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By Abimbola Ogunnaike New Liverpool signing, Alexis Mac Allister has revealed that his chat with the club boss, Jurgen Klopp swiftly convinced him to appendage his signature to play for the club, just as he also admitted that he cannot wait to start playing in front of the “crazy” home fans at Anfield. World Cup winner Mac-Allister became became Liverpools’s first major signing of what is likely to be a busy summer when the Reds last week triggered the release clause in his Brighton contract for an undisclosed fee, which is understood to be in region of £35m-£45m. The 24-year-old midfielder…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Famous Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has finally opened up of having another son called Dawson with his rumoured fourth babymama, Larissa London, just as he added that that the boy is currently living with his mum in London. The ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ crooner, who made this disclosure in a recent podcast interview, also revealed that he named his daughters, Imade and Hailey after his late mother, just as he also said that his second daughter, Hailey is a replica of his mom. “I named both of them [my daughters] after my mum. Hailey, she is…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rejoiced with his predecessor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Ambode clocks 60 on Wednesday, 14 June, 2023. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a congratulatory message, issued on Tuesday, 13 June, 2023 by his Media Adviser, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, described Ambode as a seasoned administrator who contributed his knowledge and expertise to the growth of the public service in Lagos State. He said Ambode had contributed immensely as a former Accountant-General as well as ex-Governor to the growth and development of Lagos State in different capacities, especially in the finance sector. …

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigerian Mainstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA has presented a licence for the establishment of Belema Sweet Expert Terminal. While presenting the licence in Abuja on Tuesday, 13 June, 2023, the Chief Executive of NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, explained thatthe Federal Government’s commitment to the ease of doing business in Nigeria According to Ahmed that with the presentation of the licence to Belema Sweet Export Terminal, the indigenous oil company became the second to acquire such a license, the first being the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Exploration and Production Limited. The NMDPRA boss explained that…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Following the signing of the Student Loan Bill by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Federal Government is set to introduce tuition fees in federal universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions, Daily Trust reports The bill, which is now an Act of Parliament was signed on Monday, 12 June, 2023, a development widely celebrated in many quarters without understanding the implication of the new law for the millions of prospective students who rely on tuition-free higher institutions of learning to acquire knowledge. Educationists and other stakeholders said this would have wider implications. In Nigeria, tuition, which runs into hundreds…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A newly-released data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) Tuesday, 12 June, 2023 revealed that Nigeria’s crude oil output grew by 185,000 barrels per day to hit 1.183 million barrels daily output in May this year after a dismal outing in April. This emerged as the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) issued export terminal licenses to NNPC Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL) and Belema Sweet Export Terminal Limited to add over four million barrels to Nigeria’s crude export storage capacity. Speaking at a signing ceremony in Abuja, the Chief Executive of the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ekiti State chef, Damilola Adeparusi, famously called Chef Dammy has finally reached the 120-hour landmark in the ongoing cook-a-thon, and if her feats is confirmed by Guinness(GWR) World Record, she will be crown as new world record holder This is coming barely a few hours after record holder for the longest hours in cooking (individual category), Chef Hilda Baci, who cooked on a stretch for 100 hours, was certified by the Guinness World Records. Recalls that 26-year-old Dammy, who is passionate about her ambition had cooked up to 111 hours on Tuesday, 13 June, 2023, in Oye…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least three people were killed and dozens injured after a series of explosions caused by fireworks said to have ignited by a 46-year-old man struck residential buildings in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin,. Local officials, who disclosed this sad development on Wednesday, 13 June, 2023, said blasts, occurred shortly after 8 pm Tuesday, and the alleged culprit is now cooling-off in police cell. Several others were injured and were still being treated by emergency responders on Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The explosions rocked two residential apartment compounds roughly one kilometre apart in the eastern…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Government is set to rake in at least about N124.26 billion in a year from the imposition of a 0.5 per cent import tax on goods introduced in Finance Bill 2023. The Finance Bill 2023 which was signed into law on 28 May 2023 by former President, Muhammadu Buhari imposed a 0.5 per cent levy on goods imported into Nigeria from outside Africa. According to the law, a 0.5 per cent levy will be imposed on goods imported into Nigeria from outside Africa. It read in parts, “In addition to extant customs duties and other…

The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Oyefolu Ojelabi; and the Director General of the state APC Campaign Council and former Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, led other important personalities to the reception held in honour of the newly sworn-in Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Senator Idiat Oluranti Adebule on Tuesday, 13 June, 2023. Family members led by the celebrant husband, Saheed Adebule were not left out as they made their presence felt at the reception which took place at the Lagos/Osun hall of the prestigious Transcorp Hilton Hotel,…

The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON has urged the newly sworn-in Senator for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni to make people’s welfare his priority as he began his tenure in the highest law-making body in the country. Thus, Senator Tinubu advised Senator Eshilokun-Sanni to place more focus on supporting and initiating people-oriented motions and bills which will enhance the welfare of the generality of the citizenry and improve their standard of living. The First Lady spoke on Tuesday, 13 June, 2023, during the reception held for Senator Eshilokun-Sanni after his swearing-in ceremony at the Upper Legislative…

African countries, including Nigeria, have been advised to arrest the alarming rate of corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in order to develop and meet the Sustainable Development Goal targets. The advice was given by the Head of Secretariat of the African Union High Level Panel on IFFs and the Working Group on Common Africa Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR), Mrs. Souad Aden-Osman, during the opening ceremony of the Conference on addressing IFFs and Asset Recovery held at the Radisson Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. The IFFs and Asset Recovery conference is holding on the margins of the 2023 Global Conference…

“The election of Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON and Rt. Honourable Tajudeen Abbas as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 10th National Assembly is a good development. I heartily congratulate them and also rejoice with the new Deputy Senate President Jibril Barau and House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu for their well-deserved victories. Being elected by their peers as presiding officers and assuming the leadership of the National Assembly is a great honour that comes with huge responsibility. I trust that you will justify the confidence reposed in you by your…

Key players during the 1993 Presidential Election, who formed members of panelists at the 2023 Democracy Day celebration pressed for shift of Nigeria’s presidential inauguration to June 12. The 2023 Democracy Day celebration organized by Tinubu Support Group (TSG), was tagged ‘RE-ENACTING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNE 12’ IN NIGERIA’S DEMOCRATIC JOURNEY, held at Unity Fountain, Abuja on Monday, 12 June, 2023. Sen. Zwingina Jonathan who was the Director General of the Campaign Organization of Abiola/Kingibe 1993 Presidential Campaign and Sen. Abe Magnus were among others who made the plea. The Discourse called on President Bola Tinubu to make June 12…

Dear ‘Mr. Governor’ Sir. I have resorted to the open space because it appears that Mr. Governor is not interested in a meeting with the indigenes of Lagos (especially the people of Ikorodu) assessed in the fact that there has been no response to the letters written to the Governor by the Conference of Leaders of Ikorodu Division and Ikorodu People’s Forum in 2021; and a recent one by the latter organisation seeking meeting, all of which I am privy to. Mr. Governor, your governance of this state leaves much to be desired. In fact, from the above fact, you…

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that the recent discovery of clandestine laboratories for the production of methamphetamine and the seizures of captagon, fentanyl, and other deadly substances in Nigeria further underscores the growing threat of illicit drugs to public health and national security, insisting that global collaboration of anti-narcotics agency important to winning war on drug trafficking. Marwa, said this in Lagos on Monday, 12 June, 2023, in his opening remarks at the Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) twinning programme being organized by the International…

The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi has appealed to Nigerians to join in the fight against insecurity in order to sustain the nation’s democratic ideals. He made the appeal in a statement he gave while briefing officers and men at the Corps’ National Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Audi said that it was imperative for citizens to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration by embracing his policies and programmes for a better Nigeria. He stated that security agencies require the cooperation and support of citizens to…

The United Nations has called for the immediate address of the grave global harm caused by the proliferation of hate and lies in the digital space. The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres made the call at the launch of his report into information integrity on digital platforms. The UN chief stressed that alarm over the potential threat posed by the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence must not obscure the damage already being done by digital technologies that enable the spread of online hate speech, mis- and disinformation. He however noted that digital platforms have brought many benefits, supporting communities…

The African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (AU HLP on IFF) and the Working Group on the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR), composed of the African Union, the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), Forum Civil, the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) and TrustAfrica, are holding a conference on the theme, “Addressing Illicit Financial Flows and Asset Recovery in the Extractive Industry”, on the margins of the 2023 Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) from 13 to 14 June 2023 in Dakar, Senegal; the first ever EITI global conference to be held in…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the parish priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Karku in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Reverend Father Jeremiah Yakubu. The Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Father Emmanuel Okolo confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday, 12 June, 2023 According to Okolo, Father Yakubu was whisked from the parish rectory in Kauru LGA at about 11pm on Sunday night, 11 June, 2023, when the gunmen invaded the area. While calling for intense prayer for the quick and safe release of the priest, the Chancellor appealed to the…