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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says Nigerians will begin to pay for the issuance of national identity card in 2022, NAN reports. Aliyu Aziz, NIMC director-general, made this known at the reform seminar on National Digital Identity Ecosystem Strategic Road Map for enrollment of Nigerians and legal residents into National Identity Database (NIDB) in Abuja on Thursday. “The National e-ID Card can only be issued to Nigerians registered into the national identity system and legal residents who have attained the age of 16 years and above but the national identification number (NIN) is assignable to Nigerians only,” NAN quoted him to have said. “As a government, we recognise the huge importance of moving towards a digital government, therefore, we must embrace and harness the potentials inherent in digital identity to build and develop our country. “Nations all over the world and in particular, developed countries have utilised identity as a foundation to transf...

Nigeria’s popular singer Davido has been listed to perform with other international artiste at the 2019 VestiVille Festival in Belgium Davido The `Aye’ crooner recently had is first sold-out show at O2 Arena, London. VestiVille is a brand new music festival in Lommel, Belgium. The festival is positioning itself to become the premier hip hop and urban music experience in Europe. The newest project from the people behind Amsterdam’s Vestival, VestiVille is bigger in every way, featuring a line-up headlined by some of the biggest names in music. The `Assurance’ crooner posted on his Instagram handle @davidoooficial the notice for the three day long festival with a caption, “Festival season 19 ….New level unlocked @vestiville.’’ #Askdavido: Money, record deal, endorsement, top questions Nigerians ask Davido The festival is scheduled to commence on June 28 with performances from a 33 year-old French rapper Gandhi Djuna, 25 year-old American born singer Rodriquez Broad...

Paris Saint-Germain’s Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani (R) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Stade Rennais FC, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, on January 27, 2019. (Photo by Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP) Despite being one of the biggest spenders in Europe in the January transfer window, Paris Saint-Germain have lost Neymar to injury at a crucial point in the season and risk being undermined by tensions behind the scenes. In what was a quiet window on the whole, the capital club spent a reported 47 million euros ($54 million) to sign Argentine international Leandro Paredes from Zenit Saint Petersburg and provide a much-needed extra option in midfield. However, PSG remained light in that area with contract rebel Adrien Rabiot frozen out, and sporting director Antero Henrique spent the final days of the transfer window trying to add another signing. Nevertheless, a move for Everton’s I...

Manchester United have released their line-up that will tackle Leicester on Sunday in the Premier League fixture. According to NorthWalesLive, Manchester United caretaker manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer released a provisional list of 23 players. Manchester United head to the game following a 2-2 draw with Burnley in their last Premier League encounter. Below is Manchester United’s squad against Leicester City: De Gea, Romero, Grant, Valencia, Dalot, Darmian, Shaw, Young, Jones, Bailly, Smalling, Lindelof, Fred, Matic, Herrera, A Pereira, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Sanchez, Martial, Lukaku, Rashford. The kick-off time for the match is 3:05 pm. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/epl-manchester-united-squad-to-face.html

Real Madrid’s French forward Karim Benzema (L) challenges Girona’s Spanish midfielder Alex Granell during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) quarter-final second leg football match between Girona FC and Real Madrid CF at the Montilivi stadium in Girona on January 31, 2019. (Photo by PAU BARRENA / AFP) Karim Benzema fired Real Madrid into the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey on Thursday by scoring twice in a 3-1 win over Girona. Benzema was on target in the first leg too, a 4-2 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu last week, and he continued his brilliant burst of form with another pair at Montilivi. Pedro Porro pulled one back for Girona but any hopes of a comeback were extinguished when Marcos Llorente drove in for a 7-3 win on aggregate. Madrid joins Barcelona, Real Betis and Valencia in the draw for the last four on Friday. Barca, who are chasing a record fifth cup success in a row, will be the ones to avoid but Santiago Solari’s team are gaining momentum, having won six o...

LeBron James returned to action and scored 24 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers to a 123-120 overtime win against the host Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. James, who missed the previous 17 games due to a groin injury sustained in a Christmas night win against the Golden State Warriors, also matched his season high with 14 rebounds and distributed nine assists while playing 40 minutes. Lance Stephenson matched his career high with five 3-pointers on eight attempts and scored 20 points off the Lakers’ bench. Brandon Ingram added 19 points, and Rajon Rondo had 14 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for the Lakers. Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) moves down court defended by LA Clippers forward Mike Scott (30) in the first half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports Lou Williams scored 24 points off the bench to lead the Clippers, who had won 22 of their previous 25 matchups against the Lakers. ...

Chieftains of the Nigeria Football Federation, led by Nigeria’s Minister of Sports have arrived in London, United Kingdom for a series of meetings with sportswear behemoth, NIKE that have to do with optimizing the performance of the new, robust contract signed by NFF and NIKE in November 2018. The meetings would also dwell on merchandizing, as well as previewing and authorization of a new kit design for the National Teams to be launched in the summer of Year 2020. Barr. Solomon Dalung, with President of the Nigeria Football Federation and 1st Vice President of CAF, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick and NFF 2nd Vice President/LMC Chairman and Member of FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee Shehu Dikko will attend the first of the meetings on Thursday evening at the NIKE UK office in London. The meetings would also Dwell on merchandizing, as well as previewing and authorization of a new kit design for the National Teams to be launched in the summer of Year 2020. Barr. Solomon Dalung,...