Manchester City on Friday night beat EPL table toppers, Arsenal, to qualify for the 5th round of the English FA Cup. Nathan Ake’s strike earned Pep Guardiola’s men a place in the fifth round in world’s oldest football competition. The Dutch defender was the unlikely match-winner with a composed finish to inflict a first defeat on the Premier League leaders since November.
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The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Friday attributed the lingering fuel scarcity in the country to a disruption in the product distribution chain caused by activities of cross-border smugglers. In a statement on Friday, the agency said “the current distribution hitch is heightened by activities of cross-border smugglers, who divert PMS meant for the Nigerian market to neighbouring countries where PMS prices are significantly higher than Nigeria’s regulated price.” However, the agency claimed that there is petroleum motor spirit (PMS) sufficiency of over 1.6 billion litres as of 26 January both on land and marine.…
2023: G5 Gov inaugurates Peter Obi campaign team in Benue Ahead of the 2023 election, Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has reportedly inaugurated a campaign team for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in Benue. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that according to an associate of the governor, who pleaded anonymity, while Ortom had not openly endorsed a particular candidate, he had called on his foot soldiers to embrace Obi. “Governor Ortom has already inaugurated an Obi team using his most trusted aides and allies,” Punch quotes the source as saying. “Former governorship aspirant, Professor Dennis Tyavyar, is Chairman…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the train services along the Abuja-Kaduna corridor. The suspension of the services followed a derailment of the train at Kubwa area of Abuja on Friday. The Abuja-bound train derailed with no casualty or fatality recorded, Meridianspy gathered. An official of the NRC at the Kubwa train station who pleaded anonymity told The Nation that the incident occurred at about 3:15 pm which coincided with the arrival of the afternoon train. The number of passengers and crew members on board could not be ascertained. This incident is coming barely a week after train…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Daura returned all thanks to God for safety in his life journey over many years, highlighting the years of battle during the Nigerian Civil War and some personal challenges as testimonies of divine protection and guidance. President Buhari, who visited the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Faruk, after commissioning two roads, said the destiny of man, country and the world remains in the hands of God. The President concluded the two-day commissioning of projects with the Musawa General Hospital, Government Day Secondary School, Musawa, Gora-Makauraci-Malamawa road and Sandamu-Baure-Babban Mutum road, Gurjiya -Sandamu-Karkarku roads in…
Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has rejected the judgment passed by the Election Petition Tribunal over the outcome of the July 16 Governorship election in the state. The Tribunal had declared the former governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola as the winner of the election and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Governor Ademola Adeleke. Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal that sacked him on Friday as “a miscarriage of justice”.In a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, Adeleke vowed to challenge…
Former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has described the judgement of the election tribunal to sack the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as a ‘Judicial magic.’ Earlier, Meridianspy had reported the verdict by Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo on Friday, declaring Governor Ademola Adeleke’s victory in the July 16th, 2022, governorship elections. Reacting to the verdict, Sani, in a tweet on his Twitter handle on Friday, said it was a sad day for Democracy. He tweeted, “Osun State; Judicial magic. A sad day for Democracy.”
former child star-turned-billionaire wife has yet received another pleasant surprise of $100,000 from her hubby Ned Nwoko. Only three days ago, the actress got the online community talking after she flaunted a cash gift from her hubby. A viral video captured the billionaire wife displaying the newly redesigned naira notes gifted to her by her politician hubby. In the clip, Gina said her hubby sent the accountant to bring her the cash on set where she was shooting a movie. While displaying the bundles of the redesigned N200 notes, she expressed gratitude to her ‘baby’ for his generosity. On Thursday,…
The Nigerian actor, Chidi Mokeme has narrated how he was able to interpret his role in the sixth episode of the television series “Shanty Town.” The series tells the tale of a gang of prostitutes, who want to free themselves from the influence of a notorious kingpin but quickly learn that doing so will be very challenging due to political corruption and family ties. Mokeme has proceeded to win the hearts of many fans and garner a wealth of awards with his portrayal of the kingpin Scar. The actor claimed, in a BBC Pidgin interview on Thursday, that he had…
The organising secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Ayodele Adewale, has claimed that the bullion vans spotted entering the residence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the party, in 2019, missed their way. Adewale stated this yesterday while appearing on ‘The Morning Show’ a breakfast programme on Arise News. In February 2019, viral pictures on social media showed two bullion vans being driven into Tinubu’s Bourdillon residence in Lagos on the eve of the presidential election, as many people looked on, just outside the residence His claim was however at variance with the…
The Election Petition Tribunal has declared the July 22 governorship election null and void. The tribunal, in its judgment on Friday in Osogbo, directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return from Governor Ademola Adeleke and his deputy, Kola Adewusim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Election Petition Tribunal has declared the July 22 governorship election null and void. The tribunal, in its judgment on Friday in Osogbo, directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return from Governor Ademola Adeleke and his deputy, Kola Adewusim of the Peoples Democratic…
The Labour Party has denied reports that its Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, will withdraw from the 2023 race to support the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The Obi-Datti Campaign Media Office described the report as “ridiculous and fake” in a statement issued on Friday. According to the statement, the LP campaign council stated that its presidential candidate does not have any plan to quit the February 25 election or step down for anyone, describing the report as ridiculous and fake. It also accused some unnamed political parties of cloning Obi’s image on gift items to paint a picture…