Author: Amina Mohammed

Diego Moreira has completed a permanent transfer to RC Strasbourg from Chelsea. In a statement obtained from Chelsea Football Club’s website on Friday, the Portugal Under-21 international officially joined Chelsea in July 2023 from Benfica and made his first-team. The statement said, “Over the remainder of the campaign, Diego established himself as an important figure for our Under-21s and helped the side reach the Premier League 2 play-off semi-finals with a match-winning hat-trick away at Arsenal. “Everyone at Chelsea would like to thank Diego for his contributions throughout his time with the club and wish him well as he begins…

Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, a Chinese firm that recently obtained a court injunction to ground three Nigerian presidential jets in Europe, is now pursuing plans to seize additional Nigerian assets in the United Kingdom, United States, and six other countries. The firm has initiated legal proceedings in approximately eight jurisdictions worldwide, including Belgium, Canada, France, Singapore, and the British Virgin Islands. The Federal Government of Nigeria has pledged to defend its foreign assets against what it terms as “predators.” This situation arises from a controversial court ruling that allowed Zhongshan to ground three presidential jets belonging to Nigeria.…

The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, Hamid Bobboyi, has disclosed that over 30 per cent of the Nigeria’s teaching workforce left the service within the past three years. Bobboyi made this known during a six-day training workshop organised by the Kano State Universal Basic Education Board, in collaboration with UBEC, for 30 School Support Officers on SMASE and Jolly Phonics in Kano on Thursday. Bobboyi, who described the situation as frightening, said some teachers retired while others left the service searching for greener pastures without being replaced. However, he commended the Kano State Government for the proactive measures it…

Nigerian singer, Oladapo Oyebanjo, popularly called D’Banj, paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the State House on Thursday. The governor’s Special Assistant on New Media, Jubril Gawat, disclosed this in a video on X.com on Thursday. Gawat’s caption read, “Between Governor #jidesanwoolu and #iamdbanj earlier today. “Dbanj called Mr. Governor ‘the real Koko Master.” The visit comes ahead of the launch of his new album, “The Entertainer: D’Sequel”, scheduled for release on Friday. During the visit, D’Banj was said to have presented a commemorative plaque marking the album’s launch to Sanwo-Olu. “The Entertainer: The…

Kamala Harris’s campaign said Thursday that she would debate her Republican rival Donald Trump twice, while their running mates would do so once, seeking to draw a line under weeks of election brinkmanship. The two camps had already agreed to one presidential debate on September 10 and a vice-presidential face-off on October 1, but the Trump campaign had been pushing for two further presidential debates in September and an extra VP encounter. “The debate about debates is over. Donald Trump’s campaign accepted our proposal for three debates — two presidential and a vice presidential debate,” the Harris campaign said in…

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has backed the recent Supreme Court judgement which granted full financial autonomy to local government councils, noting that the move will enhance the nation’s universal basic education system. The vice president, who warned against abuse of LG autonomy, stated this at the public presentation of a book titled ‘Navigating the Politics of Universal Education Policies in Nigeria’, written by former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Modupe Adelabu, held in Abuja on Thursday. “The autonomy of local governments, which are directly responsible for providing primary education, will address the financial limitations that have hindered the alignment…

No fewer than 37,000 women across the country are expected to benefit from the Renewed Hope Initiative re-capitalisation grant of the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Tinubu stated this on Thursday during the symbolic presentation of food items to Internally Displaced Persons Living with Disabilities and vulnerable people in Benue State. Represented by the wife of the Vice President, Mrs Nana Shettima, the president’s wife said 1000 women from each state and the Federal Capital Territory would get a N50,000 recapitalisation grant from the RHI economic empowerment programme. She said, “I am pleased to inform you that the…

The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Thursday, rejigged his cabinet and assigned portfolios to the newly appointed commissioners who were sworn-in on Wednesday. The governor had, during the swearing in, disclosed his plans to effect a minor reshuffle of his cabinet and create a few more ministries. As a result therefore, some new ministries were created and others carved out from the existing ones. The new composition of the state Executive Council saw the Commissioner of Finance, Mike Akpara, reassigned to Industry and SMEs Ministry, while Dr. Chimezie Ukaegbu was moved from Trade and Commerce to Transport. Others are…

One of Nigeria’s leading financial houses GTBank says its website was not cloned but undergoing was is described as an “isolated incident of an attempt to compromise” the bank’s domain. The bank’s website has been down since Wednesday night and inaccessible to customers, prompting fears of a data compromise. But in a statement on Thursday, the financial institution said that it does “not store customer information on our website, and as such, there has been no instance of compromise of customer data”. It assured all “our Customers and Stakeholders that the Bank’s website has not been cloned”. “Our dedicated team…

The National Judicial Council has recommended Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to be the next Chief Justice of Nigeria. The recommendation was made in its 106th meeting, which was presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who recommended Justice Kekere-Ekun, to President Bola Tinubu, for appointment as the next CJN on Thursday in Abuja. This was contained in a statement by the NJC director of information, Soji Oye. He said, “This is imperative as Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will formally bow out of office as the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria next week Thursday, August 22, 2024.” If…