Month: July 2022

Muhammad Ali’s ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Belt Bought for $6.18m

Ganiyu Amodu

  The belt first entered the public domain in 1988 when the contents of Ali’s late boxing coach Drew “Bundini” Brown’s storage lockers were sold at auction.   Muhammad Ali’s historic “Rumble in the Jungle” WBC belt has sold for $6.18 million at auction to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. The NFL team owner confirmed on Twitter that he had added the belt to his collection: “Proud to be the steward!” Ali won the WBC heavyweight championship belt in 1974 with victory over George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the…

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Panic As Explosion Rocks Kogi State Govt House

Scott Matthew

  + PHOTOS from reports of the bomb detonation at government house, one of the safest locations in the ancient city of Lokoja   A bomb explosion, on Tuesday morning, reportedly rocked the ever-busy post office area of Lokoja, making residents scamper for safety. Several media in Nigeria including Daily Trust, Punch and Sahara reporters reported the incident. The bomb explosion, according to a report by Sahara Reporters, actually took place around the premises of the office of the Secretary to Kogi State Government, Ministry of Women Affairs and Ministry…

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FSI Holds Financial-Inclusion-for-All Hackathon

Precious Ibekwe

In order to promote and achieve the targets of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS), Financial Services Innovators (FSI), said it would hold a Hackathon themed: ‘Financial Inclusion for All.’ Platforns Africa reports that the FSI, which decsribed itself as a non-profit organization committed to enabling start-ups within the technology and financial space, said that it would hold the event in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Flourish Ventures, AXA Mansard, and NIBSS during the NACOS annual conference taking place in Abeokuta, Ogun State from August 16-18, 2022.…

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BREAKING: Buhari Renominates Mutiu Agboke, 18 Others As INEC Commissioners

Gbenga Adeoti

The immediate-past Oyo REC and Abeokuta-born lawyer, who gets a fresh four-year term as REC, is one of those that will conduct Nigeria’s next election   Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sent names of 19 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who will conduct the next general elections. Platforms Africa reports that one of those renominated for the task is the immediate past Resident Electoral Commissioner of Oyo State, and Abeokuta-born lawyer, Dr Mutiu Agboke, who is to represent Ogun state for another four-year term. READ…

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AMAZON AMUSAN: TALE OF TOBI, A RECORD-TRASHER IN TEARS, BY ADEOLA YUSUF

ADEOLA YUSUF

+ FULL VIDEO of the moments the champion shed tears uncontrollably   “Nigeria, the proud African nation, are on top of the World tonight,” the commentator declares. And, then the National Anthem! ARISE, O COMPATRIOTS (from Tobi, tears immediately begin to flow) NIGERIA’S CALL OBEY (she sobs, unwittingly but slowly lifts her left hand to veil the tears, good thing, she manages to wipe some, hide some) TO SERVE OUR FATHER’S LAND (she tries hard to adorn a strong-face on a face already messed up by tears) WITH LOVE AND…

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Buhari to Amusan: You Made Millions of Nigerians Shed Tears of Joy

Scott Matthew

“Millions of Nigerians are in tears of Joy. Thank you for everything”   Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of Nigerians celebrating sensational track queen, Tobi Amusa, for winning the women’s 100m hurdles gold for Nigeria at the World Athletics Championship 2022, setting a new world record in the semifinals of the athletic event and becoming the first Nigerian to win a World Championship. The obviously elated President, who conveyed his sentiments through presidential spokesman, Femi Adisina in a statement on Monday, said it was it was a great thing…

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Again, Court Rejects Ekweremadu’s Bail Applications, Frees Wife

Abibat Babalola

55-year-old Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, wife of Senator Ike Ekeremadu has been granted bail. Recall that the former Deputy Senate President and his wife are facing trial in the United Kingdom after being accused of allegedly plotting to traffic a man whose age has been established to be 21, to the UK to harvest a kidney for their daughter. While Beatrice is charged with arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation, between August 1 last year and May 5, under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, Ike…

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Terrorists Release 3 More Kidnapped Train Passengers

Ganiyu Amodu

Barely 24 hours after a video was released showing how the remaining kidnapped train passengers were being flogged and dehumanised by the terrorists, report on Monday afternoon indicated that 3 more kidnapped train passengers were released. According to a BBC Hausa report, a relative of one of the kidnapped victims released on Monday, told the BBC that those released included 2 men and a lady. While disclosing the news to the BBC, the relative said the released victims were on the way to a health facility for medical examination .…

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JUST IN: Court Told to Stop INEC from Publishing Tinubu’s Name

Scott Matthew

An Abuja-based lawyer, Osigwe Momoh, has sued the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the Federal High Court Abuja for fielding the president and vice-president candidates of the party from the same religion. In the suit, the lawyer sought an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) from publishing the name of the APC presidential candidate in the forthcoming coming elections for violation of the Nigeria Constitution. The plaintiff claimed that the decision to pick the party’s presidential flagbearer and the…

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YABATECH Lecturer, Favour Nwantah, Bags Ph.D In Communication At LASU

Abibat Babalola

I went, I saw and I emerged victorious, Nkiruka Nwantah, who focused her research on organizational practices and job satisfaction among female broadcasters in Lagos State, opens up on life, task and thesis   A Lecturer with the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) Lagos, Favour Nkiruka Nwantah, has succesfully completed and defended her Ph.D thesis in Communication at the Lagos State University (LASU). Platforms Africa reports that Nwantah who announced this on her verified Facebook page, maintained that her Research interest is on organizational practices and job satisfaction among female…

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