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Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid: Benzema makes LaLiga history after 1-1 draw
Real Madrid striker, Karim Benzema, on Sunday evening, made history following his side’s LaLiga 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid. Goals from Luis Suarez and Benzema gave both Atletico and Real Madrid a point each at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. The result means Atletico Madrid is on top of the LaLiga table with 59 points from 25 games. Real Madrid, meanwhile, are in the third position with 54 points from 26 games. According to OptaJoe, Benzema has now become the foreign player with the most appearances for Real Madrid in LaLiga’s history aft…
LaLiga: Ronald Koeman names players to replace Messi, others at Barcelona
Ronald Koeman has listed players that would replace superstars, such as Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique and others at Barcelona. Barcelona lined up in a 3-5-2 initially, with Antoine Griezmann partnering Lionel Messi as the attacking duo in their win against Osasuna on Saturday. Defender Jordi Alba made full use of his advanced role and registered the opener for Barça, which was then doubled by Ilaix Moriba, scoring his first goal for the club. And after the game Koeman listed down some players he thought would dominate Barça headlines in the fu…
Firm asks court to block SAP accounts over breach
A firm, B4G Consulting Limited, has urged the Lagos State High Court to restrain the banks operated by the Systems Applications Products Nigeria Limited from releasing the total sum of $3,371,945.27 and N5m to SAP and other instruments belonging to it pending the hearing and determination of an alleged contract breach suit. The firm, in a suit marked LD/ADR/519/2016, and reassigned to Justice Ezekiel Ashade, sought an order of the court directing the banks to file and serve affidavits before the court within seven days of the grant of the p…
Large crowds: NIMC lists 50 NIN enrolment centres in Lagos, Abuja
Following the large crowds that besiege its state offices in the Lagos and Abuja, the National Identity Management Commission has released a list of over 50 National Identification Number enrolment centres in the two cities. According to NIMC Spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, the decentralisation will help decongest the large gatherings at the state offices in the two cities as well as make the NIN registration process faster and easier for applicants. He listed the NIN enrolment offices in Lagos to include Orile Agege LCDA Office, Ayobo Ipaja LC…
Schools Resume Monday, FG Clarifies
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, yesterday laid to rest the uncertainty over schools’ resumption date, reaffirming the January 18 earlier scheduled for students to resume their studies. Adamu, while answering questions on Monday during a press briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja, had said the federal government might review the resumption date due to the second wave of COVID-19 currently ravaging the country. He said: “It (January 18 date of school reopening) is not sacrosanct. When we decided o…
Nigeria is Better than I Met it, Says Buhari
In a self-assessment yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari awarded his administration high marks, saying the country is better than he met it more than five years ago. But the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, faulted the president’s claim, contending that he has underperformed. Buhari, in assessing his administration yesterday, gave himself a pass mark for a job well done, tasking the elite to be fair in their criticism of his stewardship. Buhari, who spoke while ho…
COVID-19: Govt to spend $8 each on vaccine for 144m
Nigeria may spend around $576 million to procure COVID-19 vaccine, it was gathered at the weekend. The government plans to immunise 70 per cent of Nigerians who are at risk of the virus, Director of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) Dr. Faisal Shuaib said. According to him, free vaccine to immunise 20 per cent of those to be vaccinated, will be made available to the country and 91 other countries by the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI). The first batch of 100,000 Pfizer vaccine doses from the COVAX f…
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