Lionel Messi Pushing To Leave PSG Within Next 10 Days

 

PSG superstar, Lionel Messi wants to terminate his contract at the club within the next 10 days.

According to Le Parisien, the Argentina World Cup winner is currently very unhappy with the club over the 2-week suspension they handed to him.

Now, the Argentina international wants to leave the club before the end of the season.

Messi and his team are now working to try and see if he can leave Parc des Princes within the next 10 days.

Messi was punished after the unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia. He has been told not to use the club’s facilities during this period.

The initial plan was to leave the club at the end of the season when his contract would expire but has changed now as the forward is considering the option of ending things early and leaving even before the club is crowned Ligue 1 champions.

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Will Fulfil All My Campaign Promises – Tinubu

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, vowed that he would fulfil all the campaign promises he made when he assumes office as President from May 29.

Tinubu, whose campaign manifesto was tagged ‘Renewed Hope’, made the promise in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, while inaugurating the Magistrates’ Court Complex built by Governor Nyesom Wike’s administration and named after a former Chief Judge of the state, Justice Iche Ndu (retd.).

“The reform is on the way; I am here with the hope that you will collaborate with me; I promise you my commitment to fulfil all political promises I made,” the President-elect declared.

He added that, “I promise Nigerians the unity of this country is not negotiable. That is what Nyesom Wike and I are promoting jointly. I promise I will be fair to all.

“We will fight poverty; and we must fight it rigorously. Poverty of thinking, poverty, poverty of standard; poverty of reasoning.”

Tinubu commended Wike for building the courthouse, which he described as gorgeous, remarking that there was no better way to fight corruption in the judiciary than taking care of judges and making sure they are comfortable.

Tinubu stated, “I take a different angle to what Wike has done here today. It is fighting corruption, and you have been contributing very well to this.

“You don’t expect your judges to live in squalor, to operate in squalor, to dispense justice in squalor. This is part of the changes that are necessary in our policy think tank.

“We must fight corruption and we definitely must look at the other side of the coin. If you don’t want your judges to be corrupt, you got to pay attention to their welfare. If you want fair dispensation of justice, you don’t want them to operate in hazardous conditions. Let’s think value for value. If I don’t have consumer credit and you want me to pay for the car I needed at once, N5m, N6m, driving temptation to corruption.

“But if you have consumer credit, then that will reduce the propensity to corruption. We don’t want our judges to play foul, to compromise justice. Not just the books, but do something. And I promise you, we are going to review all of these in our policy think tank.”

Tinubu said with what Wike had done, it was left for the magistrates to do justice.

“May God give you the will and the commitment to dispense justice to our society,” he said.

He lashed out at what he described as “the diversion they gave my story yesterday (Wednesday),” on Wike’s demand for commitment that the Federal Government should refund the money spent by the state on federal projects.

Tinubu said, “I don’t want to quarrel with anybody or with people before I even assume office. But I speak my mind always. We are on the same platform. We must tolerate one another, live together.”

Earlier, Wike harped on the need to up the culture of maintenance in the country, saying it was too early for the Council of Legal Education to ignore the Dr Nabo Graham-Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt, which he built.

Wike stated,”When we handed over the Law School to the Council of Legal Education, the (Rivers) State government gave out N400M, and said ‘Look, put it in an account for the maintenance of the structures.’

“We gave them property that they can use to make money to keep the school. We didn’t want a situation where they would say the Federal Government has not released money or the money they released is too small. I was told the other day that there was no light, there was no water. I can’t understand our system.”

“As I am leaving office, in this one year, when I come here, I don’t want to see and hear that it is dilapidated or it has deteriorated it will be unfair. So each month, you’ll get N20m to maintain this place. So, we will give you one year (money) in advance so that you’ll keep this place well,” he said at the opening of the court complex.

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Heavy Rain, Traffic Responsible For Delay In Completion Of Lagos-ibadan Express

The Federal Government has blamed heavy rainfall and gridlock for the delay in completing the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by end of April.

The Director, Federal High Ways, South-West at the Ministry of Works and Housing, Ademola Kuti, disclosed this on Channels Television’s New At 10 on Sunday.

After failing the meet up with the December 2022 deadline for the completion of the road project, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola had set a new completion date of April 30.

Kuti said that the April deadline was not met because of rain and traffic.

“The earlier completion date of 30th of April which is today (Sunday), we were unable to meet that target because of some factors, majorly the heavy rain which we experienced since March and April and of course the unexpected heavy traffic,” he said.

He, however, assured motorists plying the route that the Federal Government is determined to complete the project but said he can’t give an exact date of completion as he can’t predict the weather.

“So, as we move into the next month (May), we expect that the rain will still be heavy and it will be a bit difficult but what we want to assure motorists is that we are determined is determined to complete this project, we are fully on ground.

“As a matter of fact, we opened access in the OPIC axis, that is from the Kara Bridge to the Long Bridge and what is left is just about a kilometre as you enter Lagos and then maybe another two kilometres as you are leaving Lagos and we are fully determined with enough men on ground to achieve this,” Kuti stated.

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Reps Ask INEC To Delist Voters Who Didn’t Vote In Recent Polls From Register

The House of Representatives has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete from the voters’ register data of voters that fail to vote in two election cycles.

The House made the call on Thursday following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Leke Abejide (ADC, Kogi).

The lawmakers resolved that whoever did not vote in the two election cycles held on 25 February and 18 March back to back be deleted from INEC register as non-existing human beings.

They resolved that INEC should develop a mechanism or software application where families who lost their loved ones can report the demise of a particular PVC number so that it can be duly deleted from INEC register, Polling unit, and Ward.

Moving the motion, Mr Abejide said several dead and fictitious persons were discovered in the voters’ register.

“In the last general election, it was glaring and crystal clear that people that were long dead had their names still displayed in the voters’ register. Even my own deceased Father who passed on long ago still has his name displayed on the board.

“Apart from dead voters there are millions of fictitious voters who do not exist anywhere on this planet earth but have their names on the INEC voters register,” he said.

Speaking against the motion, Nicholas Ossai (PDP, Delta), said the proposal is against the principle of the 1999 constitution. He said the right to vote is a fundamental right that is not subject to voting.

“When you are registered, it is a fundamental right. Those of them that have availed themselves to be registered the Constitution gives them that right whether they go to the polls to vote or not. Using that as a criterion to delist such persons is not in line with the constitution of the Federal Republic,” Mr Ossai said.

He added that the mover of the motion failed to provide facts to back the claims he is making. “Our members are speculating without facts. This motion should have been accompanied by facts,” he said.

Mr Ossai declared that the motion is “unconstitutional,” adding “It will fringe the rights of Nigerians”.

Sada Soli (APC, Katsina) said the motion is only asking INEC to clean its register ahead of the off-season elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States.

Following the debate, the motion was taken with an amendment that INEC should embark on verification of the data in the register.

When the motion was put to vote by the Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase, members voted in support of it.

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My Administration Will Make Corruption Unattractive - Tinubu Assures Nigerians

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We'll make corruption unattractive, Tinubu promises 

President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said his administration will put incentives and policies in place that will make corruption unattractive for judges and other Nigerian workers.

A statement by the Office of the President-elect signed by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz quoted Tinubu as making the pledge on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during the inauguration of Magistrate Courts Complex. 

The event was part of Tinubu's two-day visit to the state to inaugurate projects executed by the Nyesom Wike administration. 

Tinubu said with the right incentives that guarantee conducive working atmosphere and polices that make it easy for workers to acquire credit facilities for essential needs the temptation for corruption would reduce. 

"You don't expect your judges to live in squalor, to operate in squalor and dispense justice in squalor. This is part of the changes that are necessary. We must fight corruption but we must definitely look at the other side of the coin. 

"If you don't want your judges to be corrupt you got to pay attention to their welfare. You don't want them to operate in hazardous conditions,"he said. 

The president-elect said lack of consumer credit which could make it easy for workers to acquire property such as houses and cars make them susceptible to corruption. 

"If you have consumer credit that will reduce the propensity for corruption. We don't want our judges to play foul, to compromise justice. I promise we are going to review all of these in a policy think tank." 

Tinubu also reiterated his commitment to the unity of Nigeria promising to be fair to all. 

"The unity of this country is not negotiable. That is what Wike and I are promoting jointly. I promise I will be fair to all."

Earlier, Governor Wike said the complex contained 24 courtrooms, offices and other facilities meant to decongest the state high court complex and expand access to justice.

He said his administration consider welfare of judges and condition of courts essential for speedy justice dispensation.

Wike charged the state Judiciary to ensure proper maintenance of the edifice for which financial provision had been made.

He once again thanked the President-elect for accepting to visit the state and commission the projects.

The ceremony was attended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as well as Governors Muhammad Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), David Umahi (Ebonyi), Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara) and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun). 

Also present were former governors Chief Bisi Akande (Osun), James Ibori (Delta), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Adams Oshiomhole (Edo) and Ayo Fayose (Ekiti). Others were members of the National Assembly, Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Betta Edu, Chief Ayiri Emami, among others.

Office of the President-elect
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz 
May 4, 2023

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Seventy Percent Of Teachers In South-west Are Unqualified - TRCN

The Registrar of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Josiah Ajiboye has disclosed that about 70 per cent of teachers in private schools in the South West are not qualified to teach children in classrooms in the country.

Ajiboye made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Council and INSTILL Education on capacity building for teachers in Nigeria.

He noted that a pilot phase of implementation of the MoU would soon commence with a capacity building for eight weeks.

Ajiboye said the MoU has three major components- pre-service teachers, integrating pre-service with in-service teachers and their capacity-building programmes while expressing confidence that the involvement to instil education would bridge the gap between pre-service and in-service teachers.

“With regards to our teachers, if you look at what we have said here today, three major components actually were identified: the pre-service teachers, even integrating pre-service with the in-service. We have looked at pre-service teachers, the in-service teachers and their training programmes and we have been able to see that there is a gap,” he said.

Lamenting that 70 per cent of the unqualified teachers lack the prerequisites to be registered by the Council, the TRCN boss stated that a large number of teachers in Nigeria have never been exposed to training and have been using outdated equipment for illustration.

“A large number of teachers in private schools in Nigeria today are not qualified. We wanted to use a consultant to get revenue from teachers in private schools. When we carried out a survey, we observed that a reasonable amount of 70% of teachers in the South-West are not qualified as well.

“They are not registrable with the TRCN. So that is to tell you that there is a big gap. So you cannot call them teachers but cheaters. You know that there’s a difference between teachers and cheaters. If you are not a teacher, you must be a cheater.

“So, these people are not registerable with TRCN because they don’t possess the requisite qualification that will allow us to register them. There’s a big gap there.

“Instill may be looking in the future on how to fill that gap. Like they are doing in South Africa; they may also, but the major component of this MOU is about the in-service teachers. How do we go about capacitating these in-service teachers, upskilling them,” he said.

On his part, the Dean of Operation at Instill Education, Mr Tom Parry, said the training received through his organisation will always end with a practical applicable component so that teachers have an opportunity to practice and understand.

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Skit Maker, Ogechi Alozie, Escapes From Kidnappers In Lagos

Popular skit maker, Ogechi Alozie, has narrated how she escaped from being kidnapped in Ikeja, Lagos State.

Ogechi revealed this in a post shared on her TikTok page on Thursday.

The skit maker went on to say she would have fallen victim if she was greedy, as she advised everyone to be careful and stay safe.

She said, "Kidnappers now create Instagram accounts, send direct messages to users just to lure and kidnap them.

"Yesterday around 4:00pm someone sent me a DM, saying that they want to use me for a commercial advert on 9mobile and asked me to come with my credentials to their office at Ikeja.

"Because I stay on the Island and by the time I get to address it will be so late, but they insisted I come to Chicken Republic inside a filling station opposite Radisson Blue at the back of Chevron.

"I went to the address with my personal assistant and telephoned the woman that contacted me, one Mrs Queen Akpobome, but a man picked up and said that Queen had gone to get something and he's the one in charge.

"A car pulled over to where we are and two came out to discuss with him. He received a call and asked us to go with him to Opebi area where Mrs Queen was waiting for us. Those same men again to came to Opebi and myself and my PA became uncomfortable, so I booked an Uber to take us home."

Source- https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2023/5/skitmaker-ogechi-alozie-narrates-how-she-was-lured-from-instagram-with-a-contract-and-almost-kidnapped-in-ikeja-video-2.html

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