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Manchester City were “fantastic” despite suffering a first Premier League defeat of the season at Chelsea, said manager Pep Guardiola. Chelsea bounced back from the disappointment of losing at Wolves in midweek to end City’s 21-game unbeaten league run stretching back to April, and a sequence of 14 unbeaten games away from home. The defending champions paid for a lack of ruthlessness as they dominated the first half, only to be struck by a smash-and-grab right on half-time as N’Golo Kante fired high past Ederson from Eden Hazard’s pass. Chelsea gained confidence and momentum and improved after the break, securing…

“I dedicate the award to every person who is working hard to make the society a better place,” Premium Times assistant editor who won this year’s best Investigative Story/Akwa Ibom Journalist of the year award said. “I also dedicate the award to every teacher who is working assiduously to improve the standard of education in the country,’’ Cletus Ukpong, who is in-charge of South South region of the online newspaper, declared after being conferred with the award at the 2018 Media excellence award/luncheon of Nigeria Union Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State Council held Friday at the prestigious Ibom Hall,…

Hope of thousands of graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Nigerian Law School has been rekindled. This follows President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Amendment Act, to allow the institution to operate as all other universities in the country. Presidential Assistant on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, announced the assent of the President while addressing State House reporters on Friday in Abuja. “President Buhari has also assented to National Open University Amendment Act, which allows the National Open University…

In a shocking showdown, Queen Elizabeth has overturned her earlier decision by naming Prince William, her grandson as her successor, GLOBE reports. In what appeared as a palace coup, the Queen had earlier named Prince Charles, her son and father of William as her successor and the head of Commonwealth. The Prince of Wales was named the next Head of Commonwealth in April 2018, after leaders reached an agreement to honour Her Majesty’s “vision, duty and steadfast service” to the institution. The Prince who took the honorary position in the Commonwealth and was to eventually become King, following the “sincere…

The Akwa Ibom Government has announced plans to resuscitate ailing and abandoned water projects in the state. The Special Adviser on Bureau of Political/Legislative Affairs and Water Resources, Pastor Sunny Ibuot stated this Wednesday when members of Borehole Drillers Association of Nigeria (BODAN), Akwa Ibom State Chapter, in Uyo paid him a courtesy visit. He hinted that the government has awarded contracts to indigenous contractors through Akwa Ibom State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (AK-RUWATSAN) to provide water using solar energy, resuscitate broken facilities and establish new water project. Ibuot said that the State Government wants to formulate water…

The federal government and African Development Bank, AfDB, yesterday launched a comprehensive $258 million multi-sectoral intervention fund for North East rehabilitation programme. The programme, tagged ”Inclusive Basic Service Delivery Livelihood Empowerment Integrated Programme”, is aimed at bolstering rehabilitation efforts in the region. The event, which was launched by Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the African Development Bank premises, was attended by governors of five North East states, ministers, development partners and key stakeholders. In his address, Prof. Osibanjo described it as a landmark intervention in support of the region, which had suffered devastation from insurgency. He said: “It has…

President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday he was committed to Nigeria’s reform, saying he would assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB, as soon the National Assembly presented it to him. He also appealed to worrkers in the oil and gas sector to accord maximum cooperation to his administration in order to deliver on his promise of reforming the sector. The president,who spoke at the 40th anniversary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers ,NUPENG, in Abuja, said when the bill becomes law, it would address most of the challenges facing the oil and gas industry. Represented…

The Director-General, Defence Research and Development Bureau, Abuja, Air Vice Marshal Jumo Osahor, said yesterday that the Armed Forces of Nigeria need about N9 billion to provide military boots annually to meet soldiers’ kitting needs. AVM Osahor stated this yesterday in a paper he delivered at the Third Annual National Conference organised by the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists of Nigeria (SLTCN) at the Nigerian Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST), Samaru, Zaria, Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the conference is: “The Contributions of Leather Science, Technology and Innovation to…

Nigeria has for the fourth year, occupied the third position as the third most terrorised country in the world, according to the 2018 Global Terrorism Index. The report, released on Wednesday, blamed the spate of terrorism in Nigeria and the ”increase in violence involving herdsmen, even as deaths committed by Boko Haram are falling”. Nigeria is ranked only below Iraq and Afghanistan, both in first and second positions respectively. In 2018 alone, hundreds of Nigerians have been killed in attacks by suspected herdsmen as well as clashes between the herders and farmers/communities, while Boko haram has only recently killed scores…

A Kano High Court has ruled that the state House of Assembly lacks the power to investigate or invite the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, over any alleged criminal case. Justice Ahmed Badamasi, who gave the ruling yesterday, said the power to investigate criminal charges was vested in the police, Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. The judge, therefore, gave an order restraining the House from interview or inviting any person on the bribery allegation against Governor Ganduje as published by the Daily Nigerian newspaper. The judge said the…