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 Manchester City star, Erling Haaland wins PFA Men's Players' Player of the Year  Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland has won the PFA men's Players' Player of the Year award.  The Norway forward, 23, scored 52 goals in all competitions in his debut season with Pep Guardiola's side. He also helped City secure the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League last season. Haaland beat team-mates Kevin de Bruyne and John Stones, Arsenal's Saka and Martin Odegaard, and Tottenham's Harry Kane, now at Bayern Munich to scoop the award.  Haaland joined City from Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth £51.2m in June 2022. He was also nominated for the young player prize, which was awarded to England winger Saka after he scored 14 goals and contributed 11 assists in his finest season for the Gunners. The 21-year-old beat fellow nominees Moises Caicedo, who recently joined Chelsea from Brighton, Aston Villa midfielder Jacob Ramsey, Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli, and...

Gabonese military officers announce seize of power A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, minutes after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term. Appearing on television channel Gabon 24, the officers said they represented all security and defence forces in the Central African nation. They said the election results were cancelled, all borders closed until further notice and state institutions dissolved. Loud sounds of gunfire could be heard in the capital Libreville, a Reuters reporter said, after the television appearance. There was no immediate comment from the government of the OPEC-member nation. "In the name of the Gabonese people ... we have decided to defend the peace by putting an end to the current regime," the officers said. As one officer read the joint statement, around a dozen others stood silently behind him in military fatigues ...

NEW BORN RESCUED FROM PIT TOILET AFTER THREE DAYS OF BIRTH BY 20 YEAR OLD MOTHER  By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu A newly born baby boy has been rescued from pit toilet in Otuocha, Anambra East local government area of the state three days after birth.  The incident which happened on Sunday was said to be a deliberate act of one Nwaedoka Chidimma, a 20 Year Old girl from Izzi, Ebonyi state. According to Esther Omesi, a farmer and a friend to the 20 Year Old, Chidimma asked to stay at her place for few days because of a farming job she got but started acting suspiciously on Sunday after she notified her that she's having stomach upset and went to the pit to ease her self.  According to Mrs Omesi, Chidimma took time and when she came out, was dripping of blood which made her to call a nurse that inspected her and revealed that the baby is gone. She said that she thought that Chidinma had a still birth reason why she encouraged her to travel home to her parents and notify them of th...

Internet Fraud: EFCC Returns $26,000 to Briton Christine Brown, a British national and a victim of internet fraud was on Monday, August 28, 2023 presented with the sum of $26,000USD by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Brown expressed gratitude to the Commission for its efforts which she said, has brought some succour to her after losing her life’s savings to the fraudsters. The 70-year-old had petitioned the Commission after being defrauded by an internet fraudster through a romance scam. Narrating her ordeal, Brown said she became a victim after she met a purported John Barrowman, an entertainer and citizen of America online. Unknown to her, he was a fraudster. Brown said they became romantically involved, and the fraudster began to demand money which she sent to him through wire transfers, Bitcoin and gift cards. Kanu Idagu, the Zonal Commander, while handing over the recovered fund, said the Commission will continue to discharge its...

Court Sends Barber, One Other to Prison in Benin City A 25-year-old barber, Ogudu Matthew and Ajayi Osamuyi were on Tuesday, August 29, 2024, convicted and sentenced to prison by Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State for internet fraud. The duo were arraigned on one count charge of  impersonation and obtaining by false pretence by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Ogudu and Osamuyi’s road to prison began following their arrest based on intelligence linking them to internet-related fraud activities. In the course of the investigation, Osamuyi was discovered to have impersonated Huang Dingxiang, a Chinese national in order to defraud unsuspecting victims. The charge against Ogudu read: “That you Ogudu Matthew Orukpe (m) on or about the 17th of March 2022 in Benin City,  Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did take possession of the aggregate sum of N3,295,012.93 (Three Milli...

EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected “Yahoo Boys” in Uyo Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. They were arrested during a sting operation following a series of intelligence reports which linked the suspects to all kinds of online criminal activities. Items recovered from them include; sophisticated mobile phones, a television set, a red Toyota Camry LE car, a black Honda car and two Lexus cars. The suspects will be charged to Court as soon as the investigations are concluded.    

Cervical Cancer: Over 100,000 Girls To Receive HPV Vaccines in Bauchi One hundred and twenty six thousand girls of nine to fourteen years old are being targeted to be administered Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in Bauchi State, to guard them against Cervical Cancer come 25 September, 2023. The Executive Chairman of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency Dr Rilwanu Mohammed stated this in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi on the sidelines of a quarterly Media meeting on Budget Performance. The meeting, which was organised by Journalists for Public Health and Development Initiative (J4PD) with support from the USAID funded Integrated Health Program (IHP) drew participants from broadcast, print and online media platforms. Other participants were Managers of Community Radio Stations domiciled in ten Local Councils and representatives of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, World Health Organisation (WHO) as well as the State Ministry for Budget and Economic...

LIVE WORM FOUND In AUSTRALIAN WOMAN'S BRAIN  World first, scientists say an 8cm  worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman. The woman, 64, had for months suffered symptoms like stomach pain, a cough and night sweats, which evolved into forgetfulness and depression. She was admitted to hospital in late January 2021, and a scan later revealed "an atypical lesion within the right frontal lobe of the brain". But the cause of her condition was only revealed by Dr Bandi's knife during a biopsy in June 2022. The red parasite could have been alive in her brain for up to two months, doctors said. The woman, who lived near a lake area in south-eastern New South Wales state, is recovering well. Her case is believed to be the first instance of a larvae invasion and development in the human brain, researchers said in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal which reported the case. 'I pulled it out... and it was happily moving' The neurosurgeon who foun...

Obaseki charges Edo people, commuters to plead with Tinubu to allow him fix Federal roads August 29, 2023      Obaseki charges Edo people, commuters to plead with Tinubu to allow him fix Federal roads …urges sustained partnership with religious leaders to drive growth, devt The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said despite several entreaties by his administration, the federal government has refused to allow the state government to fix the dilapidated federal roads in the State. Obaseki said this while addressing the congregation at the inauguration of the Ministry and the enthronement of Ven. Ebenezer Omeiza Saiki as the second Diocesan Bishop of Akoko-Edo Diocese at St. James Cathedral, Ugbogbo, Igarra, in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the State. The governor, who decried the deplorable state of the roads and the need for urgent intervention to ameliorate the sufferings of the people, called on residents and other road users to plead with the federal gove...

BENUE STATE GOVERNOR SWEARS  IN 17 COMMISSIONERS, WARNS AGAINST ETHNIC POLITICS 29th August, 2023     1. Hon Mrs Joyce Ahunde Luga  - Gboko Commissioner for Cooperative, Urban and Rural Development 2. Hon. Barr. Omale Omale  -  Apa Commissioner for Power and Transportation 3. Hon. Dr. Yanmar M. Ortese - Guma Commissioner for Health and Human Services 4. Rev. Dr. Frederick Ikyaan -   Gwer-West Commissioner For Education 5. Hon. Ugwu Odoh -   Ogbadibo Commissioner For Water Resources, Environment and Climate Change. 6. Hon. Kwaghba Amande - Katsina-Ala Commissioner for ICT and Digital Economy 7. Matthew Aboh     - Ukum Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism. 8. Hon. Tiza Imojime      - Buruku Commissioner for Work and Housing 9. Hon. Aondowase Kunde - Konshisha Commissioner For Humanitarian and Disaster Management. 10.  Hon. Prof. Jonah Ogbaji      - Oju Commissioner for Agr...

Wake Up To Reality, Nigeria Is A Poor Country, Governor Soludo Tells Nigerians The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has said that it is high time Nigerians and their leaders woke up to the reality that Nigeria is a poor country. Governor Soludo who said this on Tuesday while speaking at the 9th (7th Quadrennial) Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Anambra State wing, said that Nigerians should learn to live within the country's means. He asked Nigerian leaders to live and demonstrate to Nigerians that the country is poor, noting that the reality of the fuel subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu’s administration affected everybody, not just civil servants. Soludo, who commended President Tinubu for the fuel subsidy removal described the move as necessary, saying it has the potential to re-engineer the nation’s economy. “It’s high time the country woke up to the reality that it is a poor country and began to live within its means.  

Biu: Zulum pays late-night visit to Specialist hospital, orders rehabilitation, recruitment of 5 doctors, 20 nurses   … Shares food to 18,000 families in Damboa Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has directed the rehabilitation of Biu Specialist Hospital just as he approved the recruitment of 5 medical doctors and 20 nurses for the hospital.  Zulum gave the directive on Monday during a late-night visit to the hospital.  Governor Zulum mostly pays unscheduled late-night visits to hospitals in order to assess functionality and approve interventions where necessary.  Zulum noted that the rehabilitation of Biu Specialist Hospital will involve a comprehensive overhaul of the hospital's infrastructure, including the renovation of existing wards, installation of modern medical equipment, and the enhancement of sanitation and hygiene facilities to meet specialist status.  “Insha’Allah I will send a team to come and examine the hospital before I leave this t...

FIRE DISASTER DESTROYS SHOPS AT MARKET IN GUBIO TOWN IN NORTHERN BORNO An early morning fire disaster in Gubio town has destroyed all the lock-up shops at the community market.  The fire had razed the 24 lock-up shops with many storing grain, Agro chemicals, provision and other commodities all destroyed as the traders counted their losses. The caretaker chairman Gubio local government Mali Bulama Mali had in swift response inspected the burnt shops for an on-the-spot assessment of the extent of damage and traders' losses. He promised to rebuild the destroyed market shops and assist the victims. More photos below.