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British sports media giants, Sky Sports, has rated Belgium low in the just-concluded 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, naming them the underachievers of the tournament. They made the declaration in an Instagram post after the World Cup tournament ended. They also named their player of the tournament, young player of the tournament, as well as manager of the tournament. Belgium, rated second by FIFA in its last world ranking in October, exited the World Cup in the group stage after struggling to keep up with other teams in Group F. Belgium’s opening match was against Canada, who they narrowly…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi is currently in Akwa Ibom State for the Labour Party campaign rally. He arrived Akwa Ibom on Monday and he’s attended several meetings since his arrival in the state. He recently paid a visit to Evangelist Uma Ukpai who prayed for him before arriving at an interactive session with the young people in Akwa Ibom State. While there, he was asked some questions regarding his candidacy and his plans for the nation if elected as president. Following the meeting, Peter Obi took to his Twitter page to share some photos from the event. While sharing the photos, he…

Niger Delta locals say remediation work is slow and appeal to the government to hasten the restoration of the polluted environment. A Niger Delta resident dries tapioca, a local cassava meal, close to a gas flare at Utuorogun flow station near Warri, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Tuesday, January 17, 2006 Port Harcourt, Nigeria – Prince Gbosidan still remembers April 12, 2009. Vividly. It was the day fire from a big oil spill spread to his hometown Deeyor-Kira from an oil facility in neighbouring Kegbara-Dere and destroyed his farmlands. “Before the spill, you can plant within four to six…

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has asked handlers of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, to come clean about the health of their candidate, instead of engaging in a needless spat with the proprietor of ThisDAY and Arise media group, Nduka Obiagbena.  Secondus, who said he had followed the issues behind the ongoing war of words, wondered why the APC presidential media team chose to leave the business of marketing their principal, for which they were appointed, and instead engage in a faceoff with Obaigbena.  Secondus, in…

Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo yesterday commended his predecessor, Chief Willie Obiano for the legacy projects he executed while in office, assuring him that he would sustain the growth of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state. During the visit, which many people saw as the governor’s way of appreciating Obiano for making it possible for him to become the governor of Anambra State, Soludo stormed Obiano’s Aguleri country home with top members of his administration, including his wife, Nonye, the Deputy Governor, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, the Speaker Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Uche Okafor,…

A woman chants slogans while holding a Sudanese national flag as protesters march in the Bashdar district in the south of Sudan’s capital Khartoum on December 19, 2022 during a demonstration against a tentative deal aimed at ending the crisis provoked by last year’s military coup. – Thousands of pro-democracy activists took to the streets in the Sudanese capital, protesting the agreement signed by military and civilian leaders on December 5, which critics have dismissed as vague. The demonstration coincided with the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of months-long mass protests that ousted long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. …

[FILE] Former Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Mr. Doyin Okupe. The Federal High Court Abuja has found Doyin Okupe guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki. Okupe is the Director General of Peter Obi’s Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Monday held that the action of Okupe, who is the first defendant in the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), violated the Money Laundering Act. While stating that the Act provides that no individual or organization…

The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has developed and given more than 710 meters of inward streets to the Administrative School of Training (Specialized), Omoku, Waterways. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, handed over the roads to the school on Friday. Fashola, represented by Mr Olufemi Adetunji, the Government Regulator of Works in the state, said that the development and recovery of the streets were pointed toward crossing over the infrastructural hole. He said it would establish a favorable climate for educating and learning. The priest revealed that 15 individuals were utilized during the development of…

No less than 172 organizations may not profit from about N2.4tn charge waivers under the Trailblazer Status Motivator and other expense exceptions as the Central Government moves to get rid of some duty waivers powerful 2022, discoveries by us have shown. The Central Government is gradually transitioning away from the expense exceptions for mature businesses with the 2022 Money Bill, which President, Significant General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has shipped off the Public Gathering. The Pastor of Money, Financial plan and Public Preparation, Zainab Ahmed, said the bill was intended to help the execution of the 2023 spending plan as the…

No fewer than 64 individuals were purportedly killed in an airstrike by a Nigerian military plane on Sunday at Mutumji People Group in Maru Nearby Government Area of Zamfara State. A jet fighter plane Occupants let us know that a large number of those killed were outfitted assailants, while others were non-military residents of the local area. The people in question, including ladies and youngsters, were killed when a plane besieged the local area while pursuing escaping scoundrels who purportedly attacked the town. On Saturday and Sunday, the Nigerian Flying Corps answered trouble calls from local people following outfitted desperados’…