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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, to “abort” the planned protests against the Federal Government’s proposed removal of fuel subsidy.


Lawan described the planned nationwide protest as “totally unnecessary”.

He made the appeal on Monday when he met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, over the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products by the Federal Government.

Lawan faulted the timing for the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products.

He stated that in as much as the administration and management of subsidy on petroleum products are flawed, President Muhammadu Buhari-led government believes that sufficient planning must be carried out before its eventual removal.

He said, “The position of everyone in government today is that admittedly, subsidy administration and management are flawed because of so many reasons.

“Admittedly, the burden is huge and massive and there is a need at one point to do away with the subsidy.

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Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun says the various social intervention programmes by his administration are geared towards alleviating poverty among the people of the state. He said this yesterday during an engagement programme, organised by the State Civic Engagement Centre in Akola village, Oriade Local Government Area of the state.


Represented by his Special Adviser on Civic Engagement, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, he said his administration was committed to engendering social development by investing in people and helping them to the path of dignity and self-sufficiency.

https://trendyblog.com.ng/were-alleviating-poverty-through-social-intervention-osun-gov/

The Stallions of Burkina Faso beat Gabon 7-6 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in regulation time to qualify to the quarter finals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021.

Substitute Ismahila scored the all important winning penalty to send the Stallions through following a marathon shoot out.

Kanga, Yannis Yapende and Lloyd Palun missed for Gabon while Saidou Simpore and Abdoul Tapsoba failed to score for Burkina Faso.


The last 16 match had everything in it, a missed penalty, two disallowed goals and a sending off.

The Burkinabes started brightly against Panthers winning a penalty inside 13 minutes in the first knockout match of the tournament.

Forward Issa Kabore won the spot kick following a late challenge from Gabon’s Sidney Obissa. Bertrand Traore fired the resulting penalty against the woodwork with keeper beaten.

Patrice Neveu’s side came close to breaking the deadlock midway through the first when Boupendza’s first time volley inside the Burkinabe box came off Ibrahim Toure.


Traore scored the opener just before the half hour mark to put Burkina Faso ahead with a fine finish from Aboubacar Ouattara’s through ball.

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The Stallions of Burkina Faso beat Gabon 7-6 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in regulation time to qualify to the quarter finals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021.

Substitute Ismahila scored the all important winning penalty to send the Stallions through following a marathon shoot out.

Kanga, Yannis Yapende and Lloyd Palun missed for Gabon while Saidou Simpore and Abdoul Tapsoba failed to score for Burkina Faso.


The last 16 match had everything in it, a missed penalty, two disallowed goals and a sending off.

The Burkinabes started brightly against Panthers winning a penalty inside 13 minutes in the first knockout match of the tournament.

Forward Issa Kabore won the spot kick following a late challenge from Gabon’s Sidney Obissa. Bertrand Traore fired the resulting penalty against the woodwork with keeper beaten.

Patrice Neveu’s side came close to breaking the deadlock midway through the first when Boupendza’s first time volley inside the Burkinabe box came off Ibrahim Toure.


Traore scored the opener just before the half hour mark to put Burkina Faso ahead with a fine finish from Aboubacar Ouattara’s through ball.

https://trendyblog.com.ng/burkina-faso-beat-gabon-on-penalties-to-progress-to-the-quarter-finals/

Former spokesman of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation in the 2019 elections and ex- Information Commissioner in Edo state, Prince Kassim Afegbua has urged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to look beyond the former Vice President and cede its Presidential ticket to the South ahead of the 2023 general election.


Afegbua who played a prominent role in the crisis that led to the suspension of former PDP national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus also tasked the National Working Committee, NWC of the party led by Senator Iyorchia Ayu to leverage on its good start by going South to get its Presidential flag bearer in the next elections.

https://trendyblog.com.ng/2023-afegbua-dumps-atiku-roots-for-southern-presidential-candidate/

The Chairman of the National Peace Committee who handed over to Obasanjo in 1999, said he asked the former President to leave politics and go home to sort out his health.


Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) has revealed that he advised President Olusegun Obasanjo to go home and take care of his health rather than delving into politics shortly after he was freed from detention.

Obasanjo who was detained by the regime of late General Sani Abacha, regained freedom when Abdulsalami took over power.

In an interview with Trust TV, the Chairman of the National Peace Committee who handed over to Obasanjo in 1999, said he asked the former President to leave politics and go home to sort out his health.

Abdulsalami insisted that he had nothing to do with Obasanjo’s participation in the poll that brought him to power in 1999.

He said;

“He (Obasanjo) came to see me to tell me that he had been approached by this group of people, they want to make him the candidate to stand for election.

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Angry fans were stopped from destroying the house of Sierra Leone star striker Kei Kamara in Freetown, after he missed a crucial penalty as the Leone Stars crashed out of the AFCON 2021.

Sierra Leone lost 1-0 to Equatorial Guinea in their final group game on Thursday night thanks to Pablo Ganet’s goal.

With less than 10 minutes left in the game, Sierra Leone were awarded a penalty after Ganet brought down Issa Kallon in the box.





Police officers at the house of Kei Kamara

Kamara stepped up to take the spot-kick but saw his effort brilliantly saved by Equatorial Guinea keeper Jesus Owono in 85 minutes.

A draw would have been enough for Sierra Leone to qualify to the round of 16 as one of the third best placed teams.

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He also admitted that despite being close allies, Abacha’s military coup did not surprise him.


The late former Nigerian military ruler, General Sani Abacha, who ruled the country from 1993 until his death in 1998, deceived politicians to get into power, according to General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, popularly known as IBB, Daily Trust reports.

In an interview with Trust TV, IBB spoke on how Abacha outfoxed them and got into power.

Abacha, whom IBB described as his “very good friend”, also served as the Chief of Army Staff during the latter’s military regime from 1985 and was subsequently appointed the Minister of Defence under the same government in 1990.

IBB said, “Abacha’s government was very smart. They knew who were the most vociferous discussants about the election, about the coup, about June 12 and so on. They started talking to them and sold a dummy to them and encouraged them to get rid of the interim government; ‘when we get rid of the interim government, we will bring you back to come and take over your democracy so that a civilian government would be installed’.

https://trendyblog.com.ng/how-abacha-deceived-activists-prominent-nigerians-to-get-into-power-ibb-reveals/

Thomas Partey to return to Arsenal immediately after Ghana’s AFCON 2021 exit. Photo: Ulrik Pedersen Source: Getty Images
Following Ghana’s exit at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, Arsenal fans are excited as Thomas Partey is billed to return to join his teammates at the Emirates.

The Gunners are now boosted following the availability of Partey who scored in Ghana’s shocking 3-2 loss to Comoros as they are dumped out of the 2021 AFCON tournament in Cameroon.

Debutant Comoros showed class and quality to defeat the Black Stars who played most of the game with 10-men after Andre Ayew was shown a straight red.

And as they exit the competition, Partey is expected to return to the Emirates Stadium to join his club teammates; meaning he would not have missed a Premier League clash after their game vs Tottenham was postponed.

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Suspects who killed a 37-year-old medical doctor, Obisike Donald Ibe and his friend, Ezekiel Edoja, 31 have been arrested.


The suspects were arrested by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command.

We had reported that late Ibe, a Radiologist who worked at Zenith Lab and Kidney Centre, and Edoja, were brutally murdered in Ibe’s residence at Games Village area of the Federal Capital on Wednesday, December 15. read here

The FCT Police Commissioner, Babaji Sunday, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday January 17, during the first press briefing of the year.

According to the police boss, after an aggressive manhunt and in the midst of painstaking investigations, Abdulsalam Ibrahim as well as accomplices, were arrested.

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A combined and coordinated operation of the Nigerian Police and the International Police (INTERPOL), has yielded positive results as 12 alleged member of a prolific cybercrime network, has been arrested.


A statement exclusively obtained by the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), and signed by the Vice President INTERPOL (Africa) and
Head, National Central Bureau Abuja, Director, DACORA, AIG (Dr) Garba Baba Umar, revealed that the joint operation, which was carried out by the officers of the Nigerian Police Cybercrime Unit and INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) in Nigeria, exposed suspects said to be members of Silver Terrier, a network known for Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) scams which have harmed thousands of companies globally.

Describing how the intelligence-led operation was planned and executed, the statement stated the two prolific institutions undertook a 10-day operation, which lasted between December 13 and 22, where cybercrime officers simultaneously operated in Abuja, Lagos and Asaba in Delta State, arresting targeted suspects identified, ahead of time with intelligence provided by the INTERPOL.

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PARIS, FRANCE – DECEMBER 12: Lionel Messi of PSG during the Ligue 1 Uber Eats match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and AS Monaco (ASM) at Parc des Princes stadium on December 12, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by John Berry/Getty Images)
Voting details for the FIFA Best Men’s Player award have been revealed and there are some highly interesting revelations. Lewandowski beat Messi and Mo Salah to the award for the second year running after scoring a record 41 Bundesliga goals as Bayern Munich won the league again the last term.

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The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) secretariat came alive last December as drums were rolled out to celebrate its Director-General, Salihu Mohammed Lukman, who had turned 59.


In a statement released in Abuja on the D-day, the director, Planning and Strategy, Folorunso S. Aluko, said the entire staff of the forum joined Lukman’s family, friends, collaborators and all progressives across Nigeria and beyond to celebrate a special occasion in the life of a man described as “a dogged and uncommon contributor to the development of policies across the APC controlled states and Nigeria as a whole.”

Aluko asked God to bless Lukman, a prolific writer, and commentator who was seen as one of the consciences of the ruling APC with all the happiness and peace that he deserved.

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Controversial crossdresser, Bobrisky has lamented about the fat build up on his face, stating that he noticed it after his BBL surgery.


The brand influencer who recently expressed interest at settling for marriage noted in a series of posts on his Snapchat of the need to go for another surgery to take out the excess buildup fats on his face.

“I have so many surgery to be done dis year, I’m planning doing it around may so i can heal fast before my birthday…
Getting my nose done Face lift Buccal fat remover Liposuction Breast lift,” he wrote.

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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors have arrived Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, ahead of their meeting, WonderTV Media reports.


The Governors who arrived the state capital, Port Harcourt, on the 16th of January, 2022 were received with a warm welcome by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike, CON.

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Kenneth Omeruo says he is enjoying his partnership with William Troost-Ekong at the heart of the Super Eagles defence, reports Completesports.

Omeruo and Troost-Ekong combined to shutout Mohamed Salah and his Egytian teammates in Nigeria’s opening game on Tuesday.

https://trendyblog.com.ng/omeruo-im-enjoying-partnership-with-troost-ekong/

Kalu accused the said group of people of being behind his six-month stint in jail, allegedly for doing nothing wrong.


“Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu has cried out that people are out to destroy him because of his 2023 presidential ambition.

The former Abia State Governor accused a group of people of being behind his six-month stint in jail, allegedly for doing nothing wrong.

Featuring on Arise TV, the former Abia State governor claimed that his accusers are people who envy his wealth.

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The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, announced a donation of N50 million to Zamfara communities recently attacked by bandits.


Mr Tinubu announced the donation shortly after he commiserated with Gov. Bello Matawalle in Gusau, Zamfara.

The APC national leader called for sustained prayers to overcome the insecurity situation in the state.

“I could offer prayers for the people from anywhere, but coming in person is important.

“The enemies of knowledge, Boko Haram and other criminal elements will be defeated through commitment in humanity.

“We pray for the entire country to be stable and if the enemies refuse to stop the carnage, we shall eliminate them.

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Vincent Aboubakar got another brace as hosts Cameroon came from a goal down to beat Ethiopia 4-1, in Group A fixture of the AFCON 2021 on Thursday.

The win means Cameroon are the first country to qualify for the round of 16.

Aboubakar scored two goals in the opening game, when Cameroon came from behind to defeat Burkina Faso.

He now leads the top scorers chart in the ongoing tournament with four goals.

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Chief Whip of the Senate Orji Uzor Kalu on Thursday declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) does not belong to the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, saying the party is owned by the people of Nigeria.


Kalu, who is eyeing the presidency, also said that he did not snub President Muhammadu Buhari by not going to inform him about his presidential bid at the Aso Rock Villa like other aspirants had done.

He spoke during an interview on ‘The Morning Show’ programme of the Arise News Television on Thursday.

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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has broken his silence after the federal government lifted ban on Twitter.

Atiku, in a tweet, said the effects of the Twitter ban on small businesses in Nigeria was evident for all to see.

According to him, Nigerians who are already facing challenges can now breathe fresh air.

He wrote, “The effects of the #TwitterBan, particularly on small businesses, was evident for all to see.

“I am glad that the ban has finally been lifted, and our young people who are already dealing with the challenging business environment can now have a breath of fresh air to thrive.”

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Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Wednesday met All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over the forthcoming APC governorship primary in Ekiti State and the 2023 Presidential poll.


Fayemi’s visit to Tinubu came barely two days after Tinubu revealed his intention to contest the Presidency.

Top sources told The PUNCH that Fayemi, who is also the Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum, had discussions with Tinubu over the latter’s Presidential ambition and the need to ensure that the South-West gets the APC Presidential ticket

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The Minister of Power Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu says the federal government’s investment in Nigeria’s electricity is yielding result with improved grid and priority on completion of all ongoing power projects, adding that improved grid has significantly reduced the frequency of power systems collapse.


He said this, on Tuesday, in Markudi, Benue State capital, when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Samuel Ortom

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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast, effective from Wednesday, January 12 to Friday, 14 as a mark of respect for the former Head of the Interim Government, Late Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan.


Shonekan died on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at the age of 85.

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Governor of Osun State Gboyega Oyetola has picked up Governorship nomination form today at APC party Secretariat Abuja.

On hand to pick up the nomination form on behalf of the governor were his associates like Senator Bashiru Ajibola, Hon. Famurewa, Alhaji Bola Oyebamiji, Hon. Taiwo Oluga, Hon. Bukola Oyewo, Hon. Nike Omoworare and Hon Seun Odofin.

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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that none of its aspirants would be given the presidential ticket on a silver platter.
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena, said this while reacting to the public declaration of Bola Tinubu, the party’s National Leader, to run for President come 2023.

Tinubu on Monday, January 10, visited President Buhari at the statehouse to inform him of his intention to run for President come 2023.

Reacting to the declaration of Tinubu, Nabena said;

“The APC will not give any of its members’ presidential ticket on a platter of gold. There are procedures so he (Tinubu) should continue consulting.

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Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has declared interest to contest in the 2023 presidential election.
The governor today met with President Muhammadu Buhari to apprise him of his ambition.

This is coming barely 24 hours after former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, declared his ambition to contest for the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC).

Emerging from the president’s office at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, he confirmed that he discussed the issue with the president who told him to go and seek the support of the people.

He said he was not fazed by Tinubu’s entry into the race as he believes that the contest is not about might.

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A brace from Vincent Aboubakar gave hosts Cameroon the perfect start, as they came from behind to beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the opening game of the 2021 AFCON on Sunday.

It was Burkina Faso who took a shock lead through Gustavo Sangare as he volleyed home midway in the first half.

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Enyimba returned to winning ways after edging visiting Shooting Stars of Ibadan 1-0, in the fifth round of fixtures of the NPFL on Sunday, Completesports reports.

Going into the game, Enyimba has suffered back-to-back defeats to Rivers United and Kano Pillars.

But the coach Finidi George-tutored side ended the run thanks to the hardfought win.

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The General spoke during Zulum’s visit to headquarters of the 7th Division in Maiduguri for a social gathering organised by the army to celebrate the acting GOC’s recent promotion to the rank of a Major General.

“Severally without being prompted, you (Governor Zulum) come to our aide to support us (the army) even logistics wise. Through your persistence and unrelenting cooperation and assistance, you (Governor Zulum) have one way or the other, turned the spirit of the soldiers into fighting machines” Eyitayo said.

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has commissioned the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to lead the Nigerian delegation to the African Cup of Nations beginning in Cameroon on Sunday.
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, made this known in a letter addressed to Gbajabiamila dated January 6, 2022, a copy of which our correspondent obtained on Friday.

The letter, with Reference Number FMYSD/FEAD/FED/NFF/GR/CON/T/20, was titled ‘Federal Government Delegation to the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon 9th January to 6th February, 2022.’

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Burna Boy Buys 2022 Lamborghini Urus Novitec Edition Worth ₦250 Million

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