archiveFebruary 14, 2020

  Ban starts next season and City also fined €30m (£25m) Club say they will appeal to CAS at ‘earliest opportunity’ Manchester City have been banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons by Uefa and fined €30m (£25m) after they were found to have seriously misled European...

  At exactly 18.50 pm. Senator Douye Diri took the oath of office and oath of allegiance as the fifth executive governor of Bayelsa State. He was flanked by his wife and children. Earlier his deputy Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpor flanked by his wife and children took the oath of office...

  to boost Internally Generated Revenue committees for launch on Monday ban on NURTW remains in force—Works Commissioner   The Government of Oyo State, on Friday, launched a new Park Management System, PMS, declaring that the initiative would boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The state’s Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure...

Twelve lucky customers have emerged millionaires in the fourth monthly and second bi-monthly draw of the Get Alert in Millions (GAIM) promo season 4. The electronic raffle draw, which held at the bank’s head office in Lagos, was witnessed by the relevant regulatory bodies including the National Lottery Regulatory Commission...

  Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has acquired sub-licensed rights to broadcast at least one English Premier League fixture per match week over the course of the 2019/2022 rights cycle. According to reports, Integral Sponsorship and Experiential Marketing, a Nigerian sports marketing company, brokered the deal. The Sub-license deal from Infront,...

  Arrangements have been concluded for a week-long free medical mission organized by Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu Foundation (BAAF), in collaboration with Sharing Hope Medical Mission USA, slated to begin on February 17, 2020 at Emeabiam in Owerri West LGA of Imo State. Sharing Hope Medical Mission USA is a medical...

  to watch UEFA Champions League in Europe Jumia, has rewarded the first winner in the Jumia-MasterCard Experience Competition. The winner, Mr. Wilson Anine, will have a lifetime opportunity to watch the UEFA Champions League matches in choice cities with other incentives attached. Speaking on the promo, the Chief Executive...

  Prelate Uche: “We are proud of the Vice President”   The responsibility to ensure harmony amongst people of different religious and ethnic backgrounds in Nigeria and elsewhere depends largely on the contributions and sacrifices of faith leaders, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on...

  The  remains of Eze Israel Kanu and his wife, Salome, both parents of Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), were on Friday laid to rest in their country home at Isiama Afaraukwu, Umuahia. Delivering a sermon during a funeral service at St. Andrew’s...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recruited 1,050 Graduate Trainees, signalling the successful completion of its 2019/2020 employment exercise. The corporation made the announcement in a statement signed by its acting spokesman, Mr Samson Makoji, in Abuja on Friday. It quoted the Group Managing Director, Malam Mele Kyari,...