Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Saturday 26th February 2022
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JUST IN-Ukraine crisi: France seizes Russian cargo ship in Channel
…as Ukraine urges Red Cross to remove Russian corpses The French navy has intercepted a cargo ship in the English channel bound for the Russian city of St Petersburg, the BBC has learned. French officials told the BBC that the ship was intercepted in line with new EU sanctions and say it has been redirected
JUST IN-Ukraine crisis: Lewandowski backs Poland’s boycott of Russia Qatar 2022 play-off game
Robert Lewandowski has backed Poland’s boycott of their World Cup play-off against Russia in March because of the invasion of Ukraine, saying “we can’t pretend that nothing is happening”. Polish Football Association President Cezary Kulesza has said the team “does not intend” to play the game. Russia are due to host Poland in Moscow
JUST IN: Atiku meets Obasanjo over 2023 ambition
Olufemi Adediran, Abeokuta Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is currently in a closed-door meeting with his former boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Atiku arrived the penthouse residence located within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, around 10am and went straight into a closed door meeting with Obasanjo. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic
Ronaldo: I want to play for four more years
Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed that he plans to continue playing for another “four or five” years. The Portuguese star, who returned to Old Trafford from Juventus back in August, has made the admission less than three weeks after celebrating his 37th birthday. Despite being at the age where most footballers are slowing down
JUST IN: Fighting reaches Kyiv streets as Russia attacks
Russian assaults on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have been met with fierce resistance, as the Ukrainian military says it has fought off several attacks. The military said in a Facebook post early on Saturday that an army unit managed to repel Russian forces near its base on a major city street, reports the BBC.
Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu innaugurate diaper manufacturing plant in Lagos
Muritala Ayinla Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) on Saturday commissioned the Kimberly-Clark Huggies Diaper Manufacturing Plant in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, saying that with about seven million babies born every year in Nigeria, the market for the new firm is huge. The Vice President, who was accompanied by the state Governor, Mr Babajide
Rangnick: Rashford’s ‘not happy’ with performances for Man Utd
Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick said striker Marcus Rashford is not happy with his performances but added that the England forward is in top form during training. Rashford has only scored twice since the end of October. Rangnick dismissed any notion of Rashford still suffering the after-effects of post-Euro 2020 shoulder surgery. “He
Serie A: Inter draw at Genoa to let Milan off hook
Inter Milan failed to capitalise on AC Milan’s home draw against Udinese on Friday with a goalless draw at Genoa which allowed their local rivals to stay top of Serie A. Champions Inter would have moved level on 57 points with Milan had they won at relegation strugglers Genoa but could not make
EPL: Saints push Norwich deeper into relegation trouble
Southampton pushed Norwich deeper into relegation trouble as the Premier League’s bottom club slumped to a 2-0 defeat at St Mary’s on Friday. Che Adams rewarded Southampton’s first-half dominance with the opener before Oriol Romeu finished off the Canaries with his first goal for the club since October 2020. Norwich have lost nine
RT200 programme: CBN unveils incentives for exporters
Exporters to receive N65 for every $1 repatriated, sold at I&E window for third party use The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the operating guidelines for its RT 200 non-oil export proceeds repatriation rebate scheme, highlighting incentives that would be paid to exporters under the scheme. The apex bank said that the scheme
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