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In this picture taken on August 24, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari presides over a meeting attended by UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, and others at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.   President Muhammadu Buhari has again condemned the attack on the office of the United Nations (UN) by Boko Haram terrorists in 2011. Speaking on Monday in Abuja when he received a delegation led by the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, the President noted that the attack by the terrorists was regrettable. He, however, said the reconstruction of the UN building by the government was in full appreciation of the work of the international organisation. “Thank you for what you have been doing in the country, especially for women and children. I am glad you have put together a dedicated team to work with us,” the President was quoted as saying in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. He also welcome...

  Ajax’s Donny van de Beek is ready to snub Barcelona to join Man United, according to reports from Spain. Quoting Sky Sports,  Fichajes.com   reports that despite being at the top of the Blaugrana’s transfer shopping list, the Dutchman has his heart set on a Premier League move and that United are the team leading the chase. The multifaceted central midfielder scored 10 goals and provided 11 assists in 37 games across all competitions last season. Whilst primarily an attacking midfielder, he can also play in the holding role and from box-to-box. Barcelona’s new coach Ronald Koeman knows the player well, having coached him for the Netherlands national side, for whom the 23-year-old has nine full caps. ‘In that sense, one of the players who has completely dazzled Koeman is Donny van de Beek, who seems to have made the decision to leave Ajax Amsterdam,’ Fichajes reports. ‘However, Sky Sports comments that the Netherlands international would prefer to try his luck away from ...

Pastor Daniel Olukoya, the general overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has raised an alarm of an alleged plot by some people to destroy the global image of his church. In a statement released by his media aide Collins Edomaruse, Olukoya alleged that a former pastor who was stopped from ''stealing'' a branch of his church in Maryland, United States is behind the attempt “to tarnish his reputation”. It was further alleged that the Pastor "conceived this lie as his defence to a civil Suit the Church brought against him in the County Court in Maryland." The MFM General Overseer countered some of the allegations made against him and further denied claim of his church’s trustees being suspended in the UK. It read; “It has become pertinent for the purpose of clarity to respond to the false allegations being peddled against the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries and our General Overseer – Dr. D. K. Olukoya in the social media. “These alleg...

Joy Oyedepo ,  daughter of the founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo is getting married to her heartthrob, Abimbola Abodunrin yesterday, August 22. The wedding procession kicked off with the traditional wedding, which held on Friday, August 21. See photos below, The church wedding took place at the Covenant University Chapel, inside the almost 5,000 acres (20 km2) of land which also house the headquarters of Winners’ Chapel. See more photos below, We wish the couple a happy married life.

Orlando, FL – AUGUST 21: Fred VanVleet #23 of the Toronto Raptors shoots the ball during the game against the Brooklyn Nets during Round One, Game Three of the NBA Playoffs on August 21, 2020 at The Field House at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP   The defending champions Toronto Raptors pummelled the Brooklyn Nets while the Boston Celtics had to claw past a determined Philadelphia on Friday, both taking commanding 3-0 series leads in the NBA playoffs. Pascal Siakam scored 26 points, pulled down eight rebounds and handed out five assists to lead the Raptors to a 117-92 victory over the Nets. Toronto connected on 50.5 percent of their shots from the field and 47.8 percent from three-point range. Kyle Lowry came up just short of a triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for a Raptors team that can clinch a second round berth in game four on Sunday. “We’re just taking it a possession at a time,” Lowry sa...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is proposing to collect excise duty on soft drinks, abolished in 1993 by the interim national government. Appearing before a joint committee of the senate on finance and national planning on Thursday, Hameed Ali, comptroller-general of the NCS, said the federal government should lift the tax waivers for companies producing soft drinks within the country. Ali argued that if companies producing alcoholic beverages and tobacco could pay taxes, those producing soft drinks could do the same. “We have been pushing for the expansion of our own excise collection. During the (Ernest) Shonekan regime (in 1993), excise was stopped for carbonated drinks manufacturers, like Coca-Cola,” the retired colonel said. “The only one approved for us are tobacco alcoholic beverages. The understanding then was that tobacco and alcoholic beverages affect the health of citizens and should be taxed. “But we know that carbonated drinks are also injurious to the health of the peop...

- Nehemiah Adejoh, the suspect who drove the car that ran over Tolulope Arotile has said his action was a mistake - The suspect told a Kaduna magistrate court that he never intended to cause her death - The court has remanded him in prison pending further hearing Nehemiah Adejoh, the suspect who drove the car that killed Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile has said he never intended to kill the flying officer. The suspect told a Kaduna magistrates court on Thursday, August 20, that he mistakenly ran over the deceased, Daily Trust reported. Adejoh was reported to be the one behind the steering of the vehicle that knocked down Arotile on July 11 before she was pronounced dead at the Nigerian Air Force hospital. Driver says he killed female helicopter pilot, Arotile by mistake  he, however, denied having any premeditated plan to kill her in his cautionary statement. He explained that on sighting the deceased walking along the roadside at the Air Force base...