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Next season's Premier League fixtures have allegedly been 'leaked' online, just over 24 hours out from their official release on Thursday morning. A screenshot was published by Dailymail.co.uk which revealed the match day one fixtures of the Premier League. The fixtures revealed Canaries will travel to Tottenham in the lunchtime kick-off on Saturday August 10, while the opening weekend will finish with champions Manchester City away at Wolves. Elsewhere, Manchester United will start with a home game against Brighton, while Arsenal travel to Crystal Palace. The United clash is said to be the late game on Super Sunday, while Championship play-off winners Aston Villa host Leicester in the early game. The new campaign begins on the weekend of August 10, a week after the Community Shield between Manchester City and Liverpool at Wembley. The official Premier League fixtures are released at 9am on Thursday morning. nd will finish with champions Manchester City away at...

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Press release Stop deceiving Nigerians with fake corruption fight. - Frank tells Buhari, APC ***Urges Buhari to learn from Tanzanian President A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has said General Muhammadu Buhari has lost moral right to continue the so called anti- corruption fight in the country, describing it as fake. Frank said the current administration should stop deceiving the people and the international community over the programme which he said was largely a failure. He, however urged General Buhari to learn how to fight corruption from the Tanzanian President, adding that currently all the institutions of government and sectors are more corrupt now than ever. Speaking during the Democracy Day anti-corruption summit titled, ‘Curbing electoral spending: A panacea for public corruption,’ organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Buhari was quoted to...

Over the weekend Nollywood actor, Tayo Sobola popularly known as Sotayogaga laid her mother to rest. Some of her colleagues in the movie industry stepped out in full support at the event . See photos below..

Vodacom Business Nigeria, recently organised the second  annual Inter-School Robotics Training Workshop for students across nine Lagos secondary schools, saying it was to reiterate its commitment to ensuring that Nigeria keeps pace with the evolution of telecommunications technologies. Managing Director for Vodacom Business Nigeria, Wale Odeyemi said: “As an organisation, our aim is to help empower the next generation with relevant technical skills in order to drive positive change in the Nigerian economy through the use of communications technologies. “As the world progresses further into the fourth industrial revolution, there has never been a better time to infuse some much needed STEM training in the education sector through such initiatives as the annual Inter-School Robotics Training initiative. This initiative further demonstrates Vodacom’s support for education at the grassroots level to encourage  budding  aspiring youths who are interested in participating in th...

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The European Union says it has provided a fresh 152.05 million euros to Nigeria and six other Sahel countries to bring relief to people in need in the region. The EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis management, Christos Stylianide, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “As countries in the Sahel continue to suffer from armed conflicts, climate change, and a food and nutrition crisis, the EU is providing 152.05 million euros to bring relief to people in need in the region. “An additional €5.5 million is allocated to a regional project that fights malnutrition in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger,’’ he said. According to him, the countries to benefit from the EU funding are Nigeria with 28 million euros, Burkina Faso with 15.7 million euros and Cameroon with 17.8 million euros. Others he said include Chad with 27.2 million euros, Mali with 23.55 million euros, Mauritania with 11.15 million euros and Niger with 23.15 million euros. He said combined...

JUNE 12TH, DEMOCRACY DAY AND NIGERIA'S DANCE OF DEATH Today is June 12th, our nation's Democracy Day and I have some home truths to tell. The struggle for June 12th was indeed a noble, worthy, cataclysmic and monumental one. It was also something of a nightmare which littered our fields with many corpses and soaked the very foundation of our nation with blood, sweat and tears. I can confirm that because I was deeply involved in it and for many years I, along with many others, fought for it's actualisation. Many were martyred, many were jailed, many were tortured and many were compelled to flee into exile. Great essayists, keen minds and profound writers and thinkers like Professor Adebayo Williams, Professor Wole Soyinka, Mr. Gbolabo Ogunsanwo, Justice Adewale Thompson and the great Chinwezu kept us going, fuelled our courage, stirred our passion, inspired our spirits and ignited souls with their powerful essays which we read eagerly and voraciously wherever we fo...

The Federal High Court on Monday declined to restrain the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) from implementing its recent guidelines on local government funds. The judgment by John Tsoho of the Abuja Division marked yet another setback to the nation’s 36 governors in their effort to keep control of local government finances in their respective states. In a guideline that took effect on June 1, the NFIU directed banks not to honour transactions in the joint accounts of state and local governments. It said such accounts should only be used to distribute allocations to accounts of local governments directly. The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) recently sued the NFIU, saying the directive was illegal because it contradicted the Constitution. The Constitution prescribed joint ownership of account between a state and all local government areas under it, but there have been claims that the governors have been mismanaging the funds by bullying local authorities into silence. ...

The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has approved a 10 per cent discount on harbour dues in all concessioned terminals at the Eastern ports. Mr Jatto Adams, the NPA General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos said that the discount was part of efforts to increase patronage of the Eastern ports. According to him, ports that will be affected by this initiative are Calabar, Rivers and Delta Ports. “The Authority, however, wishes to clarify that this discount will only apply to harbour dues payable by the following types of vessels/cargoes. “Container vessels with at least 250 TEUs; General cargo vessels with at least 16,000 tonnes; combo vessels with at least 16,000 tonnes; and RORO vessels with at least 250 units of vehicles. “These discounts shall not apply to vessels coming INBALLAST (empty); vessels calling at private jetties; and vessels calling carrying liquid bulk,” Adams said. According to hi...

The Blues continue to progress talks over a legend returning to manage the club but not all of their options want the job Chelsea  are set to meet with Frank Lampard to discuss the manager’s role at Stamford Bridge as  Juventus  prepare to announce the appointment of Maurizio Sarri as their new coach,  Goal  can confirm. Derby County  head coach Lampard has long been considered a front-runner to replace Sarri and, despite the  Europa League  winners having assessed several options during a search led by director Marina Granovskaia on behalf of owner Roman Abramovich, their legendary midfielder continues to be a leading candidate. The Blues will not stand in Sarri’s way of returning to  Serie A , with the Italian keen to move to Turin after beating  Arsenal  4-1 in the Europa League final last month in what is likely to be his final match in charge. Sarri is in line for a salary increase from €5.6 million per year to ar...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has approved 160 as minimum score for admission seekers into public universities in Nigeria for the 2019/2020 academic calendar. The decision was taken Tuesday during the 19th policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria at Bola Babalakin auditorium, Gbongan, Osun state The meeting, which included Vice Chancellors, Rectors of Polytechnics and provost of colleges of education also approved 140 for private universities. The meeting also approved 120 for public polytechnic and 110 for private polytechnic. Also, 100 and above was approved for colleges of education. The registrar of JAMB, professor Isiaq Oloyede in his speech disclosed that plans have been concluded to begin open examination for students seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. According to the JAMB Registrar, the step, which is a new innovation for 2019 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination, UTME, was part of efforts to fur...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says May 29 does not carry the weight of significance that June 12 carries in the country’s democratic sojourn. Mr Tinubu said this in a statement entitled ‘June 12: The Truth that Sets Democracy Free in Our Land’, released by his Media Adviser, Tunde Rahman, on Tuesday in Lagos. He said what was being commemorated on May 29 of every year since 1999 had been the handover of power from the military regime to the elected civilian administration. According to him, June 12 coincides with the day that the seed of today’s democratic sprouting was sown 26 years ago. “May 29 is at best an arbitrary date on which the military chose to hand over the reins of power to an elected civilian government in 1999. “Observing May 29 as democracy day delinks the country’s democratic experience since 1999 from the protracted and bitter struggle against military dictatorship from June 12, 1993, till the forced exit of the mi...

Lionel Messi has been named as the world’s highest paid athlete over the last 12 months, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, in the  Forbes top 100 list . The  Barcelona  and  Argentina  star earned $127m in the last year – more than  Juventus  forward Ronaldo ($109m) in second place and  Paris Saint-Germain ’s Neymar ($105m) in third. It is the first time that a trio of footballers have ranked as the top three earners, while Messi becomes only the second footballer to top the rankings after Ronaldo. The next footballer on the list is  Manchester United 's Paul Pogba in 44th place, who is the highest earning Premier League player with $33m. Former Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta (46th), who now plays his football in  Japan  with Vissel Kobe, is the only other player to be found inside the top 50, with earnings of $32.5m Outside of the top 50, Manchester United’s Alexis Sanchez can be found at 53, with...

Former Ivory Coast and Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue has admitted that his struggles with mental health still continues. The 36-year-old opened up on French television about his battle with depression and admitted he had even considered suicide. In an emotional interview he revealed his problems started when he was suspended by FIFA from all football-related activity for one year. The ban which was given as a result of failing to pay money owed to a former agent, led to the termination of his short-term contract at then Premier League side Sunderland in March 2016. Without a professional club and shattered financially after a bitter and acrimonious divorce case, he admits he had suicidal thoughts. "Sometimes I would lock myself in my room for three or four days. Just thinking and asking what's left. Even today, I still take antidepressants to help me because it is still a long road for me. But here I am hoping others would learn from this" Eboue told RMC Sport's Le...

Without any notice, without any prior hint, the official Customs exchange rate was increased yesterday. The rate which used to be N306 per dollar has now been increased to N326 per dollar. Consequently, this has led to an increase in the cost of clearing cars and other imported items at the Nigerian ports. The new rate was announced on Monday morning and it was implemented immediately throwing lots of vehicle owners and clearing agents into a state of confusion. One of the clearing agents Autojosh spoke to confirmed that he had been asked to pay a surface duty amount of N2,350,000 for a Mercedes Benz SUV. However, he got a shocker after he tried to input the details into the Customs server in order to proceed with the clearing process. "This N2,500,000 I'm seeing on this computer must be an error".. He said to himself. Another agent said he had calculated the total clearing cost of his customer's 2005 Toyota Camry using the usual surface duty of N201,000. Now, he has ...

Abuja – The New Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, says the running of the House would no longer be business as usual, as he pledged to introduce drastic reforms. Gbajabiamila who was elected speaker on Tuesday said in his inaugural speech that he would introduce his planned reforms in piece-mill. Femi Gbajabiamila “This is going to be a House of reforms, we will be dishing out those reforms in piece-mill. It will not be business as usual. “There comes a time in the life and history of a people when they interrogate the past and present, review past sacrifices, miscalculations and errors and collectively decide to opt for change , peace and progress. “We are at such a moment in this country. Honourable Colleagues of the 9th Assembly this is our time , this is our moment as history beckons. “The 9th Assembly under my leadership is going to be a House of reforms. The reforms will be dished out piecemeal and at intervals so as not to shock the system. “Moving f...

Abuja – Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) on Tuesday, described the conduct of the senate president election for the 9th National Assembly as ”free and fair.”  Ndume who made the remark while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the poll in Abuja, said the election was not a fight but a contest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ndume and Sen. Ahmad Lawan contested for the number-one seat of the 9th Senate. While Lawan polled 79 votes to emerge the winner, Ndume scored 28 votes out of the total votes of 107. He said his involvement in the contest had given the process a credibility. ”Now, my colleagues have decided, but whatever result is, the election was free and fair which is what we have to do. ”I hope that the party will also agree with me that what I did was to insist on doing the right thing in the interest of democracy. ”I think the right thing has been done and my fate has been decided by the Almighty Allah this date through my colleagues,” he said. The lawma...