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SPORT FA Cup fifth round: Man City, Man Utd opponents confirmed [Full fixtures] The draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup was conducted on Monday night. Manchester City, who eliminated Arsenal in the previous round, are away at Bristol City. Their city rivals Manchester United will host either Derby County or West Ham in the round of 16. Tottenham Hotspur will travel to face either Wrexham or Sheffield United.   The draw in full: Southampton vs Luton/Grimsby Leicester City vs Blackburn/Birmingham City Stoke vs Brighton Wrexham/Sheffield United vs Tottenham Fulham/Sunderland vs Leeds Bristol City vs Man City Man Utd vs Derby/West Ham Ipswich/Burnley vs Sheffield Wednesday/Fleetwood. @INSTANTnews .

Foreign powers behind Nigeria’s insecurity – Buhari President Muhamamdu Buhari has attributed Nigeria’s insecurity problem to powerful countries bent on destroying Nigeria.     Buhari made the assertion on Kano at a presidential lunch after his tour around the state to commission projects by the administration of Governor Ganduje. According to him: “One can clearly see how these foreign countries took on our weaker part of Nigeria, the Lake Chad where we have reserves of crude oil, and causes serious mayhem there with consistent attacks.” But for Governor Zulum who is serious with his duty, the story of the area around Lake Chad would have been different by now, Buhari said. The President reminded that in 2015 when he assumed office, only four of Borno’s 17 local government areas were not in the hands of Boko Haram. “And we are aware that people are using the insurgents who are fraudulent to cause problems, but today most of these local governments [areas] are free,” he said....

JUST-IN: CBN bows to pressure, extends old Naira use deadline till February 10 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the use of the old notes till February 10, 2023. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the extension in a statement signed on Sunday, January 29, 2023. This comes after Nigerians have called for an extension of the deadline, sighting scarcity of the new notes in circulation.   The CBN governor had earlier insisted that there won’t be any extension to the policy, saying kidnapping and ransom-taking have reduced since the three banknotes were redesigned. He also said the time given for the swap of the old naira notes with new ones were enough for Nigerians to go to commercial banks and get new notes. @INSTANTnews

"The T ime And Akin Alabi" By | Peter Felix His march to the Green Chamber in 2019 raised many questions, and the Thomases far and near increased with the realities of his first timer. Less of excellence was prophesied about him with direct link to his naivety and newbieness. Of course , at 40 plus he was a successful businessman. But the political pundits looked above this while juxtaposing politics with business. They drew lines with divergent complexities and were sure of their permutations and calculations.  However, years have passed and Hon. Akin Alabi keeps proving the legendary Reggae maestro, Bob Marley right who through one of his numerous famous titles affirmed that " TIME WILL TELL". Yes. Time is still telling on his performance over the years he has been at the green chamber. His legislative contributions  gives positive impacts to Nigeria and Nigerians. You remember, a bill to establish medical training centre in Egbeda/Ona-ara federal constituency. ...