Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The legendary Manchester United and Arsenal bosses, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, have become the first managers to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. The two men are widely considered to be the greatest managers of all time. Wenger and Ferguson have now been recognised as such in the third year since the Hall of Fame began. Ferguson was in charge of United from 1986 to 2013, winning 13 titles and 528 wins from 810 matches. He is by far the most successful manager in the history of England’s top flight. Wenger managed Arsenal from 1996…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Solomon Arase as the new chairperson of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Arase, a former inspector-general of police, was sworn in on Wednesday at the council chamber of the presidential villa during the federal executive council meeting. Details coming soon……

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, says the rapidly-growing sector is being threatened by cyberattacks. Pantami spoke at the opening of a two-day cybersecurity stakeholders’ capacity-building workshop organised by the ministry in partnership with the World Bank in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister said in the ever-evolving world of technology, cyber threats have become constant problems for businesses and organisations worldwide. Pantami said with the country’s digital economy growing, there was an urgent need for protection. Pantami, therefore, called for collaboration with the relevant industry players to contribute meaningfully in order to strengthen Nigeria’s cybersecurity space. “It is important to…

Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule, has explained how the discovery of crude oil will benefit the people in the North Central state. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier inaugurated the first oil drilling of the Ebenyi-A Exploration Well located in the Middle Benue Trough in the Obi Local Government Area of the state. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Sule said some young residents of the state have been employed in the process. He said, “When we went to the site today, my excitement was to see that on top of that (oil) rig, are youths from…

Senator Dino Melaye, who represented the Kogi West Senatorial District, during the 8th National Assembly, has indicated an interest in the forthcoming governorship election in Kogi State. The former lawmaker made this known in a campaign poster captioned “no more stealing and killings”, tweeted on his official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The move comes barely a month after Atiku Abubakar was defeated in the presidential election. Melaye was one of the spokespersons for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Council, PCC, during Atiku’s campaign. Atiku of the PDP was, however, defeated by the current president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the ruling…

The Labour Party says it has reduced the cost of the nomination forms for the off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states from N25 million to N15 million. The party had come under fire on social media for pegging its gubernatorial nomination and expression of interest form at N25 million. Nigerians referred to the cost as “outrageous” despite the party having stood against the exorbitant amounts charged by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In response, Kenneth Okonkwo, the party’s spokesperson, had tweeted: “Labour Party is the party of the Nigerian people but we have…

The Lagos government has discontinued the 50 percent reduction in the fares of the buses owned by the state. The directive was announced in a statement released on Tuesday by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). On February 8, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos state governor, announced a 50 percent reduction in the prices of all state-owned transport services. Sanwo-Olu also announced the provision of food banks in vulnerable places in the state The Lagos governor said the measures were initiated owing to the hardship faced by residents over petrol and cash scarcity. In the statement, LAMATA said fares of state-owned buses…

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the final resolution of two civil cases seeking the forfeiture of various luxury assets that were the proceeds of foreign corruption offences and were laundered in and through the United States. Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke and businessmen Olajide Omokore and Kolawole Akanni Aluko were named in the cases. With the conclusion of the cases, the department has recovered roughly $53.1 million in cash – constituting the net liquidated value of the defendant’s assets – plus a promissory note with a principal value of $16 million,” the U.S. Justice department said in a…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will not spend an extra day in office at the end of his tenure. Mustapha said despite litigation from the presidential election, Buhari won’t spend an extra day in office after May 29. He gave the assurance while noting that preparations are on to ensure that Buhari hands over power to the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu peacefully and formally. The SGF spoke at a meeting of the Presidential Transition Committee on Tuesday. He said efforts were being put in place to ensure that…

The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of AIG Egbetokun Olukayode Adeolu as a Deputy Inspector General of Police and will be representing the South West Geopolitical Zone of the Country. DIG Egbetokun will be replacing DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo who retired on March 15th this year. The Commission also approved the promotion of twenty four Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Thirty three Deputy Commissioners of Police to substantive Commissioners of Police. A statement last night by Ikechukwu Ani Head, Press and Public Relations said the appointment and promotions were…

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior has rejected the club’s no.7 shirt. The Brazil international has been reportedly offered the shirt for the 2023-24 season but the he is not interested in wearing the iconic shirt, The Brazilian wears the no.20 shirt for Los Blancos while former Belgium international, Eden Hazard is currently holding the no.7. ESPN Brazil reports that Madrid are willing to hand the no.7 jersey to Vinicius, but the World Cup star declined to follow in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul, Amancio, Raymond Kopa, Juanito and Emilio Butragueno. Vinicius joined Real Madrid in 2018 for a fee…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended their planned nationwide strike over the scarcity of naira notes. The labour union announced the development at the end of its national executive council meeting on Tuesday. The NLC had earlier disclosed that it would begin an indefinite industrial strike from Wednesday, March 29, 2023, adding that it would picket branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) across the country. Speaking on the development, Joe Ajaero, the NLC president, said the union decided to put the strike action on hold after receiving briefings from its state councils in the 36 states and the federal…