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Manchester City left Pep Guardiola feeling “guilty” after his plea for more support from the club’s fans was followed by a frustrating 0-0 draw against Southampton on Saturday. Guardiola had irritated a section of City’s fanbase by asking for more support after just 38,062 turned out at the Etihad Stadium for Wednesday’s 6-3 win over Leipzig in the Champions League. That low number was partly due to the almost complete lack of Leipzig fans and the attendance was much closer to Etihad’s 55,000-capacity for Southampton’s visit. Fans created a vibrant atmosphere after Guardiola’s rallying cry, even if the players didn’t…

Beyond stressing the compelling need to be placated after the alleged injustice meted to the zone at the 2017 national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stakeholders from the South West zone are cautioning against a repeat of such scenario, failure of which they insist the party’s fortunes will further nosedive. Amid this caution, the stakeholders hold divergent views regarding what to settle for between the national chairmanship position, and a vice-presidential ticket, as the countdown to the October 2021 National Convention for the election of new members of the National Working Committee (NWC) continues. Ahead of the convention,…

The of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Friday vowed to track down the founder of AbokiFx, Oniwinde Adedotun, for foreign exchange sabotage. AbokiFX is an online platform that publishes live foreign exchange rates. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, while addressing journalists at the end of the 2-day MPC meeting in Abuja, accused the online platform of sabotaging the Nigerian economy by publishing speculative black market rates. He said, “We found him as a Nigerian who lives in England, and conducts this nefarious and criminal activity on our economy. “It is an economic sabotage and we will pursue him wherever he…

Constitutes medical board to ascertain health status of Kaduna customary court of appeal judge Issues warning letter to C’River judge, advice letter to another The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted a Special Investigation Committee to to handle the issue of three judges of courts of coordinate jurisdiction over their granting of exparte orders thereby resulting to conflicting orders of courts. Consequently the affected judges have been directed to appear before the panel and show cause why disciplinary actions should not be taken against them. The issue of conflicting court orders between July and August as it pertains to the…

The Federal Government is to appeal the judgment of an Oyo State High Court which awarded N20 billion in damages against the Attorney-General of the Federation(AGF) and the Department of State Services (DSS). The AGF, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), announced the decision of the Federal Government to appeal the judgment while speaking on the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. The suit, bordering on fundamental human rights was brought by self-styled Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo. The court, sitting in Ibadan awarded N20 billion in damages against the AGF and the…

Work-related illnesses and injuries kill nearly two million people annually, largely due to long working hours, the UN said Friday, warning that the pandemic was likely to worsen the situation. The first-ever joint assessment by the UN’s health and labour agencies of the global disease and injury burden linked to jobs stretches from 2000 to 2016, so does not include the dramatic shifts in working conditions brought on by the Covid-19 crisis. Some 1.9 million deaths worldwide were officially linked to work-related causes in 2016, up slightly from 1.7 million at the turn of the century, according to the report,…

Pep Guardiola says he will not apologise for urging fans to fill empty seats at Manchester City’s Etihad stadium after his comments irritated some of the club’s supporters. The City boss said this week that he wanted a bigger crowd at Saturday’s home game against Southampton than the 38,062 who watched his side’s 6-3 Champions League win over RB Leipzig in midweek. City’s poor attendances and flat atmosphere for some European games are often used as taunts by rival fans but crowds of more than 50,000 turned up to watch their opening two Premier League games. Guardiola’s comments annoyed some…

South Sudan has made history with the appointment of two women to senior leadership positions within its Transitional National Legislature, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday, as he encouraged parties to build on these gains in efforts to overcome significant political and security headwinds. NEW YORK, USA, September 16, 2021,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Nicholas Haysom, UN Special Representative and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), said 30 August saw the inauguration of the reconstituted Parliament, with members sworn in on 2 August – including the first female Speaker of the Transitional National…

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has asked for the speedy approval of the N83.5 billion loan requested from the 1.68 per cent Development of Natural Resources Fund (DNRF) from the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFAC). Abiodun said the loan, if approved, would be used to boost agriculture, tourism and other sectors of the state’s economy. The governor stated this while playing host to members of the RMAFC led by its chairman, Alhaji Adamu Dibal, in his office at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. The Dibal-led committee were in Ogun State on evaluation tour, which was part of the…

The House of Representatives in Abuja on Wednesday received a bill to control small and light weapons from President Muhammadu Buhari. The Speaker of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, while reading the letter from Buhari dated August 26, said that the bill is for the consideration of the House. He said that the bill to control small and light weapons when operational, would help in the fight against proliferation of light weapons. Gbajabiamila said that the president also sent a letter on August 27 for a bill to repeal the Explosives Act of 1994. Also, the president wrote a letter…