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Manchester United have confirmed the appointment of Ruben Amorim as the new head coach of the men’s first team to succeed Erik Ten Hag, the club said in an official statement on its website on Friday (today). According to the statement, Amorim will join Manchester United on Monday, November 11, 2024, with a contract until June 2027 ‘with a club option of an additional year. “Manchester United is delighted to announce the appointment of Ruben Amorim as Head Coach of the men’s first team, subject to work visa requirements. “He will join until June 2027 with a club option of…

There are ominous portents for American democracy, with potential global ripples, in US media owners’ veto of their newspapers’ presidential endorsements, for fear of political repercussions. Last week, on October 25, it emerged that Jeff Bezos had overruled an editorial the 146-year old newspaper he purchased in 2013, the Washington Post, had drafted to endorse Donald Trump’s rival in the 2024 US presidential election – the Democratic Party candidate, Vice-President Kamala Harris. The editorial was spiked pretty late in the election calendar: only eleven days to the November 5 polling date. As reason for the reversal, The Post’s publisher and…

The Delta State Police Command has apprehended a 17-year-old boy for the alleged murder of an unidentified man in Delta State. In a video shared via the command’s X page on Thursday, the teenager, whose identity was not revealed, explained what transpired between him and the deceased. The boy stated that he attacked the man with a machete, cutting him while trying to avenge the humiliation his mother suffered at the hands of the deceased. According to the culprit, he retaliated four days after his mother’s abuse. He confronted the elderly man in an isolated area near a bush and…

Women who have vaginismus, a sexual dysfunction that occurs when the vaginal muscles subconsciously or persistently contract when they are about to be penetrated, experience a lot of pain during intercourse. The excessive tightness of the vaginal birth fear and anxiety in the mind of some women who are diagnosed with vaginismus prevents intercourse. A ScienceDirect report in 2022 revealed that 1 to 7% of the female population worldwide experience vaginismus, which affects the quality of life. This has led to unconsummated marriage, sterility, and thus can lead to the separation of a couple if not properly handled with care,…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has announced that it has distributed relief materials to victims displaced by flooding in two Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ondo State. Through an announcement on their X page on Thursday, the agency stated that heavy rainfall accompanied by windstorms on October 30 led to the displacement of residents in Emure-Ile in Owo LGA and Igbokoda in Ilaje LGA. The Director General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, expressed sympathy for the people of Ondo State and its government. The statement disclosed, “NEMA Ekiti Operations Office, in collaboration with Ondo SEMA, carried out the direct…

To address the economic challenges in the country, the Lagos State Government (LASG) has announced that it is working diligently to empower Lagosians with beneficial programmes. Revealing this development on X on Thursday, Dr. Afolabi Tajudeen, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Political, Legislative, and Civic Engagement, stated that the programmes aim to educate and implement policies to further relieve the suffering of Lagosians. He added that the initiative will be built on community engagement and sensitization programmes. Tajudeen highlighted Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s commitment to supporting and improving the lives of Lagosians. Furthermore, Tajudeen emphasized that the new initiative…

The Nigeria Army (NA) has announced that the viral claim of the takeover of the Military Training Area in Kontagora, Niger State, by a terrorist group is untrue. The Director of Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, described the claims as “baseless and vicious insinuations” in a statement shared on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu added that the claim sited by the Niger State House of Assembly member, Hon. Abdullahi Isah, on October 28, 2024, has stirred palpable unease within Kontagora, Mariga communities, and the entire state. He said, “We wish to clarify that no credible threat exists in those areas as…

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has addressed her previous claims about having “20 boyfriends” before meeting her husband, Nigerian businessman and politician Ned Nwoko. During a TikTok live session, Daniels said that she had multiple suitors when she first met Nwoko but that her decision to marry him was entirely her own, denying suggestions that she was coerced into the relationship. The mother of two also encouraged young ladies not to let their present relationships prevent them from meeting their future husbands, vowing to tell her tale in greater detail in the future. “The moral of the story is that your…

Nigerian renowned music executive Don Jazzy has chosen Tega Oghenejobo as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of his prestigious record company Mavin. Don Jazzy took to Instagram to compliment Tega’s amazing traits, expressing his pride in his unique and incredible personality, as well as his resilience. He emphasised Tega’s curiosity about the music business, team-building abilities, executive growth, and commitment to sustainable artist careers. He wrote on Instagram: “I’m proud to announce Tega’s expanded role as President and COO of Mavin. I am often praised for being able to spot and raise superstars, but I can proudly say the…

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku has said the Commission will not relent in providing the needed support to the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the region to enable them to function optimally. Ogbuku stated this when the Commissioner of Police, recently redeployed to Rivers State, Mr. Bala Mustapha Mohammed paid him a courtesy visit at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, according to a release by Seledi Thompson-Wakama, the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs. Ogbuku added that despite the commission’s recent donation of operational vehicles and communication gadgets to the…