Author: Akintayo Adams

Jurgen Klopp, who took over as Reds manager in October 2015 and whose contract was set to expire in 2026, has announced his intention to leave the position at the end of the current campaign. Klopp guided Liverpool to their first league title in thirty years in 2019–20 after winning the Champions League the year before. “I told the club already in November,” the German told the Liverpool website. In an interview with the club’s website on Friday morning, the German manager made the announcement, stating that he is “running out of energy” following his victories in the Premier League,…

According to the European Union (EU), Nigeria would receive funding for vaccine research totaling 18 million euros. This was revealed in Abuja at the introduction of The National Plan for Vaccine Research and Development and Local Production 2024–2034 by Amb. Samuela Isopi, Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS. The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) created the plan with assistance from the governments of Bulgaria and the EU. Isopi, represented at the meeting by Prof. Leila Mathieu, stated that the EU shared the same interests as the country. She continued by saying that the timing…

In response to Rev. Timothy Daluk’s recent remarks criticizing the military, the Defence Headquarters has announced that it will seek a meeting with the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. Daluk had charged that the Nigerian military was in charge of overseeing the state’s Christian murders and property devastation. in a widely shared video, Daluk was quoted as saying, “I am here to report the situation happening in Mangu Local Government for the whole world to understand.” “At this specific moment in Mangu, our people are being sent away by…

On Thursday, the Ondo State House of Assembly approved and verified Olayide Adelami’s nomination to be the state’s deputy governor. Under the direction of Speaker Olamide Oladiji, Adelami, a former Deputy Clerk at the National Assembly, was confirmed during a plenary session of the Assembly. Shortly after Adelami’s screening by the Speaker-chaired House Selection Committee, his nomination was officially confirmed. The Assembly received the nominee’s name on Wednesday from Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The nominee is from Owo, which is home to the Owo local government headquarters and the late former governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s birthplace. Aiyedatiwa’s letter to the House asking…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service set a plan to collect N19.4 turn in tax this year after surpassing its 2023 revenue target by N816 billion, or 107% over the goal. This was revealed on Wednesday at the 2024 management conference by Amina Ado, the Coordinating Director of the Special Tax Operations Group. The Federal Government expects N19.41trn revenue from the FIRS in 2024. This objective signifies a noteworthy rise of 67.91 percent from the prior year’s target and 56.9 percent from the actual revenue of the preceding year. This objective signifies a noteworthy rise of 67.91 percent from the prior…

Morocco coach, Walid Regragui, has been granted a two-match ban by the Confederation of African Football following a post-match confrontation with Democratic Republic of Congo captain Chancel Mbemba at the Africa Cup of Nations. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) declared Regragui’s suspension and stated they planned to file an appeal. Regragui never broke the spirit of fair play, hence the FRMF “decided to appeal this incomprehensible decision,” according to the statement. Regragui’s suspension, however, went into force for Wednesday’s Cup of Nations group match against Zambia, when assistant coach Rachid Benmahmoud started in…

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed an appeal by the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Rivers State governorship election, Tonye Cole. Cole asked the apex court to sack Siminalayi Fubara as governor of the state.He alleged that the election was marred by irregularities and that Fubara did not validly resign his previous position as required by the law, before the election.Both the tribunal and the Court of Appeal dismissed his case for want of merit. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa denied Cole’s appeal after reading the main ruling. The appellant did not provide sufficient evidence to support his claims that the…

On Wednesday, the Presidency said that the Bola Tinubu administration had no intention of moving Nigeria’s Federal Capital back to Lagos, where it had previously been. The insinuations were attributed to people it referred to as “mischief-makers,” who were determined to “fuel needless ethnic mistrust” in order to “pit the North against the South.” This came after the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development’s direction to move the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s headquarters to Lagos and the Federal Government’s recent decision to move the Department of Banking Supervision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to Lagos. Senators and young…

On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu declared that young people in Nigeria are dynamic, gifted, hungry to learn, and prepared to compete on a global scale. As a result, his administration will firmly support public-private partnerships meant to provide people with chances for employment and respectable work. “God has bestowed to Nigeria a young and dynamic populace that is eager to learn and capable of thriving in the global economy of the twenty-first century. During a courtesy call on Wednesday at the Aso Rock Villa, Tinubu informed Ms. Reeta Roy, President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation, “Leadership is what is…

At a cost of over $1.15 billion, the Federal Government is presently conducting deals for the sale of five power plants under the National Integrated Power Projects through the Bureau of Public Enterprises, it was learned on Tuesday. Despite the fact that individuals close to the development stated that the plants’ costs should surpass $5 billion based on worldwide standards, they also disclosed that the BPE intended to sell the facilities for slightly more than $1.1 billion. In a brief phone call, our correspondent received confirmation from Ignatius Ayewoh, the interim Director-General of BPE, that “the transaction is ongoing” and…