The Saudi Media Group consortium is out of the running to buy English Premier League (EPL) side Chelsea Football Club of London. The Saudi bidders have been told their offer has not been taken forward to the shortlist stage. New York merchant bank the Raine Group has started the process of informing the prospective buyers of Chelsea of the status on their bids. And the Saudi offer is the first to be understood to have fallen short. Chelsea fan Mohamed Al Khereiji fronted the Saudi consortium’s bid, but concerns over possible delays with the Premier League and UK Government will…
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By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi Bauchi state government says it detected 5,652 cases of drug susceptible tuberculosis in 2021 and is intensifying search for other active cases. The state commissioner of health, Dr Samaila Dahuwa stated this whilel briefing newsmen at the state Agency for the Control of HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, Leprous and Malaria (BACATMA) to mark the 2022 World TB Day. According to him, the 4,430 figure is the highest that the state has ever reported, noting that with a high burden of the disease in Nigeria, the state government had made progress in terms of TB control and treatment. “Out…
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele says the discontinuation of FX allocation to Bureau De Change operators had helped the Naira to remain stable at the Investors and Exporters Window (I&E) window. Emefiele said this at the 32nd Seminar organised by the CBN, for Finance Correspondents and Business Editors, on Thursday in Akure, Ondo. The seminar has, “Exchange Rate Management and Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The ‘PAVE’ Option,” as theme. “As a result of our demand management policy, the naira has remained largely stable at the I & E window, particularly since the discontinuation of…
… NNPC deducts N8.33 billion monthly for the rehabilitation of the refineries … NNPC deducted N788.78 billion between 2018 and 2021 without recourse to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee By Abdallah el-Kurebe The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors forum has alleged that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is responsible for the revenue leakages in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited. The governors also asked the president to resign as Minister of Petroleum and concentrate on his constitutional responsibility of leading the country. A communique read by the Forum’s chairman and governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal at the end of…
Mrs Susan Waya, wife of Benue billionaire, Terry, has joined the 2023 governorship race in the state, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Susan, who spoke with newsmen shortly after obtaining her nomination and expression of interest forms at the PDP secretariat in Abuja, said she was hopeful of picking the party’s ticket for the Government House. “A state abundantly gifted with rich, agricultural fields covered by fresh, clean, and unadulterated flowing rivers, one of which it was later named after, Benue is a safe-haven in the grasslands with vast human resources. “The state had and still…
Qnet Ltd., a global e-commerce based direct selling company, says safe drinking water challenges faced by many families in Nigeria requires creative thinking and solutions from stakeholders. Mr Biram Fall, QNET Regional General Manager for sub-Sahara Africa, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, made the call at the World Water Forum held in Dakar, Senegal. The international event is tagged: “Water Security for Peace and Development”. According to Fall, more than 130, 000 children die of water-related diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea annually in Nigeria. “Moreover, to have access to safe drinking water in the…
The United Nations General Assembly will on Thursday vote on a resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Due to the large number of speakers, not all country representatives were able to appear before the largest UN body in New York on Wednesday. The resolution in question is a text clearly directed against Russia, which was introduced by Ukraine and which Western diplomats hope will be adopted by a large majority. But there is also a much more neutral text proposal from South Africa that does not mention Moscow as an aggressor, which could cost the first draft votes. Meanwhile,…
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa presented his new government team, marking the country’s first cabinet with a majority of female members. Nine of the 17 cabinet members announced are women. Mariana Vieira da Silva remains presidential minister and also takes on a new role as deputy prime minister. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa gave his blessing to the cabinet choices in a statement. Costa has led two minority governments before his Socialist Party snagged an absolute majority of seats in the country’s parliament in the January election. It marked the second time the party achieved such a majority since the…
U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting NATO and EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, a show of trans-Atlantic unity exactly one month after the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Biden joins Western allies for a special meeting of NATO leaders, a G7 summit and an EU leaders’ summit for talks on how to support the Ukrainian people, how to further punish Russia and the long-term changes necessary to ensure Europe’s security. A proposal to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank with permanent troop deployments, supported by air and naval power, is still on the table. The move would mark a violation…
Ukrainian health care institutions have been attacked 64 times since Russia invaded its western neighbour one month ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed Thursday. These attacks, equating to two to three every day, had caused 15 deaths and 37 injuries, the international health body said in a statement. WHO condemns these attacks in the strongest terms. “Attacks on health care are a violation of international humanitarian law but a disturbingly common tactic of war. “They destroy critical infrastructure but worse, they destroy hope,” said Jarno Habicht, the WHO’s representative in Ukraine. After one month of war in Ukraine, the…