Author: TheScrutinyNG

Super Eagles and Atalanta FC star player, Ademola Lookman, is the 14th best player as he ended on the 14th spot in the 2024 Ballon d’Or. The pacy winger is the only African among the nominees as he looked forward to enjoy himself at the ceremony in France.

Erik ten Hag’s time as Manchester United manager is over, with the club confirming the news in a statement released on Monday. The Dutchman is the latest high-profile managerial departure from Old Trafford, following on from predecessors David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The search now begins for the Dutchman’s replacement ahead of Sunday’s match against Chelsea. Manchester United have announced the termination of Erik ten Hag’s contract after two-and-a-half years in charge at Old Trafford, with Ruud van Nistelrooy set to take interim charge. The Dutchman was dismissed following a 2-1 defeat to West…

Dangote Cement Plc said it has made investments exceeding $280 million in compressed natural gas (CNG) technology and infrastructure in a demonstration of its support for President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s energy transition plans. The group said this in a statement on Sunday while noting that President Tinubu’s CNG Initiative aimed to provide cheaper and cleaner fuelling alternatives for all Nigerians, The statement noted that President Tinubu, whose commitment to CNG deployment and clean energy is highlighted, has maintained his administration’s drive to create a conducive environment for private sector investments and expand Nigeria’s CNG infrastructure to enhance energy efficiency and…

Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, on Sunday, proposed a two-day truce in Gaza and limited hostage exchange aimed at securing “a complete ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Hamas. The proposal includes exchanging four Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and would be followed by more negotiations within 10 days, Sisi said at a news conference in Cairo. He did not say whether the plan had been formally presented to either Israel or Hamas. Sisi’s intervention came with Israel continuing to pound the Palestinian territory, while also fighting a war against Hezbollah in Lebanon…

The Enugu State Police Command on Sunday said an investigation into the fatal shooting of renowned Ogene musician, Chikezie Okezie Nwamba, aka Igbo-Jah, has been concluded and that an orderly room trial of the killer-cop has begun. The command had on Saturday evening named the killer-cop as Inspector Joseph Ozonwanji attached to the Anti-Cult Tactical Squad unit of the command. However, a statement on Sunday by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said the state Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, had assured Enugu residents and Nigerians that justice must be surely served in the case. According to the statement, the…

Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said they turned down a N10m bribe offered to free one drug suspect, Tsolaye Eburajolo, arrested earlier in Lagos. This was as the operatives recovered 26,250,000 pills of tramadol as well as 508,400 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N16,683,800,000 in street value were intercepted by the NDLEA operatives during 100 per cent joint examination of watch-listed containers with men of Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies at the Tin Can Port in Lagos and Port Harcourt port, Onne, Rivers State between October 22 and 23. Eburajolo, a 40-year-old man,…

The Federal Government has secured a window for indigenous carriers to explore discussions for aircraft financing and leasing with players in the global space. The new arrangement is part of the support programme being packaged for indigenous operations who have been struggling with opportunities to secure aircraft to boost their fleet and other cost saving measures. To drive the new move, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo said Nigeria has been invited to the Republic of Ireland where global lessors will be unveiling packages for carriers. The Nations reports that disclosing at the weekend during the 10 years anniversary…

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba Iba Gani Adams has instituted a suit against Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, before Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan. Iba Gani Adams sued Adeyemo over alleged unconstitutional publication of his private telephone conversation between him and another person without his consent. The claimant (Adams) in a suit marked no: M/1006/2024 filed for enforcement of his fundamental rights, stated that the respondents injure him severely in his highly exalted office of the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland with the publication. In his originating motion on Notice dated October 15, 2024, the…

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Citizenship and Leadership, Rinsola Abiola, has charged young Nigerians to explore initiatives and programmes established by the president to promote education, youth empowerment and leadership development. Ms. Abiola gave the charge while speaking at the maiden Next Generation Engagement at the Coronation Hall in Kano State. According to a statement, the engagement, tagged “Next Generation Project”, is a programme designed by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Citizenship and Leadership to promote civic education and youth leadership development, in partnership with the National Orientation Agency…

Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, has revealed that people of the South West are now wiser and will not vote for the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 general elections.   According to the governor, the reason is because APC has brought hardship on Nigerians.    Makinde, who is the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West, explained that Yoruba people who are predominantly residents of all states that make up the southwest region had realised their mistake for supporting Tinubu during the 2023 general elections.   Meanwhile, National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, had during…