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Frank Lampard insists he still loves being at Chelsea and is relishing the challenge of turning the club’s fortunes around.  Lampard has lost all five of his games in charge since returning to the club earlier this month for a second spell as manager, this time as caretaker, after Graham Potter was sacked.  Chelsea were booed off at half-time during last week’s 2-0 home defeat to Brentford, which extended their winless run in all competitions to eight matches, and sit si...

Golden Eaglets coach Nduka Ugbade has dedicated histeam’s win against Zambia to members of the Chipolopolosenior men’s squad that died in an air crash in 1993.The Eaglets got their campaign at this year’s Under 17AFCON off to a good start with a 1-0 win in Group B onSunday.Favour Daniel was the hero for the Eaglets as his 77th minutestrike sealed the win for Nigeria.Ugbade expressed happ...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says the stategovernment has implemented institutional reforms to sustainthe gains made in improving workers’ welfare.The governor, who said this in commemoration of the 2023Worker’s Day celebration, said some of the reforms includenew legislation, capacity enhancement programmes andpolicy changes that impact on building a strong and virileworkforce.He said his administ...

The State House has tentatively screened and selected threeof its programmes and projects for possible consideration aspilot phases for Public Private Partnership.According to a statement by the State House Director ofInformation, Abiodun Oladunjoye, this was done inconsultation with the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget andNational planning.The Permanent Secretary (State House), Tijjani Umar, statedthis in Abuja,...

The Federal Government has given a breakdown of the 1.2million dollars spent on the bus fare to evacuate strandedNigerians from war-torn Sudan to Egypt borders for onwardairlifting to Nigeria.The Permanent Secretary of the Humanitarian Affairs Ministryand Chair of the Situation Room on evacuation of Nigeriansfrom Sudan, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo gave the explanation after aclosed-door meeting of the ministry in Abuja.Sani-G...

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), YakubuMaikyau has called on the incoming administrations atFederal and State Government levels to initiate, reinvigorateand focus on policies that promote inclusiveness, protectsmall and medium-sized enterprises, grow the middleclassand prioritize infrastructural development.In his Workers’ Day Message to Nigerians, the NBA Presidentsaid now more than ever before, deliberate ...

Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s exit from office, thePresidency has insisted that he served meritoriously and inspite of criticisms, he has not left Nigeria the way he met it.This comes as the Presidential Communications Teamreleased a 91-page document chronicling the achievementsof President Buhari eight years in office in 20 sectors.According to a statement released by presidentialspokesman, Femi Adesina, the...

The National President of the Nigerian Association ofChambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture(NACCIMA), Ide Udeagbaala, has decried the degeneratingease of doing business in the country.Speaking at a media briefing on the state of the nation,Udeagbaala said this, amongst other factors, has resulted inthe accelerated decline in local production.He revealed that recent statistics on the gross domesticprod...

The former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo hasarrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) forthe meeting of the DRC/Nigeria Business Council scheduledto start tomorrow, in the country’s state capital.In a statement, his Special Assistant on Media, KehindeAkinyemi said the Anambra State governor, ProfessorCharles Soludo and an industrialist, Wale Adeosun, joined theformer President on the trip....

The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has advised theruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the SenatePresidency to the South East or South South.IPAC said if this is done, it will allow for inclusive governanceand douse the religious and tribal tension which was causedas a result the 2023 general election.The National Chairman of IPAC, Engineer Yabagi Yusuf whilereading the communiqué of the Council after...