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  Front view of the exotic cars GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Tuesday overwhelmed Rivers lawmakers in the National Assembly (NASS) with car gifts, charging them to defend Rivers state interests at all time in the discharge of their duties. Wike, through Amb Desmond Akawor, Rivers Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presented 15 Land Cruiser Prado VX and TXL jeeps to the Rivers NASS members at Government House, Port Harcourt. The Governor, in a statement released on the event by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim, said, “The gesture would ease their movement and enable them to discharge their legislative duties effectively. He urged the all PDP recipients to keep faith with the Party so they can collectively recover what was lost at the national during the forthcoming 2023 general election. Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District, George Thompson Sekibo noted on behalf of his colleagues that despite challenges posed by COVID-19 on the state

  Emergency responders and fire fighters at the location to combat the Access Bank raging fire. A fire outbreak has occurred at a branch of  Access Bank Plc  located at Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. The fire outbreak, which started around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, was yet to be put out at the time of this report. The fire was attributed to a diesel truck discharging fuel at the bank. Access Bank confirmed the incident in a tweet, saying no one was harmed and safety protocols have been activated. “There has been a fire incident at our Adetokunbo Ademola branch this morning. Thankfully, no one was harmed. “Our fire protocol has been activated and all personnel have been moved to safety. “Cause of the fire was a diesel truck discharging fuel, we advise you to avoid that area,” the tweet reads. Emergency responders and firefighters are at the location, to combat the raging fire.

  Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, has told the club to terminate his contract, so he can leave as a free agent, Marca reports. Messi is understood to have told the Catalans, to activate a clause in his contract, which allows him to leave the club at the end of the season. However, both parties have disagreed over when the season actually finished. Barca feel the clause could only be activated by the end of June, while Messi feels the campaign ends in August. According to Spanish football expert, Guillem Balague, this is likely to result in a standoff and Messi refusing to undergo preseason tests or training. Balague tweeted: “He has no intention to do the preseason tests or start the training sessions with Ronald Koeman. He had told the coach already that he saw himself ‘closer to leave than to stay’.” Daily post 

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 welcomed co

  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 Barcelona. ‘In

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.