August 23, Top National News You Need To Know

The past 24 hours has recorded interesting happenings both on politics, sports, business, entertainment. below are top trending news

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Andrea Pirlo is already taking decisive measures even though he is yet to manage an official game since becoming the Juventus boss with latest reports that contracts of Gonzalo Higuain and Sami Khedira have been terminated. It was gathered that this makes it three players that will be leaving the club in just about a week as Blaise Matuidi earlier left to join David Beckham’s Inter Miami in MLS.

Lionel Messi is angry with Barcelona, after details of his meeting with new manager Ronald Koeman was made public, Clarin reports. The 32-year-old cut short his holiday to meet with Koeman on Thursday. He is believed to have told the new boss that he is considering leaving the Camp Nou.

Two women have lost lives on Friday, August 21, when a container fell from a truck and landed on a commercial bus at Odo Olowu area, Ijesha bus-stop in Lagos. The Director-General of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, speaking on the incident, said the agency received a distress call at about 9 pm that an empty 40-feet container has killed two persons in an accident. It was learned that the truck loaded with an empty 40-feet container, suffered brake failure, rammed into the stationary commercial bus, and subsequently fell down.

Anambra State House of Assembly, has called on the state government to step up erosion control interventions in communities under the environmental challenge in Orumba North Local Government Area. The call was made in a plenary presided over by Deputy Speaker, Paschal Agbodike, through a resolution passed after deliberating on a motion moved under Matters of Urgent Public Importance by Emeka Aforka, the Member Representing Orumba North Constituency.

Inter Milan coach, Antonio Conte, has disclosed that his side lost 3-2 to Sevilla in the Europa League final on Friday night because of Romelu Lukaku’s unfortunate own goal. Conte explained that after Lukaku’s own goal, Inter Milan also missed an opportunity to score against Sevilla. Lukaku opened the scoring for Antonio Conte’s side before Luuk de Jong equalized for Sevilla.

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Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, has approved £150 million in transfer fees for the club’s director, Marina Granovskaia, to sign Leicester City’s Ben Chilwell, Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz and West Ham United’s Declan Rice this summer, according to the Express UK.

Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu, has said that incoming passengers would have to pay for COVID-19 tests before arriving Nigeria from August 29. The tests must be done 48-72 hours before their arrival. Nuhu stated this in an interview yesterday in Lagos.

Controller General OF Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Ja’afaru Ahmed, says service has commenced admission of inmates into custodial centres in 28 states of the country and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. He stated this yesterday during presentation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other materials by Prisoners Rehabilitation Welfare Action (PRAWA), and Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) to the service in Abuja.

A woman has been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command for killing her newborn baby by throwing him into a pit toilet. The 30-year-old woman, identified as Franca Udokwu from the Obuba Obofia Nkpor community in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State was arrested by police operatives in Ogidi Division, on August 22. The arrest was based on a local tip-off.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested five suspected cultists in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, found with human skulls. Danjuma Elisha, Cross River state commandant of NSCDC, said the suspects were apprehended following a raid on a compound in the Ogoja area.