Nigeria news today headlines update Friday 24th May 2019
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target=_blank>Rafa Benitez Contract Talks Rumble Into Second Week
The Spaniard’s current deal expires at the end of June, after he led the Magpies to a 13th-place finish in the Premier League this season. According to The Guardian, Benitez has held talks with club owner Mike Ashley for seven days, including a meeting in person last Thursday in London. Further talks have been held
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target=_blank>Champions League Winner In Frame For Kilmarnock Job
Roberto Di Matteo has emerged as a shock contender to take over the vacant managerial role at Kilmarnock. The Italian won the Champions League as manager of Chelsea in 2012, and went on to manage Schalke and Aston Villa. The 48-year-old has been out work since October 2016, however, when he was sacked by Villa.
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target=_blank>Manchester United At Crossroads Over First Choice Goalkeeper
Manchester United will reportedly look to promote Sergio Romero if David de Gea is sold this summer, although Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is a potential replacement. The Old Trafford number one’s future is in doubt as he enters the final year of his contract with talks over an extension making no progress. The Daily Mail
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target=_blank>Government Of Canada Announces Funding To Canada Soccer
Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced the Government of Canada will provide up to $4.3 million to Canada Soccer from now into 2020 in preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup™. As first announced in March 2018, the Government of Canada strongly supports co-hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup™ with
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target=_blank>Suspected Child Trafficker Remanded In Prison
UYO – A suspected child trafficker, Miss Adiaesup okon Etukudoh has been remanded in Uyo prison over alleged trafficking of children. Adiaesup, a middle aged woman is alleged to belong to a large network of human trafficking gang which specialises in using fake pregnancies, and newly born children as prey and extort monies from unsuspecting top
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target=_blank>Police Launch Operation Puff Adder In Lagos, Pledge To Combat Crime
LAGOS – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police on Thursday launched Puff Adder,” an initiative of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu to combat crime and criminality in the state. The Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP. Zubairu Muazu, announced that the initiative is aimed at re–dominating and reclaiming the public space from heinous
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target=_blank>Convicted Ex-NIMASA DG Remanded, To Be Sentenced May 28
Justice Mojisola Olatoregum of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted a former Acting Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Calistus Obi, of N136 million fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had preferred an eight-count charge against Obi, who was also a former Executive Director of the agency.
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target=_blank>Alleged Kidnap: Evans Co-Defendant Had Failed Surgery In Prison, Lawyer Tells Court
LAGOS – A co-defendant of a suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, yesterday told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos how he undergone a surgery that allegedly failed in the prison. The defendant, Linus Okpara, is standing trial alongside suspected billionaire kidnap kingpin, Evans, and others and they are presently being remanded at the kirikiri
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target=_blank>17 Suspected Cultists In Police Net, Weapons Recovered
LAGOS – Operatives of the Lagos State Police Anti –Cultism Unit headed by Uduak Udom, a Chief Superintendent of Police has arrested a total number of seventeen cult leaders from their different hideouts across the state. The Commissioner of Police, CP Muazu while briefing journalists on the development, at the Command’s headquarters, Ikeja Lagos, said the
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NSCDC Arrests Varsity Student, Nine Others Over Alleged Cybercrime In Lagos
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Lagos, have arrested 10 cybercrime suspects popularly known as “Yahoo Boys” in their business hideout at Ojodu Berger Lagos. The NSCDC Commandant in Lagos State, Mr Tajudeen Balogun told newsmen on Thursday that they were arrested after a compliant, saying that the ring leader […]
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