Month: August 2022

Onyekwere Wins Historic Gold Medal for Nigeria In Birmingham

ADEOLA YUSUF

For the very first time in Nigeria’s history, the country secured not just a medal but gold in the Commonwealth Games Women’s Discus event. Reigning African champion, Chioma Onyekwere was the history maker on Tuesday night at the Alexandra Stadium in Birmingham as her Season’s Best throw of 61.70m was good enough to earn her the top spot. Though she was ranked second among the throwers on parade ahead of the final, Onyekwere proved the bookmakers wrong; beating the fans’ favourite to the gold medal. READ ALSO: S’Eagles ex-Coach Gives…

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S’Eagles ex-Coach Gives NFF 45 Days To Pay Him N157m With Interest

ADEOLA YUSUF

Gernot Rohr, former Coach of the Nigerian national team, Super Eagles, has given Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) 45 days to pay him N157m With Interest. Rohr, a report by PUNCH Sports Extra read, said that the money, being his outstanding salary with interest is ti be paid along with the current dollar rate following their delay in making the payment. Rohr was relieved of his job as the Eagles gaffer last December, following a series of underwhelming performances by the three-time African champions. READ ALSO: Chelsea £20m To Sign Chukwuemeka…

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Chelsea Stakes £20m To Sign Chukwuemeka from Aston Villa

ADEOLA YUSUF

Aston Villa’s Carney Chukwuemeka is set to join Premier League club Chelsea after both clubs agreed on a fee of £20m for the England youth international. A report on www.chelseafc.com on Tuesday confirmed that both clubs had reached an agreement for the permanent transfer of Chukwuemeka. The report stated, “Aston Villa and Chelsea can confirm that the clubs have reached an agreement for the permanent transfer of Carney Chukwuemeka. “The 18-year-old has been given permission to travel to London to discuss both personal terms and undergo a medical.” READ ALSO:…

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Univeristy of Ibadan Assures Students With Marks Below 200 Admission

ADEOLA YUSUF

The University of Ibadan has promised to admit students who scored less than 200 marks in the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Director of the UI Distance Learning Centre, Prof. Emmanuel Omobowale, said this on Tuesday at a press conference held at the university in Ibadan. Omobowale said students with low marks in the last UTME and those who did not sit the last UTME could be admitted to the university via its Open Distance e-Learning programme, saying the opportunities to get the same degrees as others were…

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Soyinka: Why Buhari Should Be Impeached

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nobel Laureate gives reason he backed PDP Legislators to Impeach Nigerian President   Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has thrown his weight behind the move to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. Platforms Africa reports that legislators from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given six weeks ultimatum given to Buhari to find a solution to terrorism or be impeached. READ ALSO: Bank Borrowing from CBN Hits N4.5trn, Worsens Liquidity Crunch Doctors Told Me 6 Months Ago My Son Yinka’ll Die By July -Ebenezer Obey BREAKING: Bandits Moving En masse To Oyo,…

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Bank Borrowing from CBN Hits N4.5trn, Worsens Liquidity Crunch

ADEOLA YUSUF

Amid a rising liquidity crunch, banks operating in Nigeria borrowed a whopping sum of N4.5tn from the Central Bank of Nigeria in July, an increase of 27 per cent Month-on-Month from N3.6tn borrowed in June 2022. Banks use Standing Lending Facility and Repo lending to access short-term lending from the apex bank. While the CBN lends money to banks through the SLF at an interest rate of 100 basis points above the Monetary Policy Rate currently at 14 per cent, it also lends money to banks through Repurchase Arrangement (Repo).…

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Doctors Told Me 6 Months Ago My Son Yinka’ll Die By July -Ebenezer Obey

ADEOLA YUSUF

Why bereaved music icon launched “Freedom from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Ministry (FADAM)” against alcoholism and drug addiction among Nigerian youths Renowned music icon, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, has launched “Freedom from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Ministry (FADAM)” against alcoholism and drug addiction among Nigerian youths. This is contained in a statement signed by the General Manager of his music group, Mr Tunji Odunmbaku, which was made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. READ ALSO No Amount of Alcohol is Healthy If You Are Younger Than 40 – Study Lies…

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Dollar Remittance: Presidency Wades Into CBN, NNPC ‘Feud’

ADEOLA YUSUF

The presidency has waded into the controversy raging between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC). The presidency has waded into the controversy raging between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) over the dwindling fortune of the naira, Daily Trust gathered from reliable sources yesterday. The CBN on Friday blamed the non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by NNPC as the reason for the plunge of the naira in the official and parallel markets. READ…

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BREAKING: Bandits Moving En masse To Oyo, Kwara, Others -Police Intels

ADEOLA YUSUF

“112 bandits will be travelling in two each on motorcycles while their arms and ammunitions will be conveyed by a truck loaded with food items in disguise,” says DIG, Force Intelligence Bureau + full statement on police Intelligence report   Deadly bandits are moving rnmass to Oyo, Kwara and othe states, Police Intelligence report has revealed. Platforms Africa reports that the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB), Abuja, who said this in a memo to the Commissioner of Police, Dept. of Finance and Admin, State Headquarters,Ilorin, maintained…

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I gave Him Different Sex Positions, Yet He Left Me – Korra Obidi

ADEOLA YUSUF

“If I have another bae, I will never and ever put him online,” Nigerian dancer recounts marital experience with American husband   Korra Obidi, the Nigerian dancer, says she might never get married again. In a now-viral video, the entertainer admitted that marriage is not an easy institution while begging suitors not to consider marrying her. Obidi said despite giving Justin Dean, her estranged husband, different styles in bed, he still left her. READ ALSO You Want To Live Long? Get a Second Wife, Study Says Broken, 420, S3x, GNOC,…

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