Day: July 30, 2022

Liverpool Defeat Manchester City 3-1 To Lift Community Shield

Ganiyu Amodu

Liverpool landed the first blow of the new season as they beat Manchester City 3-1 to win the Community Shield. Trent Alexander-Arnold got the Reds up and running in the first-half with a deflected effort, as Liverpool looked much the better side in the early stages. City equalised with 20 minutes to go, as Julian Alvarez finished from close range, and that looked set to send the match to penalties. Only Mohamed Salah was required to step up to the spot though, putting away his penalty to restore the lead,…

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Real Reason Naira Keeps Crashing Heavily Against US Dollars – CBN

Scott Matthew

The Central Bank of Nigeria has blamed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) for the poor performance of the Nigerian currency. According to the CBN, the non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by NNPC is responsible for the naira’s free fall in the official and parallel markets. The CBN stated this in a report published on Thursday, the Nation reports. READ ALSO: Why We Raised Nigeria’s Interest Rate To 14% – CBN Nigerians Defy CBN Ban, Trade N78bn Bitcoin in 3 Months CBN Gov Emefiele Backs out of Presidential…

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Community Shield holds away from Wembley first time in 10 yrs

Ganiyu Amodu

Premier League champions Manchester City will renew their rivalry with FA Cup winners Liverpool in the Community Shield this weekend. City have won the traditional curtain-raiser six times but fell to a 1-0 defeat in last year’s pre-season showdown to Leicester at Wembley. Pep Guardiola’s side will now be looking to set down an early marker over their Premier League title rivals. Jurgen Klopp will be desperate to finally win the Community Shield having lost in his previous two attempts against City and Arsenal. READ ALSO: FIFA Approves Use Of…

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Police Burst Illegal PVC Registration Unit In Church, Arrest INEC Officers

Precious Ibekwe

Names of INEC Staff atrested at St Brigigs Catholic Church, Ijeshatedo, Lagos, who allegedly created an illegal permanent voter’s card registration unit in the church auditorium for members   Officers of the Ijeshatedo police station have apprehended three Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff for conspiring with a parish priest of St Brigigs Catholic Church, Ijeshatedo, Lagos, to create an illegal permanent voter’s card registration unit in the church auditorium for members. Confirming the arrest of the three INEC staff, the Spokesman of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin…

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Kadaria Ahmed’s Anti-BBC Article a Disservice to Journalism -Farooq Kperogi

ADEOLA YUSUF

“If I were her, I’d be ashamed of that article”   Kadaria Ahmed is my senior in the profession for whom I have tremendous respect not only because of her matchless brilliance but also because of the record she set at Bayero University’s Department of Mass Communication from where I also graduated years after her. But her fuzzy attempt to criminalize BBC’s—and Daily Trust’s— praiseworthy investigative reporting on the heartrending terroristic banditry in Zamfara, her home state, which gave the inept federal government the justificatory lifeline it needed to muzzle…

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Appeal Court’s Justice Dongban-Mensem Loses Son

Aliyu Aliyu

President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has lost her son, Prince Paeke Dongban. Platforms Africa reports that the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr Ahmed Lawan Kuru, who announced this, hcondoled with the Jurist. READ ALSO: Vehicle Crushes Five Ogun Motorcyclists, Kills Three JUST IN: Top Aide To Lagos Gov Dies In Auto Crash School Proprietor Sentenced To Death For Kidnapping, Killing Pupil Nigeria’s Top Petroleum Engr., Dr. Saka Matemilola, Is New Olowu of Owu Kuru’s condolence message to Honourable Justice Dongban-Mensem,…

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