food items is affected. The situation has been asc...