Bayern Munich is aiming to sign centre-back Matthijs de Ligt from Juventus. On Thursday, the German side’s board member for sport Hasan Salihamidzic headed to Italy for talks. Various news reports have linked Netherlands international de Ligt with a move to the Bundesliga champions. Salahamidzic is now expected to be holding first talks with Juve sports director Federico Cherubini. De Ligt, 22, is considering leaving Juve after three years, in spite of a contract until 2024, and his agent is expected in Turin by this weekend. Bayern Munich are reported to have raised their offer to 75 million euros (76.6…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kebbi state, (Equity Bar), has decried contracting of services of external solicitors at the expense of private legal practitioners in the state. Barrister Lawal Hudu-Garba, the newly elected Chairman of the association, made this known while delivering his acceptance speech in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. He assured that the association would work assiduously to encourage government patronage of private lawyers in the state. “Huge amount of funds are used in contracting services of external solicitors and the most unfortunate thing is that the government does not patronise lawyers who practise within its jurisdiction. “It is noted…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is quitting as Conservative Party leader after ministers and lawmakers made clear his position was untenable due to growing anger about his handling of alleged misconduct by different party members. Johnson will remain as prime minister until a successor is in place, expected to be by the time of the Conservative Party conference in October. A Downing Street source said Johnson spoke to Graham Brady, chairperson of the Conservative 1922 Committee, to inform him of his decision. “The prime minister has spoken to Graham Brady and agreed to stand down in time for a new…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday visited the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje attacked by terrorists, where he expressed disappointment with the nation’s intelligence system. After inspecting some of the points impacted by the attack, Buhari spoke to newsmen, expressing disappointment with the intelligence system and utilization. He said: “I am disappointed with the intelligence system. How can terrorists organize, have weapons, attack a security installation and get away with it?” The president, who, like most Nigerians was shocked by both the scale and audacity of the attack queried: “How did the defences at the prison fail to prevent the attack?…
The Progressive Niger Delta Youths Coalition has advised the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider picking Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello as running mate for the 2023 election. Speaking at a press conference in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, Coalition’s Publicity Secretary, Ekpenyong Mathias said they arrived at the decision to advocate for the Niger governor being a young leader who can bridge the wide gap between generations. Mathias said the youth of Nigeria have been severely marginalized in the scheme of things in the country with elderly leaders monopolizing the total political space…
Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali has enjoined the new police constables to respect the Rule of Law and fundamental human rights of the people. Alkali gave the charge at the passing out parade of the 422 police constables recruited for training seven months ago at Police Training School Minna on Wednesday. No fewer than 10,000 constables were trained in police colleges and training schools across the country. Alkali’s speech was read by AIG Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) Abuja, Mr Habu Ahmadu. He said that the 422 police constables were drawn from Niger, Kaduna, Sokoto and FCT, Abuja. He urged them to toe…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N22 billion for the construction of a conference hostel facility for the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board. The facility is to be located opposite the National Content building in Yenegoa, capital of Bayelsa. The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, made this known when he briefed State House Correspondents at the end of Wednesday’s meeting of the council presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. He said: “The Federal Executive Council today approved the award of contract procurement for the provision of a conference hostel facility in Yenegoa, adjacent the Nigerian Content…
The District Head of Kujama, Chikun local government Area of Kaduna state, Mr Stephen Ibrahim has decried the absence of secondary schools in 15 communities in the domain. Ibrahim disclosed this during an interactive session with traditional and community leaders on the removal of barriers to girls’ education on Wednesday in Kaduna. According to him, non-availability of secondary schools in the communities is responsible for the huge number of out-of-school children particularly girls in the area. He said that some of the children walk between six and 15 kilometres to the nearest school in other communities. He identified the communities…
Mr Mike Sangster, the Managing Director, TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Ltd., says crude oil theft has become an organised crime which is costing Nigeria about $10 million daily in accrued revenue. Sangster made the disclosure during the industry leaders’ panel session on “The Future of Nigeria’s Energy Sector in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) Era” at the Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) conference and exhibition on Wednesday in Abuja. He noted that the PIA had made provision for the Host Community Trust Fund which was a step in the right direction to empower the local communities and ensure a clear and…
A total number of 197 females were among the 444 recruit Constables of the Nigeria Police Force that passed-out on Wednesday at the Police Training School, Nekede near Owerri. The recruits comprise 271 from Imo and 173 from Abia. Out of the 444 recruits, 247 are males while 197 are females. In his address, the Inspector – General of Police, Usman Baba said a total of 9,989 recruits out of 10,000 scaled through the training under the year 2020 batch drive. Baba, who was represented by AIG Isaac Akinmoyede said 11 trainees could not meet up with the components of…