JUST IN: Uefa announces nominees for Men’s player of the year

  By Sedara Oluwadara Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne and Real Madrid duo Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois have been shortlisted for the men's Uefa Player of the Year award.   The winner will be announced on 25 August.     Goalkeeper Courtois and Benzema won the Champions League, with the striker named 2021-22 Uefa Champions League Player of the Season.   Courtois was Player of the Match in the Champions League final.   Midfielder De Bruyne won the 2021-22 Premier League Player of the Season.   The top three nominees were chosen from an original list of 15 players

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DISCOS: Nigeria Yet to Generate Up to 6000mw Electricity Since Independence

Since 1960 when Nigeria attained independence till date, Africa’s most populous nation has not generated up to 6000 megawatts (mw) of electricity, the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has said. The Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, ANED, an umbrella body of power distribution companies (Discos), Mr. Sunday Oduntan, disclosed this in Lagos at a one-day workshop for energy reporters and civil society groups.The workshop centred on the topic: “Building Consumer Awareness and Strengthening the Customer Service Capacity Of Electricity Distribution Companies”, and was organised by ANED in partnership with McArthur Foundation.Oduntan, who stated that Nigeria would require 200,000mw of

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Five Presidential Guards Killed in Gunfight with Terrorists Buried

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja   The remains of the five gallant presidential guards killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Bwari were buried yesterday in Abuja.A statement by the Brigade of Guards disclosed the remains of Capt Attah Samuel and four other soldiers killed by insurgents during a clearance operation in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were laid to rest at the Guards Brigade Cemetery, Maitama, Abuja.Until their demise, the soldiers served with 7 Guards Battalion, Lungi Barracks Maitama and 176 Guards Battalion Gwagwalada in the FCT, respectively.While reading the funeral oration of the deceased, the

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Malami, NGF on collision course over $418m deductions

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, may be on a collision course with the Nigerian Governors Forum for insisting on the deduction of $418m Paris Club refund from the federation account.   Speaking to State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday, Malami stressed that the state governors had no right to complain about the deduction which he said was meant for the consultants purportedly hired by the state governors and local governments.   But top official of the NGF, who spoke on condition of anonymity,  hit back, saying the AGF appeared to be working for

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FG hasn’t informed ASUU of cash crunch – Osodeke

Striking Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the government has not at any time indicated that it does not have money to fund the union’s demands and university education.   The union was reacting to recent comments by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo; and Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, who said it was unreasonable for the Federal Government to borrow over N1 trillion to meet ASUU’s demands.   The PUNCH reports that ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022, after submitting its demands, which were being renegotiated by the Prof. Nimi

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Impeaching Buhari not enough, effect state police now

OPPOSITION lawmakers recently reaffirmed their resolve to impeach the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), if he fails to tame insecurity within the six-week grace they gave him to perform. It is difficult to fault the move given his colossal failure, his abject cluelessness and incapacity to govern. Beyond this, however, is the urgent need to decentralise policing and secure lives and property.   If anything, the impeachment move is belated. In seven years and two months, Buhari has driven the country to the edge of the abyss; ruined its economy, impoverished millions, divided the people as never before and

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Wike sues Atiku, Tambuwal, demands recognition as candidate

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sued the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party that was held was in Abuja on May 28 and May 29, 2022.   In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022, Wike and a PDP chieftain, Newgent Ekamon, are listed as the plaintiffs. In the originating summons, the PDP is listed as the first respondent while the Independent National Electoral Commission is the 2nd respondent. Tambuwal and Atiku are listed as the 3rd and 4th

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2022 U-20 WWC: Falconets Shock France 1-0 in a keenly contested group opener

  By Sedara Oluwadara Flourish Sabastine scored in the 85th minute what turned out to be the match winner in Nigeria’s opening game of the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica.     The Falconets and the French team pushed and cancelled each other out and it was only expected that one opportunity could prove the decider.   The game was initially suspended in the 20th minute due to heavy downpour but that didn’t dampen the spirit of Christopher Danjuma Musa and his ladies as they picked up from where they stopped at resumption of proceedings.     France

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