Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde  The 2024/2025 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) begins with a stalemate as El-Kanemi Warriors held defending champions, Enugu Rangers in 0-0 draw at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium today. El-Kanemi Warriors travelled to Enugu for the league openers against the 2023/2024 season champions. Both sides endured a frustrating first half as they failed to find the back of the net. The game progress to second-half where El-Kanemi’s Jacob Jonathan came close to put the visitors on the lead in the 66th minute. His effort was blocked by the Flying Antelopes’ goalkeeper, Japhet Opubo. Rangers substitute, Bashir Usman, tried to…

Trains 150 Nigerian Human Rights Volunteers •Safiu Kehinde  Amnesty International, a human rights organisation, has harped on the need for more Nigerians engagement and participation in fight for change as it trained 150 human rights volunteers in Nigeria to build their capacity to mobilize for human rights advocacy within their communities. This was made known by Country Director, Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, at the training tagged: “In Conversation with Amnesty International Nigeria,” on Saturday in Abuja. The training with the theme: “Mobilising for Impact; Building a Unified Force for Human Rights Advocacy, was designed to strengthen and empower a…

Safiu Kehinde It all ended in stalemate at the Emirate Stadium today as Arsenal were held in a 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Mikel Arteta’s quest for Premier League title suffered setback as 10-man Arsenal side were forced to share point with the Seagulls this afternoon. Few minutes into the first half, the North London club were put into the lead by German forward, Kai Havertz. Bukayo Saka had won an aerial duel and laid a though ball to Kai Havertz who lobbed it past Brighton’s goalkeeper to give Arsenal 1-0 lead in the 38th minute. Meanwhile, a…

Safiu Kehinde The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has denied issuing one month ultimate for traders to crash price of goods. Reacting to a post on X as regards the ultimate, the Commission debunked the claim in a statement posted on its official X handle. Following backlash from the public over the directive, FCCPC stressed that the directive is not an attempt on price control or a mandate to crash price arbitrarily. According to the statement, the motive behind the directive is to curtail exploitative practices carried out by business owners of consumers. While admitting to the economic…

Safiu Kehinde  Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, has been excluded from Napoli’s squad for the 2024/2025 Serie A season with his shirt number given to new signing, Romelu Lukaku. Having fallen out of favour with the club management, Osimhen was poised to leave during the summer transfer window. He was on the verge of joining Chelsea who showed keen interest in the Nigerian international and even sent delegates to strike a deadline deal before the transfer window closed yesterday. However, a mouthwatering deal offer from Saudi Arabian club, Al-Ahli, jeopardized his move to England. The Nigerian forward failed to get…

Agency Report Flood triggered by days of torrential rain, destroyed 1,650 houses in Jajere and Yunusari towns of Yobe. Dr Mohammed Goje, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Saturday. He said that a total of 413 households in the areas were displaced by the latest flash flood. Goje said that a final assessment on the destruction caused by yet another flood in Yusufari, Wagir, Mutai Chirokusko, Bade and Potiskum towns was ongoing. “ SEMA is conducting daily review meetings to…

Safiu Kehinde Arsenal Football Club has secured the signing of England international, Raheem Sterling, on a season-long loan from Chelsea. The North London club engaged in a transfer deadline deal to secure the wantaway winger from their West London counterpart. Raheem Sterling had fallen out of the pecking order under new Chelsea’s boss, Enzo Marecsa. He had long been subjected to possible departure from the moment he was left out of Enzo Maresca’s first team ahas of the 2024/2025 Premier League season. The end of the former Manchester City player’s stay at Stamford Bridge was ascertained after he getting stripped…

Agency Report  Tunde Onakoya, the Nigerian chess player and coach who holds Guinness World Records for the longest marathon chess game has arrived Maiduguri to promote the game among the youths. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onakoya, who is the founder and convener of “Chess in Slums in Africa” that is providing interventions for children in Lagos slums, arrived Maiduguri on Friday. On arrival, the chess master visited children of internally displaced persons in Muna and Bolori camps that were trained in chess games by members of the 105 Composite Group of the Nigeria Air Force, Maiduguri,…

Agency Report  The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested two men for allegedly robbing three commercial sex workers. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the three sex workers reported the case to the police on Wednesday at about 2.20a.m. He disclosed that the victims reported that they sighted two robbery suspects at an undisclosed place, who allegedly robbed them of their valuables on Aug. 23, at about 4.30a.m. “They stated they were picked up being commercial sex workers at Adeniran Ogunsanya Street,…

Safiu Kehinde  Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Yusuf Yaro Mamman, has been invited to chair the upcoming Guild of Corporate Online Publishers’ (GOCOP) annual conference set to hold in Kogi state. This was announced by the 2024 Conference Planning Committee chairman, Danlami Nmodu, in a statement issued by the group’s Publicity Secretary, Remmy Nweke. According to Nmodu, the 8th annual conference which will be held at the Reverton Hotel, 1/5 Kunama Crescent , GRA Lokoja, on the 3rd of October 2024, will be presided over by Ambassador Mamman, who was once national chairman of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). Themed…