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The 2024/25 Carabao Cup third round is set to bring excitement as Premier League giants Arsenal, Manchester United, and Chelsea join the competition. After skipping the earlier rounds due to their European commitments, these teams now enter the fray alongside 29 others. The draw, split over two weeks, promises thrilling matchups, including Arsenal hosting Bolton, Manchester United facing Barnsley, and Liverpool taking on West Ham. With 32 teams competing for a spot in the next round, fans can expect high-stakes action as the tournament heats up. The draw was confirmed late Wednesday night following the conclusion of the fourth round…

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has left the headquarters of the Intelligence Response Team in Abuja. The NLC chairman, who arrived at exactly 10:17am, left at 11.15 am after writing his statement. Ajaero and team leave Police HQ Ajaero did not speak to journalists at the IRT headquarters. He, however, said he would address journalists at the NLC headquarters. The police had last week invited Ajaero to the IRT headquarters on August 20 by 10 am to answer questions on his alleged involvement in terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, criminal conspiracy, and treasonable felony. Ajaero, however, who…

The NCC has announced September 14 as the new deadline for NIN-SIM linkage, emphasising the importance of national security. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Wednesday, announced September 14 as the new deadline for subscribers to link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards.NCC had fixed July 31, 2024 as the deadline for NIN-SIM linkage, and had asked telecoms operators to begin deactivation of all lines that were not linked after July 31, but issued a circular to the operators, shortly before the commencement of the nationwide protest on #Bad Governance, informing them that it…

Some of the states established on August 27, 1991, celebrated their 33rd anniversary on Tuesday, highlighting achievements since their inception. Former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, on August 27, 1991, created 11 states of Abia, Adamawa, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Osun, Taraba and Yobe. Their creation took Nigeria to 30 states before the creation of an additional six by the late former Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha, on October 1, 1996. In a statement marking the 33rd anniversary of Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke urged stakeholders in its affairs not to renege in supporting efforts…

An Abia State-born United Kingdom-based industrialist, Chief Charles Lawrence Nwangwa, has declared his intentions to contest for the Labour Party ticket in the forthcoming local government election in Abia State.Nwangwa, who declared his intentions in his Umuomei community in Obingwa Local Government Area of the state on Monday, said he would prioritize agriculture, education and rural infrastructure development if elected.He disclosed that he joined the local council chairmanship race because of his desire to improve the lives of those living in rural areas of his local government.The industrialists posited that there is a need to hand over the administration of…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday, restated that the military would not allow itself to be used by some interest groups to truncate democratic governance in the country.Lagbaja stated this in  Uyo, Akwa Ibom State while speaking during the opening ceremony of the COAS Combined 2nd and 3rd Quarters Conference on Tuesday.While noting that such a call for a military takeover was coming from young Nigerians, who had never experienced the era of Nigeria’s extensive military rule, the COAS said the Nigerian Army was not ready to lose the “new prestige”  it has painstakingly built…

Police in Enugu State, South-East Nigeria, have arrested one Nweke Chukwuemeka for the gruesome murder of a 4-year-old girl, Zinachukwu Ugwu, while she was sleeping.According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the incident occurred on August 18, 2024, in a compound on Orba Road in Nsukka LGA.The 30-year-old suspect, a native of Umuagu-Ozalla in Nkanu West LGA, lived in the same compound as the child’s family.Ndukwe narrated that Police operatives from the Nsukka Sector of the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad responded to a distress call at 10.30pm, reporting the murder.“The lifeless body of the child was taken to…

L-R, Chief of Staff to the chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tayo Koleosho; Coordinating Director, Support Services Group, M.L Abubakar; and representative of the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Director, System Study and Review of ICPC, Mr Olusegun Adigun, handing copies of anti-corruption manual to FIRS management representatives during the inauguration of Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) at the Revenue House in Abuja on Tuesday.Determined to entrench transparency and accountability in tax collection processes and operations at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the chairman, Zacch Adedeji, has constituted a…

The Centre for Accountability and Transparency (CAAT) has called for an investigation into Matrix Oil’s importation of blended crude oil, alleging violation of international sanctions on Russian oil. Speaking at a press conference, convener Okwa Dan claims Matrix Oil’s actions have caused economic sabotage, environmental pollution, and health risks to Nigerians. The group alleges that Matrix Oil imported adulterated petroleum products from Malta, resulting in a $2.8 billion bill for Nigeria in 2023 alone. Dan adds that the company’s actions violate international sanctions on Russian crude oil, which could lead to diplomatic crises for Nigeria. “The oil products imported from…

Members of the Ogbe Ubu community have raised serious allegations against Chief Hyacinth Okolie, the Ihonor of Ogwashi-Uku, accusing him of working to destabilize the Kingdom and cede portions of its territory to imposters and outsiders. These accusations followed a meeting held on August 26, 2024, where concerns were voiced about Chief Okolie’s alleged involvement in undermining the unity of Ogwashi-Uku. The community’s meeting was in response to the actions of Mr. Alexander Ifechukwude, who has been unlawfully presenting himself as the traditional ruler of Olu Odu Ogwashi-Uku. The Olu Odu farmlands, which fall within the Ogbe Ubu community, have…