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Top 20 National Team Coaches: Rohr ranked 19th
Solape Lawal-Solarin Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr, has made the World’s Top 20 Best National Coaches’ list following his results with the national team. According to German-based organisation International Federation of Football History & Statistics, Gernot Rohr, is ranked 19th on one point while Iran’s manager, Marc Wilmots, completed the top 20. Gernot Rohr in
Smart card reader has lost vibrancy, says INEC
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday admitted that the smart card reader has lost its efficacy and vibrancy in relation to the electoral process. The organisation stated that the SCR had become a redundant and inconsequential instrument, which posed challenges to electoral process in Nigeria. INEC National Commissioner and chairman of
FG approves N19.52bn for Oyo, Kano roads, others
John Ameh, Abuja The Federal Government has approved N19.52bn for three road contracts in Oyo, Niger, Kano states and the Federal Capital Territory. The approval also included N523m reviewed for the Efon-Elaaye-Erimo-Iwaraja road linking Ekiti and Osun states. It was first awarded in 2009. The approvals were made in Abuja on Wednesday by the Federal
Oyo five-man committee on LAUTECH inaugurated
Ademola Babalola, Ibadan The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday inaugurated a five-member committee to work with a counterpart committee from Osun State to deliberate on the ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. The governor maintained that though Osun and Oyo states would continue to remain brothers in other areas, the committee’s
FG reviews stamp duty, raises threshold to N10,000
Ife Ogunfuwa The Federal Government has reviewed the N50 stamp duty charges on electronic payments in the country after receiving backlash from Nigerians and industry stakeholders. A Financial Bill currently before the National Assembly stated the N50 charge would be imposed on transactions above N10,000 as against payment above N1,000 that had taken effect across
Many injured as small plane crashes in Canada
A small airplane crashed in eastern Canada Wednesday evening causing “numerous fatalities”, police said. Local news channel Global Kingston said the downed aircraft was a single-engine Piper PA-32R, which can seat up to six people, and had been reported missing. “We are now confirming that there are numerous fatalities in regards to the small downed
British PM under fire for accusing Nigerians of greed
A newspaper column written by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has become the centre of discussion as his Conservative Party seeks votes in the December elections. The PM had written the article during his time as editor of the Spectator, in which he said young people had “an almost Nigerian interest in money,” The Guardian
FRSC makes U-turn on use of Google map while driving
The Federal Road Safety Corps on Thursday made a U-turn on the use of Google map while driving. On Wednesday, the Sector Commander, Federal Capital Territory, Corps Commander Wobin Ayuba Gora had said that driving with the aid of Google map using mobile phones is a serious traffic offence. However, in a statement signed by Bisi Kazeem,
Wife kills husband by squeezing his scrotum
Sola Shittu, Benin A middle-aged woman, Eki Ekhator, has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly killing her husband by violently grabbing his scrotum and squeezing it till he died. The incident, which happened at the Ukhiri community in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state, shocked the residents as the
Scientists spot black hole so huge it ‘shouldn’t even exist’ in our galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said Thursday. LB-1 is 15,000 light years from Earth and has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun, according to the journal Nature. The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100 million
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