Hammers stun Tottenham with 2-1 comeback victory, as Spurs’ winless streak extends to five

Hammers stun Tottenham with 2-1 comeback victory, as Spurs' winless streak extends to five

Hammers stun Tottenham with 2-1 comeback victory, as Spurs' winless streak extends to five

West Ham completed a delightful turnaround against Tottenham, securing a 2-1 win and extending Spurs’ winless streak to five games. Ange Postecoglou’s side, initially dominating the game with Cristian Romero’s early header, suffered misfortune and defensive lapses, allowing West Ham to clinch a crucial win. The match began in Tottenham’s favour, with Romero’s 11th-minute header giving them the lead. Despite their dominance, Spurs struggled to capitalize on their created opportunities, and the lot shifted when Jarrod Bowen capitalized on a double deflection, leveling the score.

Hammers stun Tottenham with 2-1 comeback victory, as Spurs' winless streak extends to five

West Ham comeback ensured they secured all three points against Tottenham – Getty image James Ward-Prowse then converted a defensive error from Destiny Udogie, sealing West Ham’s comeback and three points from the Thursday night’s clash. The defeat now adds to Tottenham’s recent struggles, including injuries and a challenging run of results distancing them from challenging for the Premier League title. Their initial promising start to the season now feels like a distant memory.

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President Buhari extends N200 notes validity by 60 days

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On Thursday, February 16, 2023, the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, declared in a national address that the old N200 notes would remain valid for an additional 60 days. buhari This comes amidst the scarcity of Naira notes both the old and new notes that have rendered the economy in chaos. In the address to the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari stated that the N200 notes will be released and allowed to remain a legal tender for 60 days to ease scarcity.

President Buhari extends N200 notes validity by 60 days

In his words, “To further ease the supply pressures, particularly to our citizens, I have given approval to the CBN that the old N200 bank notes be released back into circulation and that it should also be allowed to circulate as legal tender with the new N200, N500, and N1000 banknotes for 60 days from February 10, 2023 to April 10 2023 when the old N200 notes ceases to be legal tender.”

CBN extends deadline for expiration of old Naira notes

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The deadline for exchanging the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, part of the three series of Naira, is extended by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) until February 10th, 2023. The CBN responded to pressure from concerned Nigerians following the disruption caused by the introduction of the redesigned currency. This was announced in a statement by CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on January 29th, 2023. The original deadline of January 31st, 2023, was set after the introduction of redesigned notes in December. The extension has, however, been made to accommodate the collection of more old notes as there is a shortage of the redesigned notes currently in circulation.  

INEC extends PVC collection by one week

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The independent national electoral commission, INEC has moved to extend the collection of Permanent Voters Card, PVC by one week.

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It will be recalled that the commission initially slated the closing date for PvC collection to be on the 29th of January, 2023. In a recent statement issued by the commission, it was made known that the extension till February 5 was considered in a bid to allow the majority take part in the voting exercise.

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INEC said I’m a statement:  “The Commission met today, Saturday, 29th January 2023 a day after its meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal capital Territory, Abuja and deliberated on a number of issues, including the reports from RECs on the ongoing collection of Permanent Voters Cards in its 774 Local Government Offices nationwide. “It will be recalled that at the meeting with RECs on Friday, 28th January 2023, the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu indicated that the Commission will not hesitate to consider additional measures to ensure that all citizens have ample opportunity to collect their PVCs ahead of the General Election. “Having reviewed reports from all the States of the Federation, the Commission is encouraged by the progress made so far as more Nigerians troop out daily to collect their PVCs.“Arising from reports from the various States and discussions with Resident Electoral Commissioners, the Commission has decided to further extend PVC collection in all its Local Government Offices nationwide by an additional one week. The ongoing collection of PVCs nationwide will therefore continue and end on 5th February 2023. This is the second time the Commission is extending PVC collection nationwide and this will be the last extension of the exercise. Collection period has further been extended by an additional two hours and will start at 9am and end at 5pm daily including Saturdays and Sundays. Those that engaged in double and multiple registration should not bother visiting any of the Commission’s Offices as the Commission did not print their PVCs. The Commission will continue to act on all reported cases of sharp practices during the ongoing PVC collection and will ensure that no Nigerian is disadvantaged and all those that carried out valid registration have an opportunity of collecting their PVCs. The Commission once again salutes the patience and doggedness of citizens.”

ASUU extends strike by eight weeks, threatens ‘suffocating and indefinite strike’

ASUU extends strike by eight weeks, threatens 'suffocating and indefinite strike'

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extends its warning strike by eight weeks following their recent meeting on the fate of University students.
ASUU extends strike by eight weeks, threatens 'suffocating and indefinite strike'

This comes after the union revealed that its proposed payment platform to Federal Government was deemed unfit and lacked integrity.
“The Federal Govt says the payment platform, UTAS, which was proposed by ASUU has failed the integrity test and cannot be adopted.
ASUU has been putting pressure for its own platform, the Universities Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) to be approved for paying lecturers instead of the old method which is the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

It is one of the reasons why the Union embarked on strike. A second test on UTAS is to be carried out this month,” the union revealed on Twitter some days ago.

It is one of the reasons why the Union embarked on strike.
A second test on UTAS is to be carried out this month.
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— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) March 10, 2022
The union had taken to their page to threaten an indefinite strike before reaching the agreement of an eight weeks extension.
“ASUU Executives will be meeting this evening for declaration of a possible total, indefinite and ‘suffocating’ strike,” it wrote.

ASUU Executives will be meeting this evening for declaration of a possible total, indefinite and ‘suffocating’ strike. #ASUU #ASUUstrike
— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) March 13, 2022
The conclusion of the meeting had over the weekend by the ASUU’s National Executive Council, NEC, concluded that the strike is extended by eight weeks.

BREAKING NEWS: ASUU extends the strike action by 8 weeks. Stay tuned for more details. #ASUU #ASUUstrike
— ASUU (@ASUUNGN) March 14, 2022