Man City agree to sign Dortmund striker Erling Haaland
Manchester City said Tuesday they had reached an agreement to sign prolific striker Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund. “Manchester City can confirm we have reached an agreement in principle with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of striker Erling Haaland to the Club on 1st July 2022,” the Premier League champions said in a statement. “The transfer remains subject to the club finalising terms with the player.” The deal for the 21-year-old ends City’s long search for a specialist centre-forward to replace record goalscorer Sergio Aguero, who left last year. Haaland, whose father Alf-Inge played for City from 2000 to 2003,
Why we’ve not released UTME results – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board had yet to commence releasing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination because of some internal appraisal, its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said on Tuesday. According to him, JAMB wouldn’t want to release results because it had asked people to submit reports, particularly of malpractices. Oloyede stated these in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja during a meeting of the National Youth Service Corps management and with Registrars of Corps Producing Institutions in Nigeria. He said, “Yes, we have no reason not to release the results but we are also doing some internal appraisal. One, we
Senate amends Electoral Act to allow statutory delegates vote
The Senate has amended Section 84 (8) of the Electoral Act 2022, which will enable statutory delegates participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions. The current version, which was assented to by the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in February this year, prevents statutory delegates from taking part in party primaries. Statutory delegates include councillors, local government chairmen and vice chairmen, political party chairmen in all the 774 Local Government Areas, state and federal lawmakers, governors and their deputies, president and vice president, political parties’ National Working Committee members, state party chairmen and secretaries. The Red Chamber amended the
Former Lawmaker Emerges PDP National Delegate For Okitipupa LG
Former Member of Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Niyi Adebusoye, has been elected as the National Delegate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Adebusoye was elected on Tuesday during the national delegate election of the party at Idepe town hall in Okitipupa, Ondo State. Meanwhile, Chief Oyedele Ibine, the immediate past Secretary of the Ondo State PDP has hailed the emergence of Adebusoye as the party national delegate for Okitipupa LG. Speaking with Starnews Nigeria in a telephone interview, Ibine while congratulating Adebusoye, described his emergence as a clear choice of
Why we want Jonathan back in Aso Rock – Fulani Group
Hours after former president Goodluck Jonathan publicly rejected the All Progressive Congress’ presidential expression of interest and nomination forms, Secretary of the Fulani Group, Usman Mohammed, has vowed that Jonathan won’t leave the country without accepting it. The group, which is an extraction of the nomadic Fulani and the Almajiri communities, stormed the International Conference Centre in Abuja on Monday evening to procure the forms. The news of Jonathan purchasing APC presidential forms on Monday got Nigerians pondering if he was truly considering a return to Aso Rock on the platform of the ruling party. Reacting swiftly to the report,
Fed Govt shortlists APC chair Adamu, SGF, Adenuga, others for productivity award
The Federal Government yesterday shortlisted deserving individuals and organisations for the conferment of the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award for 2019 and 2020. They include the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, former Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Chike Ihekweazu, Lagos State Commissioner for Health Dr. Akin Abayomi, industrialist Abdulsamad Rabiu and billionaire businessman Mike Adenuga jnr.Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige disclosed this during a briefing ahead of the 19th National Productivity Day and Conferment of the National Productivity
Aviation fuel not selling at N700 per litre, says MOMAN
MAJOR Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has debunked claims Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), also known as aviation fuel, was sold at N700 per litre in some parts of the country. Mr Clement Isong, executive secretary of MOMAN spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on yesterday in Lagos.NAN reports that Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) threatened to go on strike on May 9, claiming the cost of aviation fuel had risen to N700 per litre from N190 per litre.he strike was, however, called off after appeals by the Federal Government and stakeholders in the sector. Isong said: “I am
Court to decide on Adeleke’s validity as PDP governorship candidate
Justice Nathaniel Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State has fixed May 18 to rule on the legality of the primary election that produced Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A factional candidate of the party, Prince Dotun Babayemi, had challenged the primaries that produced Senator Adeleke through his lawyer, Yusuf Alli, SAN.At the court’s sitting yesterday, Alli insisted that the primary election was conducted against the order of the court and it should be declared null and void.He said: “This court has the power to dismiss the illegal primary election held
VC warns against cultism, extortion in Kogi varsity
The Vice-Chancellor, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba in Kogi state, Prof. Marietu Tenuche has warned staff and students of the institution against cultism, rape, and extortion. The Vice-Chancellor handed down the warning in a speech delivered at the matriculation of 6,470 new students and made available to newsmen in Lokoja on Monday. “This institution has zero-tolerance for social vices like cultism, rape, extortion, and others and will not spear anyone caught”. She told the matriculating students unequivocally to as a matter of their own interest keep off from outlawed social vices in the institution which may bring to ridicule the
Presidential bid: INEC, CBN partnership under threat over Emefiele’s APC membership
The Nigerian Bar Association and civil rights groups on Monday warned that Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele’s involvement in politics was threatening the 2023 elections. They also said his membership of the All Progressives Congress had eroded the credibility of the apex bank, where sensitive materials are kept, during elections. Prominent Nigerians who spoke separately to The PUNCH condemned Emefiele’s APC membership and his failure to resign while allegedly plotting to contest the 2023 presidency. But the Independent National Electoral Commission, in a statement by Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to its Chairman, said it had
