Day: February 9, 2024

Referees to start using blue card in football

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The International Football Association Board [IFAB] is working on plans to have Blue Card introduced to the referees collection of cards in football. It is learnt that officials will carry blue cards which if shown to culpable players would result in a spell of 10 minutes in the sin bin. It was also gathered that offences such as dissent and cynical fouls would see players sent to the sin bin. IFAB is expected to give approval for the trials at its annual meeting in March. The body has been looking…

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Bianca Censori’s parents worried Kanye West ‘controlling’ their daughter after latest photos

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Bianca Censori’s parents are ‘distressed’ by their daughter’s practically naked public appearance with husband Kanye West. 29-year-old Bianca Censori was caught wearing nothing but a translucent raincoat and knee-high black boots when she entered a LA music session with West on Monday. Meanwhile, West was spotted wearing a massive brown poncho, a black face mask, and big boots. The Australian architect’s parents’ anxiety adds to their previously reported suspicions that their daughter is “controlled” by West, who now performs under the stage name ‘Ye’. According to a source close to…

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I struggled to overcome drug addiction – Timaya

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Inetimi Alfred Timaya Odon, Nigerian singer better known as Timaya, has opened up about his struggle to overcome drug addiction. The ‘Dem Mama’ crooner revealed that he was introduced to drugs by a group of guys who were in his house. Speaking during a recent interview in Lagos, Timaya stated that he lost a lot of money and contracts to drugs. His words: “I am not a saint. I have done drugs. Breaking off from drugs was hell; it was a tough fight. “I never had it all my life;…

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Police arrest drug peddlers, recover drugs, ammunition in Lagos

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The Police have arrested some suspected drug peddlers and recovered drugs and ammunition from them in Lagos. Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has commended the officer in charge of the police tactical team attached to Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Command, SP Rilwan Kasumu, and team for rejecting the sum of four million naira (#4,000,000) bribe while investigating a case of drug peddling and unlawful possession of ammunition. A statement by Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, said, “The team had arrested one Esther Newman…

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NDLEA arrests 92 suspects, seizes 217kg illicit substances in Kaduna

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, has arrested 92 suspects and seized 217.02kg of illicit substances since the beginning of 2024. The state commander of NDLEA, Mr Samaila Danmalam, disclosed this in an on Friday in Kaduna. According to him, the suspects comprise 88 males and four females. He added that the seized substances included Indian hemp, cocaine, heroin, tramadol, and methamphetamine. The commander said that NDLEA operatives raided 19 illicit drugs in the state during the period. He said that the command secured the conviction…

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Some retirees receive N450 monthly as pension – NUP

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The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) says many members are dying due to hardship caused by the economic downturn. According to the union, the economic downturn has led to a high cost of living in the country. Mr Godwin Abumisi, the National President of NUP, spoke on Thursday when he fielded questions from newsmen in Abuja. Abumisi said that the union had lost about 1,500 of its members in recent times due to economic hardship and the high cost of living in the country. According to him, it is not…

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FG Orders release of 102,000 metric tonnes of rice and maize, considering food import to cub hunger

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Federal Government yesterday said it was considering importation of food as a critical option on the table to halt the high cost of items in the country in order to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians. In the interim, the government has ordered the immediate release of 102,000 metric tonnes of rice and maize from national grain reserve. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.…

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Labour gives FG 14 days to address hardship, hunger

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Following persistent hardship across the country, the organised labour yesterday, issued the Federal Government 14 days ultimatum to honour its part of the October 2, 2023 agreement reached with labour to address the ‘massive suffering’ caused by the hike in petrol prices and naira devaluation. The ultimatum, which starts counting from today, was conveyed in a joint statement signed by president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) chairman, Festus Osifo, yesterday. The duo warned that everything must be done within…

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APC stalwart Ojougboh, four others die watching Eagles, S’Africa match

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During the semifinal match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Bouaké, no fewer than five Nigerians reportedly died while watching the match on Wednesday. Those who died included a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Cairo Ojougboh; the Kwara State University Deputy Bursar, Alhaji Ayuba Abdullahi; a sales reprsentatives, Mikhail Osundiji; a serving National Youth Service Corps member, identified simply as Samuel and an Anambra-born businessman based in Cote d’Ivoire, Osondu Nwoye, The match ended 1-1 after…

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