Author: Amina Mohammed

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe said Tuesday he has not had any official contact about the vacant England manager’s post and stressed he was firmly committed to the Premier League club. “Absolutely no contact whatsoever from anybody and I’m fully committed to Newcastle,” Howe told reporters in Tokyo, when asked whether the English Football Association had approached him about taking charge of the national team. Newcastle are in Japan for pre-season matches against J-League outfits Urawa Red Diamonds on Wednesday and Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday. Howe has been linked with the England job — vacated by Gareth Southgate after…

Telecoms giant, MTN, has shut all its stores and service centres across Nigeria. This was coming on the heels of an outrage by some of its subscribers across the country after the network provider barred their lines on Sunday. In a viral video on social media Monday, a mob is seen destroying a barricade fence just outside the MTN office. The clip showed a large crowd of angry subscribers vandalising the telecommunications company’s office in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State in response to the network blocking subscribers due to a mismatch in their National Identification Number and SIM…

The Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma has condemned the attack and gruesome murder of four police operatives and a civilian, by gunmen suspected to be members of the Proscribed IPOB/ESN, and has deployed the command’s tactical units to hunt the hoodlums responsible for the attack. The operatives were ambushed and killed while on routine patrol at Irete along the Owerri-Onitsha express road. A civilian was fatally hit during the gun duel. A statement by the Police Public Relations, Imo State Command, ASP Henry Okoye, said on receipt of the unfortunate incident, the Commissioner of Police, immediately…

Gunmen have killed and abducted one Customs officer at Koko base in Kebbi State. The Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Customs service, in a statement by the Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Salisu, said gunmen trailed the anti smuggling squad to their base at Koko, destroyed facilities, killed one officer, Dabo Umar and abducted one Babagana Kabiru. However, the remains of the deceased were retrieved and conveyed to Kaduna for Islamic burial. The command’s Comptroller, Earnest Iheanacho, while consoling with the family of the late officer said a manhunt has been launched to rescue the abducted officer. He said: “We…

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a commercial bank to immediately pay N811,174,229.25 to the Chief Registrar of the court, which is the principal amount claimed by a fintech company, Shago Payments Limited against the bank. Trial judge ordered that the said sum be held in trust in an interest-yielding account by the Chief Registrar of the court, in any of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Zenith Bank Plc., or Guaranty Trust Bank Limited, pending the hearing and determination of the suit against the bank and two others by the fintech firm. Ruling on…

The Mbadiwe Twins, Ocee and Ozee, have been crowned the first Heads of House (HoH) in the Big Brother Naija Season 9 reality TV show. The announcement was made on Monday afternoon, following the housemates’ first Head of House games. The twins’ victory has set the tone for an exciting season, filled with twists and turns. As Heads of the House, the twins will enjoy exclusive privileges, including access to the heads of the house room and being in charge of orderliness in the house, they can also suggest minor infringements to Big Brother. In another twist, there will be…

William Calley, a former US Army lieutenant convicted of war crimes in a Vietnam-era tragedy called the My Lai massacre, has died at age 80, a US newspaper reported Monday. The Washington Post said Calley died on April 28 in Gainesville, Florida, but his death had not been publicized until a recent public records search. In 1971, Calley became the only member of the US Army found guilty of war crimes over the My Lai massacre, one of the darkest chapters in US military history. It occurred on March 16, 1968, when Calley’s brigade entered the village of My Lai…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has appealed to youths in the nation’s capital not to join the planned August #EndBadGovernance protest against hardship and economic woes. The former Rivers State governor had last week said the FCT was not available for any protest, attracting a barrage of strong reactions from youths who vowed to stage a rally at Eagle Square come next month. However, the minister appeared to be soft-pedalling at a town hall meeting with youth stakeholders in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT on Monday when he urged them to talk about their…

President Bola Tinubu is currently presiding over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, at the Council Chamber in the State House, Abuja. Recall that the last Council meeting directed the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, to propose additional measures for the 2024 budget to address the financial gaps that will arise from the implementation of the new minimum wage once it is finalised. At the last FEC, the federal government directed the distribution of 740 trucks of bags of rice across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. Vice President Kashim Shettima;…

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has insisted that the 2024 polls that produced Afam Osigwe as its new president, were credible. The ECNBA was responding to the complaints of the two presidential candidates in the July 20 elections of the association. The first runner-up, Tobenna Erojikwe, and Chukwuka Ikwuazom the 2nd runner-up, had questioned the integrity of the process and called for an audit. However, in a letter jointly addressed to both candidates and signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the ECNBA, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oluseun Abimbola and Huwaila Muhammad, the electoral body noted…