17th August 2024 Bayer Leverkusen’s Finnish goalkeeper #01 Lukas Hradecky and his teammates celebrate with the trophy after winning the penalty shoot-out of the German Supercup football match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart in Leverkusen, western Germany on August 17, 2024. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen beat Stuttgart 4-3 on penalties in the German Super Cup on Saturday after a 2-2 draw. Victor Boniface’s early goal was cancelled out by Stuttgart’s Enzo Millot before Martin Terrier saw red for Leverkusen before…
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The All Progressives Congress, the Labour Party, and the All Progressives Grand Alliance have continued to trade words over the state’s local government elections scheduled for September 28. The Anambra State Electoral Commission, through its chairman, Genevieve Osakwe, shortly after its inauguration by the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, had fixed September 28 as the date for the LG poll, after 10 years of non-conduct of election at that level. But while the APC in the state, through its chairman, Basil Ejidike, has challenged the process and described it as an “illegality”, he also insisted that the APC cannot legitimise…
Mason Greenwood scored twice on his Marseille debut on Saturday as Roberto De Zerbi’s new-look side won 5-1 at Brest in their opening game of the Ligue 1 season. Former Manchester United forward Greenwood struck inside three minutes and added another goal from the penalty spot on the half-hour after Luis Henrique had doubled Marseille’s lead. Luis Henrique netted again after Mahdi Camara’s crunching effort pulled it back to 3-1 before half-time, with Greenwood also involved in both of the Brazilian’s goals. Greenwood won a second penalty after going down under a challenge from Jordan Amavi, but it was another…
The Ogun State Police Command, on Saturday, said that it has arrested 34-year-old Adekunle Adebajo, popularly called Kunle Polly, a suspected cultist for allegedly participating in the murder of a rival cultist known as Mosquito in Ijebu Ode area of Ogun. Mosquito was reported to have been hacked to death recently with his left hand cut off and taken away. The state police spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Saturday. She said that on August 12, a concerned citizen made a distress call to the Divisional Police Officer in Igbeba…
The Nigeria Police Force has strongly refuted claims of a protest by officers over unpaid promotion salary increments. The force calls the reports misleading and stresses that salary issues are handled by the Federal Ministry of Finance, not the police. Recall that police officers under the auspices of Concerned Police Inspectors in Nigeria on Thursday visited the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, along Asutan Street, Uyo the Akwa Ibom State capital to protest non-payment of 11 months’ salary arrears. Meanwhile, Police Public Relations Officer, Ademuyiwa Adejobi in a Saturday statement described the allegation as an intentional attempt…
The Peoples Democratic Party, Ogun State, on Saturday, berated Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission’s insistence to charge administrative charges of N250,000 per chairmanship candidate in the forthcoming November 16 local government elections. The state electoral body had said that councillorship candidates will be charged N150,000 while their female counterparts are to pay N100,000. The Chairman of the commission, Babatunde Osibodu, in a statement on Friday clarified that the administrative charges for the upcoming local government are directed at political parties, not individual candidates. Osibodu stated that the commission is legally empowered to impose the fee, having sought legal counsel and…
A former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has said he will not allow a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, to scam Nigeria. PUNCH Online reports that a contract dispute between the Ogun State Government and the Chinese company has led to the seizure of three Nigerian presidential jets. The dispute reportedly stemmed from a 2007 agreement for the development of the Ogun Free Trade Zone, which later fell apart, leading to arbitration and, ultimately, the seizure of the jets. Despite an independent arbitral tribunal awarding Zhongshan approximately $74.5 million, the Ogun State Government has disputed…
A Federal High Court judge, Justice Mabel Segun-Bello, has revealed that to attain the position of a federal judge in Nigeria, one must either have the backing of the presidency or a political party. Speaking on Saturday in Abuja at the 2024 Clarity Conference, themed “The Constellation: Gathering of Stars, By Stars and For Stars,” Justice Segun-Bello shared insights from her challenging journey to the top. As the keynote speaker at the event, she recounted how her rise to the esteemed position of a federal judge was anything but easy, emphasizing that determination was key to her success. Addressing the…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Saturday, recounted his shock upon hearing of the sudden death of one of the ranking lawmakers in the 10th Senate, Ifeanyi Ubah. Ubah, who was the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil, died in a hotel in London, the United Kingdom, on July 27, 2024. Akpabio shared his emotional response during a condolence visit to Ubah’s widow, Uchenna Ubah, at their Lagos residence, accompanied by some lawmakers. In a statement released by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, Akpabio said, “I was jolted when I received the news of the death of a…
The Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has said that the 167 foreign-trained graduates sponsored by his administration would bolster the state’s health and other critical sectors. This is contained in a statement by Buni’s Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed in Damaturu on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state government in 2020 sponsored 233 students tagged: “Yobe scholars,” to study specialised courses in India. The statement said the governor, who was represented by Speaker, Yobe House of Assembly,Buba Mashio, stated this when attended the graduation ceremony of the students in five Indian universities. The…