Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp on Friday expressed his disagreement with the Premier League’s decision to return to a system of allowing up to three substitutes in a match instead of five. The German said it was not based on facts, and the well-being of players was not taken into consideration. In May, football’s rule-making body IFAB changed the regulations governing the maximum number of substitutes. This was to help teams battling fixture congestion as they looked to complete the season after a three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IFAB left it to individual leagues to decide if they wanted…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige to meet with the organised labour, to avert possible industrial crises due to increment in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and electricity tariff. The minister made this known when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of a closed door meeting with President Buhari in Abuja on Friday. According to him, the meeting, which has been fixed for Sept. 12, will deliberate on state of the nation’s economy, particularly the dwindling government revenues as it affects the generality of Nigerians He stated that he updated the president…
The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said flood had killed 16 persons, destroyed 3,042 houses and several farmlands in the state. Alhaji Shehu Ningi, the Permanent Secretary of SEMA said on Friday in Bauchi that 11 out of the 20 local government areas of the state were affected by the flood. “The affected local government areas include: Shira, Dambam,Katagum, Jammare, Warji, Itas, Alkaleri,Bauchi ,Zaki Kirfi and Gamawa,” he said. He said that farmlands and crops including: maize, millet, guinea corn and rice were destroyed as a result of the flood. Ningi said that the state government has directed the…
Twelve persons have been confirmed dead in two separate boat mishaps in Shiroro and Borgu local government areas of Niger state. While 10 persons reportedly died in River Shiroro, in Shiroro local government, two other persons died in River New Awuru, in Borgu local government areas of Niger state, Wednesday evening. An witness, Malam Ibrahim Aliyu, told newsmen that the Shiroro incident occurred when 19 persons were returning from their farms, with their harvested rice and tubers of yam. According to him, the farmers ran into stormy waters, which made the boat to capsize, adding that local divers rescued seven…
The Kaduna State House of Assembly, has approved castration as punishment for anybody convicted for rape in the state. The State Penal Code (No.5), law of 2017 was amended to proscribe stiffer penalties for rapists, as part of the effort to protect women and children against any form of gender violence. “Anyone convicted of rape will have his organ surgically removed so that even upon completion of his jail term, will not be able to commit the crime again,” the spokesman of the House, Musa Ahmed told ChannelsTV on Friday. According to Ahmed, the new law entails 21 years imprisonment…
Dr Obadiah Mailafiya, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has cried out that his life is in danger. Mailafia is being investigated by security agencies for alleging that a serving governor is a commander of the Boko Haram terrorists. The former CBN boss in a statement on Friday, said he had again been summoned to appear at the officer of the Department of State Services, DSS, in Jos. Read the statement below: “Dear comrades, beloved brethren, I have once again (for the 3rd time) been ordered to appear before the DSS at…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has again appointed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, as a member of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for Presidential Power Initiate. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and made available to Ashenewsonline on Friday. According to the statement, other members of the committee include the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed; Minister of Power Saleh Mamman, and Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde…
A first prosecution witness in the trial of Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, and seven others, being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that only Megatech Engineering Limited was registered with the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML. Megatch Engineering Limited is among the eight defendants standing trial before Justice I.E. Ekwo. Others are Malabu Oil & Gas Limited, Aliyu Abubakar, A Group Construction Company Limited; Rocky Top Resources Limited; Novel Properties and Development Company Limited, Imperial Union Limited and Carlin International Nigeria Limited.…
Mrs Wantor Akwaza, the wife of Terwase Akwaza AKA ‘Gana’, Benue’s militia leader that was killed by the Nigerian army, has demanded N5 billion from the Federal government as compensation, for soldiers killing of her husband. Ashenewsonline reported Benue governor Ortom on Wednesday as saying that Gana had surrendered when he was removed from a vehicle in a convoy and shot dead by soldiers. Mrs Akwaza told journalists that the Federal government investigate circumstances surrounding her husband’s death, while demanding N5 billion as compensation. “I was in Makurdi when they called to inform me of the incident. Senator Gabriel…
Victoria Azarenka defeated third seed Serena Williams 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Thursday. The loss denied Serena the chance of winning a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title on home soil this year. Azarenka will now face Japan’s Naomi Osaka on Saturday in her third final at Flushing Meadows, having lost the previous two to Williams in 2012 and 2013. Azarenka said her mental game had been crucial in beating the 38-year-old Williams, who needed a medical timeout to have her left ankle re-taped in the third set due to Achilles trouble. “I have…