Day: October 21, 2023

Manchester United And England Legend Sir Bobby Charlton Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

England and Manchester United great Bobby Charlton has died at the age of 86, the family announced in a statement on Saturday. Charlton was a key member of England’s victorious 1966 World Cup team and also enjoyed great success at club level with United, who became the first English club to win the European Cup in 1968. “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Sir Bobby passed peacefully in the early hours of Saturday morning. He was surrounded by his family,” said a statement on behalf…

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FIFA Suspends Congolese Coach For 20 Years Over Sexual Abuse

Ganiyu Amodu

FIFA on Friday suspended a former youth coach in the Democratic Republic of Congo from football for 20 years for sexually abusing a youth player. The governing body of world football said in a statement that Jonathan Bukabakwa had been “found guilty of sexually abusing a minor football player”. It said the adjudicatory chamber had also fined Bukabakwa 100,000 Swiss francs (112,000 dollars). READ ALSO Borno Rehabilitation Commissioner, Idris Is Dead 3 Continents, 6 Countries: All You Need To Know About 2030 FIFA World Cup BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints New CEOs…

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Borno Rehabilitation Commissioner, Idris Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

Borno State newly-appointed Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Engr. Ibrahim Idris, is dead. Unconfirmed report indicated that Idris died in his sleep at his 777 Housing Estate, Maiduguri, guest house. Some sources said the young commissioner, who doubles as Special Adviser on Projects Monitoring, is suspected to have died from a heart related ailment, while others said, he was poisoned. READ ALSO AGN Abandoned My Husband, Mr Ibu’s Wife Cries Out Amid Health Crisis Sierra Leone Police Arrest Nigerian, Killaboi, Declared Wanted Over Girlfriend’s Death Shaakaa Chira Named New…

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AGN Abandoned My Husband, Mr Ibu’s Wife Cries Out Amid Health Crisis

Ganiyu Amodu

Stella Maris, wife of Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, has accused the Actors Guild of Nigeria of abandoning her husband during his health crisis. The Guild released a statement on Friday, responding to netizens who called on the association to come to the aid of its ailing member. In the statement delivered by the Guild’s Director of Communications, Kate Henshaw, it was disclosed that the association had rendered help to Okafor even before his condition became public knowledge. “We are compelled to make this public statement…

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Sierra Leone Police Arrest Nigerian, Killaboi, Declared Wanted Over Girlfriend’s Death

Abibat Babalola

Police in Sierra Leone have arrested a Nigerian punter, Benjamin Nnanyereugo better known as Killaboi, over the death of his girlfriend, Augusta Osedion. Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known to PUNCH on Saturday. In July, Killaboi confessed on Instagram to killing his girlfriend. He said he ran away out of fear. READ ALSO: Tinubu Approves Payment Of Withheld Salaries To ASUU Members, Resident Doctors Shaakaa Chira Named New Auditor-General Of The Federation Elon Musk Loses $24 Billion As Tesla Stocks Drop By 9% Local Content is…

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Tinubu Approves Payment Of Withheld Salaries To ASUU Members, Resident Doctors

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, approved a partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” order invoked against members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for their eight-month strike in 2022. In the same vein, he also directed an exceptional last waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” order instituted against members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), following their 17-day industrial action between July 26 and August 12. Both approvals, which were contained in statements by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale,…

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Shaakaa Chira Named New Auditor-General Of The Federation

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, named Mr. Shaakaa Chira as the substantive Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF). Tinubu made the appointment while exercising the powers vested in him by Section 86 of the 1999 Constitution (Amended). A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said President Tinubu appointed Chira following his emergence as the most suitable candidate screened by the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC). He will be assuming the office which has not had a substantive AuGF since the last occupier, Mr. Aghughu Adolphus, left…

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