Newly-promoted English Premier League (EPL) club side Fulham have signed wing-back, Ola Aina on a season-long loan from Italian Serie A side Torino. Fulham also have an option to make the 23-year-old’s arrival permanent and the Nigeria international said he was happy to return to London where he was born and raised. “It feels amazing to be back closer to my family, back in the capital,” Aina told the club’s media channel. “There’s a great bunch of lads here. I’m really good friends with Big Hec (Michael Hector) and Josh Onomah.” Aina, who came through neighbouring Chelsea’s youth system, spent…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Tina George, Minna The Executive Director of the Premium Times Center for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), Dapo Olorunyomi has called on Journalists across the nation, to report the natural resources and extractive sector more frequently and professionally. He made the call during a three-day virtual training, organized by the Premium Times Center for Investigative Journalism, PTCIJ, under its Natural Resources and Extractive Programme. While observing that the natural resources and extractive sector were not getting the required reportage like other sectors, doing so would make Nigeria to achieve its goal of having a diversified economy. One of the resource persons,…
By Isiyaku Umar, Gusau The Special Adviser to Zamfara governor Bello Muhammad on Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Yusuf Abubakar Zugu has donated food items and building materials to flood victims in Gummi local government area of the state. Hundreds of households were displaced and multi-million naira worth of farmland, produce and property, were destroyed in the local government area and some parts of the state as a result of flooding caused by heavy downpour.Presenting the items to Gummi emirate, Zugu described the incident as unfortunate and worrisome. He said that the gesture was to complement the effort of the state government…
By Isyaku Umar The Development Research and Projects Center, DRPC, a non-governmental organization, NGO, is to offer financial support to 30 secondary schools across the country, as its contribution in the fight against COVID-19 as well as extra clases. Dr Abubakar Danladi, Zamfara State Coordinator of the NGO, disclosed this while presenting the award certificate of the grant to Government Technical College, GTC, Kaura-Namoda on Friday.”Since last six months, the world has been battling with COVID-19 pandemic which affected almost sectors of human lives. “Government recently approved that some categories of students at exit classes in secondary schools, should resume…
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped two Judges of the Sharia Court in Zamfara state. The Chief Imam of Umar bin Khaddabi Jummu’at Mosque, Sheikh Umar Kanoma, raised the alarm while delivering Friday sermon. According to him, the two sharia court judges were travelling back to Gusau from Niger Republic where they are furthering their education. “We appeal to the Muslim Umma and the general public for prayers and safe release of the two kidnapped sharia court judges. They were abducted on their way back from Maradi in Niger Republic, where they attended lectures in pursuance of their education.” The Chief Imam…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 188 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country with total number of infections now 56,017. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday, adding that one new fatality also raised the death toll to 1,076. The agency said that the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country had reached the 56,000 beachmarks. It said that till date, 56,017 cases have been confirmed, 43,998, discharged and 1,076 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was stated that the 188 cases were reported from 18…
The Niger state government has discovered a fake commissioner of agriculture in the pay roll of the state that has been receiving salaries for two years. The state government has also sacked 80 civil servants for alleged gross misconduct. The Head of Service, Mrs Salamatu Abubakar said the fraud was discovered during the recent verification exercise for all civil servants. According to her, the 80 affected civil servants fraudulently paid themselves salaries above their level, adding that some of the other malpractices that were discovered were: an office messenger collecting the salary of a high court judge and a fake…
Governor Bala Mohammed is Bauchi state has revealed that there is monumental fraud in the salary system, with payroll fraud accounting for more than 35% of the total accounting fraud and employee theft in the state. The governor made the revelation at a media parley with stakeholders, held to discuss the challenges of salary payment in the state and local government councils on Thursday. According to him, “In the year 2015, the salary bill for Bauchi state combined was less than 4.5 billion. As I address you, we are near the N7 billion-mark. We have not employed. Even though some…
Billionaires Bill Gates and Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, have commended Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum for developing political will and giving attention to primary healthcare in spite of security challenges in the state. They commended the governor at live video conference of the mid-year review of Borno’s 2020 immunization and primary healthcare coverage, held at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation office in Abuja on Thursday. Participating at the conference were Zulum, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Ehanire; Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib; the Country Director of World Health…
Brazilian forward Neymar said on Friday he was “super happy” to return to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) training. His comments have come a day after the French Ligue 1 champions lost their delayed season-opener 1-0 to Lens. Neymar announced his return on Twitter having recently missed both training and Thursday’s game where PSG were also missing 2018 FIFA World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe. The French football federation said Mbappe tested positive for the coronavirus between the 2020/2021 UEFA Nations League matches involving France recently. These were against Sweden —- where he scored the winner —- and at home to Croatia —- where…