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Lingard Turns Down New Man United Deal, Demands First-Team Guarantees

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Lingard Turns Down New Man United Deal, Demands First-Team Guarantees

According to ESPN, Jesse Lingard has rejected a new contract with Manchester United because he wants assurances about his first-team prospects at Old Trafford.

Lingard is in the final year of his contract with the club and has been offered new terms to extend his stay. However, the England international forward has turned down United’s initial approach and wants to make sure he gets regular playing time before deciding on his future.

If a new contract cannot be reached with United, Lingard, who has made over 200 senior appearances after coming through the academy, will be able to leave as a free agent at the end of the season and begin negotiating with clubs outside of England in January.

The 28-year-old is determined to keep his place in Gareth Southgate’s England squad ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He missed out on a place in the Euro 2020 squad by a whisker as England advanced to the final, but he was back in the team for the 4-0 win over Andorra on Sunday, scoring twice and adding an assist.

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Lingard has struggled for playing time under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at United, but he made an impression on loan at West Ham United last season. He scored nine goals in just 16 appearances after joining on a temporary basis in January, winning both the Premier League player of the month and Premier League goal of the month awards for April.

Despite interest from a number of other Premier League and international clubs during the summer transfer window, Solskjaer was keen to keep Lingard at the club. He has only appeared as a substitute once this season, in a 1-1 draw with Southampton.

After the arrivals of Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo, there is more competition for places at Old Trafford this season. Daniel James, a winger, signed a £30 million deal with Leeds United on deadline day.

 Kwara APC council congress had accredited delegates -Chairman

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 Kwara APC council congress had accredited delegates -Chairman

Alhaji Abdullahi Samari, Chairman of the APC’s Kwara State Caretaker Committee, said on Tuesday that there was no parallel congress in the state last Saturday.

In an interview with journalists in Ilorin, he stated this.

“Unlike the ward congress, which included all party members, the local congress was not an open house,” Samari explained. Only accredited delegates, including elected statutory delegates, were permitted to vote.”

According to him, the party’s constitution requires the provision of delegates’ lists to the Independent National Electoral Commission and the police prior to the start of voting at the local government congress venue for a lawful congress to take place.
To be called a lawful congress, he added, the exercise must be conducted by accredited party officials and monitored by the INEC.

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“This is exactly how we conducted ourselves as a group. Any group of people who claim to be carrying out anything contrary to this in Kwara State or elsewhere are a bunch of clowns who should never be taken seriously.

“We are glad that our party’s national secretariat has also stated this clearly, especially in light of some false reports about the congress. The rules and guidelines for the party are very clear. The consequences for anyone who disobeys the guidelines, thereby exposing the party to ridicule for their own self-serving agenda, are also very clear, and we are grateful that the party’s national secretariat has also spoken on the subject.”

 Abductors of Niger Monarch have yet to contact the monarch’s family

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 Abductors of Niger Monarch have yet to contact the monarch’s family

The abductors of their monarch have yet to make contact with the people of Wawa kingdom, in the Borgu local government area of Niger State.

Dr Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu, the Dodo of Wawa, was kidnapped last Saturday night by ten gunmen suspected of being bandits.

The abductors have not contacted his family or the Borgu Emirate four days after his abduction, raising concerns about his abduction and safety.

While some attribute his kidnapping to his long-standing opposition to the activities of some foreign Fulani men who arrived in the area from Benin and Niger Republic to settle, others accuse one of his security guards of being a bandit informant.

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Some feared that the abductors had harmed the monarch, who had resisted his kidnapping but decided to follow his kidnappers after they threatened to kill members of his family.

“Everyone is now a suspect,” a source close to Dodo of Wawa palace told yesterday. “Even some of his family members were being questioned.”

“The bandits were led by a woman, and when they arrived, the son was standing outside the building; he was the one who informed them that the father was inside the palace, so even the son is being interrogated,” the source added.
Wasiu Abiodun, a spokesman for the state police command, said the tactical squad and local vigilantes have been activated and are on the lookout for the kidnappers.

Nigeria’s Economic Resilience Indicated by GDP Growth – Olawepo-Hashim

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Nigeria’s Economic Resilience Indicated by GDP Growth – Olawepo-Hashim

Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that the recent data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showing that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 5% is indicative of the country’s economic resilience.

Most economic handlers in government, according to Olawepo-Hashim, were encouraged by the NBS’s year-on-year Q2 2021 GDP growth data, which was widely published on August 21.

He believes that with more effort and putting “our internal divisions behind us,” Nigeria can become one of the world’s top ten economies because it “has everything it takes.”

Unlike when there is news of economic contraction, which always causes panic in the stock exchange, currency markets, and domestic price levels, the news of GDP growth takes time to trickle down positively, according to the former presidential candidate in the 2019 election.

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In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, Olawepo-Hashim said that while GDP growth does not always translate into lower prices for ordinary people to see and feel, “for economic watchers; this underscores the resilience of Nigeria’s economy.”

“The important item for me is that, despite relatively high oil prices, it is the non-oil sector that rises more, as the oil sector’s contribution to GDP fell by 1.83 percent points,” the global energy executive continued. The non-oil sector, on the other hand, increased by 1.93 percent. While oil remains a major source of foreign exchange, it is becoming increasingly insignificant in Nigeria’s GDP, accounting for only 7.42 percent of the country’s total.

“The GDP growth of 5% is a sign to doomsayers that Nigeria will not perish as they predict. The economic recovery is not a fluke or due to oil money; there are quiet revolutions taking place in the communication sector that will transform Nigeria into a cyber power in the near future, which many people are unaware of.”
He claimed that between 2020 and June 2021, Nigeria added 19.0 million new internet users, bringing her total to over 104.4 million, putting her ahead of many European countries.

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“Once Nigeria’s security challenges are addressed and rising ethnic and religious divisions are addressed, the country will be on its way to the top. Her top priorities will be to reform the electricity sector and ensure a reliable supply of electricity, upgrade infrastructure, stimulate industrialization and job creation, and reduce rising poverty by closing the gap between the rich and the poor.”

Price Water Cooper (PWC), a global consulting firm, predicted in a 2015 report that Nigeria will be the world’s 14th largest economy by 2050, ahead of Spain, Italy, and Canada, among others.

“I dare say that with more effort and a focus on internal divisions, we will be able to outperform PWC’s predictions. Nigeria can be one of the world’s top ten economies; we have everything we need,” he said.

Death toll in Africa’s covid epidemic has surpassed 200,000

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Death toll in Africa’s covid epidemic has surpassed 200,000

Since the virus’s outbreak, over 200,000 people have died of COVID-19 on the African continent, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

In its most recent update, the agency stated that the continent has now recorded 7,926,999 cases with over 7 million recoveries.

Despite the increase in fatalities, the African Union health agency reported that 7,130,039 recoveries had been recorded.

According to the Africa CDC’s most recent report, the Central African region has

Cameroon has the most cases, with 84,210 cases, 1,357 deaths, and 81,326 recoveries, with 222,014 cases, 3,219 deaths, and 190,886 recoveries.

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East Africa had 925,799 cases, 19,093 deaths, and 793,108 recoveries, according to the report, with Ethiopia leading the region with 316,174 cases, 4,785 deaths, and 284,895 recoveries.

There are now 2,402,702 cases in Northern Africa, with 64,384 deaths and 2,108,032 recoveries, with Morocco leading the way with 886,008 cases, 13,145 deaths, and 828,148 recoveries.

Southern Africa now has 3,761,071 cases, 104,387 deaths, and 3,471,448 recoveries, according to the report, with South Africa continuing to lead the continent with 2,824,063 cases, 83,617 deaths, and 2,599,667 recoveries.

Nigeria has the highest numbers in the West African region, with 195,890 cases, 2,556 deaths, and 184,882 recoveries out of 615,413 cases, 8,962 deaths, and 566,565 recoveries, according to the Africa CDC report.

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According to the World Health Organization, Africa has the lowest vaccination coverage, at two percent, which is unacceptable.

According to the WHO, Africa needs to improve its surveillance systems, increase treatment capacity, increase the supply of critical medicines, and quickly vaccinate those who are most in need.

In Osun, the NSCDC will crack down on illegal private guards

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In Osun, the NSCDC will crack down on illegal private guards

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDCOsun )’s State Command has reiterated its commitment to eliminating quackery in private security firms.

The corps went on to say that the country’s current security challenges required everyone to be vigilant and not leave actionable intelligence in the hands of security personnel alone.

After a meeting with stakeholders of the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria (ALPSPN) organized by the Private Guards Control Department of Osun NSCDC in Osogbo, the command issued a press statement signed by DSC Adigun Daniel, the command’s Spokesperson.

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The Osun NSCDC Commandant, Emmanuel Ocheja, who was represented at the meeting by the Command’s Deputy Commandant, Stands Ibrahim, urged the private guards operators to work with the NSCDC by providing accurate intelligence.

Deputy Commandant Awofade Olufemi, the head of the command’s department of Private Guards Control, said the private guards personnel would be trained on capacity building in information management and the necessary operational strategy needed to address new security challenges in the country.

The command has decided to crack down on all illegal security operators in the state, according to Awofade, who also stated that companies that have not renewed their licenses would be dealt with.

Bauchi Assembly bemoans the state of education in the state

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Bauchi Assembly bemoans the state of education in the state

The Bauchi State House of Assembly has expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of education in the state.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Education, Honourable Babayo Akuyum, announced this at the Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board’s inauguration of Education Secretaries for the 20 Local Government Area Education Authorities (SUBEB).

The poor state of education, according to Akuyum, was unacceptable because the current administration was committed to repositioning the sector.

He did, however, charge the new education secretaries to work hard by ensuring that they monitored teachers’ attitudes toward their work, produced lesson plans for their students, and submitted quarterly reports on their activities.

The Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr Abubakar Sirimbai, spoke shortly after inaugurating the secretaries who had received their appointment letters from the Board, saying that their selection was based solely on merit and that they should view their appointments as an opportunity to serve the State.

He urged them to not only be committed to their jobs, but also to be honest and hardworking, and to set a good example for both students and teachers in their respective areas of authority.

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“Your appointment is merit-based, and you must carry out your responsibilities with dedication, honesty, hard work, and responsibility. Because this administration has zero tolerance for bad behavior, laxity toward official duties, and any misconduct will not go unpunished, you should be role models for the students and teachers in your respective local governments,” Sirimbai said.

He charged them to work with their subordinates in their local governments to achieve results by guiding them through the performance of their duties.

The Permanent Secretary of the Board, Usman Kawu, told the secretaries that they were entrusted with the major task of supervising the affairs of education in their respective domains and that they should go out into the fields rather than sit in their offices.

“Your primary responsibility is that of a supervisor; you are to go out and see things for yourself rather than relying on rumors in your offices. This will assist you in providing accurate reports and ensuring proper supervision,” he explained.

“We expect you to use the funds judiciously and transparently,” Kawu said, adding that the state governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, had approved the sum of N300,000 as their monthly operating cost.

FCT reports 597 new COVID-19 infections and 17 deaths in 13 states.

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FCT reports 597 new COVID-19 infections and 17 deaths in 13 states.

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases increased to 196,487 on Tuesday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, with 597 new infections.

On Wednesday morning, the NCDC announced this on its verified website.

It claimed that this was the total number of infections in the country since the index case in 2020, blaming the third wave’s outbreak on the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country.

According to the Nigerian News Agency, the new infections are down from the 379 cases reported on Monday.

The Public Health Agency also reported that 17 new COVID-19-related deaths were reported on Tuesday, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 2,573.

“Lagos-204, Rivers-89, Edo-65, FCT-50, Oyo-47, Enugu-46, Ekiti-24, Cross River-17, Delta-15, Gombe-15, Osun-12, Plateau-6, Benue-5, Kano-2, Plateau-6, Benue-5, Plateau-6, Benue-5, Plateau-6, Benue-5, Plateau-6, Benue-5, Plateau-6, Benue-5,

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It stated that “Four States – Abia, Nasarawa, Ondo, and Sokoto – reported zero cases.”

According to the NCDC, 277 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been released from various isolation centers across the country.

The country had successfully managed 185,159 in the 36 states and the FCT, according to the report.

Out of the country’s roughly 200 million people, over 2. 8 million samples of the virus were tested, according to the agency.

A multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre, activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate national response activities, according to the NCDC.

NYSC signs MoU to include corps members on NHIS programme

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NYSC signs MoU to include corps members on NHIS programme

 

The National Youth Service Corps has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Health Insurance Scheme on the inclusion of Corps Members in the NHIS programme.

NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim who stated this when he led a delegation of the management of the Scheme to the Headquarters of the NHIS in Abuja, today commended the Federal Government over its concern for Corps Welfare.

He said the signing of the MoU is in line with Presidential directive that all Corps Members must be enrolled in the NHIS programme.

“This shows the concern for the welfare of the Corps Members by the Federal Government and we are thanking the President for his uncommon love for the Scheme.

We also promise that our Corps Members are going to render more selfless service to the country. This is going to inspire them to do more for their fatherland.

We want to thank the NHIS for this partnership and we are going to take this partnership to the next level”, he said.

Speaking further, Ibrahim said the partnership with NHIS is going to cushion the health needs of the Corps Members in their different states of service.

He added that the Scheme is already in partnership with several stakeholders, including the NCDC whereby all Corps Members are tested for COVD-19 before admittance to the orientation camps, alongside other camp officials.

He said only those that test negative are allowed entry into the camps, while those that test positive are taken to the isolation centres by the NCDC and State Health officials for treatment and care.

“This partnership has helped the NCDC in COVID-19 data analysis in the country”, lbrahim said.

The Executive Secretary of the NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Nasir Sambo said every Nigerian should be included in the healthcare delivery of the Federal Government.

He added that the NYSC and NHIS had worked assiduously through a joint technical team towards the development of a blueprint for the necessary financial provisions.

“We decided to sign an MOU so that the responsibilities of the two agencies will be clearly spelt out in order to have a hitch-free implementation”, the Executive Secretary said.

He commended the Federal Government for increasing Corps Members’ allowances, adding that the provision of a free medicare will spur them into higher level of service delivery to their fatherland.

“We call on the Corps Members to reciprocate this gesture and rededicate themselves to national service.

NHIS is growing, as different associations are signifying interest in the Scheme”, he said.

Prof. Sambo said as a result of efforts by the NHIS to deepen the implementation of the rebranding agenda in the agency, it has developed a five-tenure strategic plan among other innovations.

He disclosed that the NHIS and State Health Insurance Agencies are developing a new initiative tagged; “Health Insurance Under One Roof”, where the two agencies would ensure adequate free medicare for all Nigerians.

He said that the law establishing the NHIS makes it not mandatory, but efforts are on-going to have a clear pathway for universal healthcare that will be mandatory for all Nigerians.

Libyans Question Release Of Saadi Gaddafi From Prison

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Libyans Question Release Of Saadi Gaddafi From Prison
Libyans are questioning the timing of the release of Saadi Gaddafi, a son of Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising.
Some residents of the capital Tripoli however praised the Libyan judiciary for basing its decision on “justice and integrity”. Saadi – the strongman’s third son, now aged 47 — was known for his playboy lifestyle and briefly played as a professional footballer in Italy.
“Why were Saadi and (intelligence chief) Ahmad Ramadan released now?,” asked Abdellatif Dakdak, a fuel engineer.
“Also this talk about the body of Kadhafi, in my opinion, all of this is because of political agreements between those people who are close to the presidency,” he said.
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