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Manchester City have accepted a bid worth up to 30 million pounds (38.7 million dollars) for Riyad Mahrez from Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli. The 32-year-old Algeria international has consequently been given permission to miss the treble winners’ pre-season tour of Asia. Mahrez is now set to discuss terms ahead of a potential move to the Jeddah-based Saudi Pro League outfit. Reports have suggested he has been offered a three-year contract. The former Leicester City winger was not included in the 25-man Manchester City squad due to leave for Japan and South Korea on Wednesday. Mahrez had two years remaining…

The House of Representatives urged the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) to undertake a staff audit of all employees of the agency and review the service codes of conduct between prisoners and staff of the Service. The call was sequel to the unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Ugonna Ozurigbo (PDP-Imo) at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion earlier, Ozirigno said that in recent times, the insecurity situation in Nigeria had become common place with no exception to the place of attack. He said that there have been attacks from terrorist groups and non-state actors on…

The House of Representatives has urged President Bola Tinubu to lift the embargo on employment into agencies of government. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Francis Waive (APC-Delta) at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion earlier, Waive said that the immediate past administration placed a ban on employment in agencies of the Federal Government. He said that the ban became necessary amid the recession that hit the economy in the country due to the huge drop in the international price of crude oil at the time and Covid 19 pandemic. Waive recalled that…

The Police Command in Imo say its operatives foiled gunmen attack on the Chairman, Council of Imo Traditional Rulers, Eze Emmanuel Okeke, at his Amaifeke palace in Orlu Local Government Area on Tuesday. The command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said a local security operative died from gunshot wounds after the attack. “Police operatives of Orlu Divisional Headquarters in a joint operation with the Local Vigilantes of Amaifeke ancient Kingdom, Orlu on 18/07/2023 at about 1415hrs foiled attempts to invade the palace of the Chairman Council of Imo Traditional Rulers, the Traditional Ruler…

•Commend Adamu, Omisore Over Resignations By Kamil Opeyemi Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressive Congress have risen from their meeting in Abuja to declare their plans in respective states how to handle the hardships inflicted by the rising cost of fuel. Governor Hope Uzodinma, chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, while addressing journalists after the meeting that ran into the night on Wednesday, said the hardships being faced by Nigerians are quite glaring to them. Uzodimma described the meeting as successful, saying it discussed hardship arising from fuel subsidy removal, and other national issues. “The current hardship…

By Halimah Olamide A foremost Nigerian writer and scholar, Prof Kole Omotoso, has died . The author of Just Before Dawn, who was based in South Africa till his death, became an outdoor advert celebrity in the country. Yewande, his daughter broke the news in an e-mail sent to some of her father’s friends and associates on Wednesday. Born in Akure, Ondo State, on April 21, 1943, Omotoso attended King’s College, Lagos, University of Ibadan and the University of Edinburgh. He wrote the Just Before Dawn in 1988 documenting the evolution of Nigeria as a country. He was originally a…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board candidate who was accused of inflating her scores has tendered apology to the Registrar of the Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede. Miss Ejikeme Mmesom, who claimed to have scored 362 instead of 249 tendered the apology in a letter she read before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged manipulation of UTME results on Wednesday in Abuja. Recall that two weeks ago the House moved in support of a motion to investigate the said alleged manipulation of UTME results by Mmesoma. Present at the Investigative hearing is the Registrar of JAMB, Prof.…

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says over 17 million Nigerians, globally, with skills, knowledge, network and experiences are indispensable assets which can be harnessed to bolster Nigeria’s progress and development. The Chairman of NiDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a news conference ahead of the 17th annual National Diaspora Day scheduled for July 25 and 26. Dabiri-Erewa acknowledged that the Diaspora was making feats, internationally, in fields like education, medicine, health, sports, media and entertainment, leadership and politics, finance, science, transportation, tourism, industry and agribusiness. The chairman noted that Nigeria was blessed with a…

The Niger State House of Assembly has urged the State government to reduce the number of working days for civil servants to cushion the effect of petrol subsidy removal. The Assembly made the call in a resolution following a matter of urgent public importance raised by Mr Nasir Umar, member representing Paiko Constituency during plenary on Wednesday in Minna. Speaker of the House, Mr Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, while reading the resolution, called on government to as a matter of urgency, reduce numbers of working days for civil servants. He also urged the executive arm to put in place necessary measures that…

By Halimah Olamide A group of lawyers who asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to jail the Director- General of the Department of State Services (DSS) Yusuf Bichi, have slammed the agency for referring to them as “charge and bail” lawyers. In a tweet by the DSS, the Security agency was quoted as writing the following: “Charge and bail, overzealous uninformed IPOB/ESN lawyer Maxwell Okpara mobilises other like minded lawyers against DGSS. “Futile Efforts. Well, Nigerians, beware! This is in bad faith. Transferred aggression. “A Biafran republic agitator and outlawed IPOB counsel defending the suspended CBN governor. “Is IPOB defending…