Month: October 2022

Celebrating Yakubu Gowon, “Last Good Man Standing” at 88, By Mayowa Afe

ADEOLA YUSUF

Tributes for chairman, Danvic Petroleum International, man, who became the Head of State and Commander -in-chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the age of 31   General Dr. Yukubu Gowon, clocked 88 years old on Wednesday, 19 October, 2022. In 2013, while celebrating him as the ‘Leadership Person of the Year’, The Guardian described him as the ‘last good man standing’. Since he became the chairman, Danvic Petroleum International where I am currently the Managing Director, I have been privileged to have very close interactions with this great…

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Cristiano Ronaldo Gets Zero Votes As Ballon D’Or Voting Breakdown Released

ADEOLA YUSUF

It has been revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo failed to receive any votes as his former Real Madrid teammate Karim Benzema stormed to victory at the recent Ballon d’Or ceremony. Ronaldo, who has endured a rotten week with Manchester United after storming off during the midweek win over Tottenham, has previously won the prestigious award on five separate occasions. Only Lionel Messi (seven) has won the award more than Ronaldo – but the Portuguese superstar has not lifted the illustrious trophy since 2017. READ ALSO: OFFICIAL: Karim Benzema Wins First Ballon…

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EPL: How Awoniyi’s Lone Strike Sank Liverpool

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nottingham Forest ended their 10-game winless streak in style as Taiwo Awoniyi returned to haunt former club Liverpool and stop their Premier League revival. Awoniyi was on the books at Anfield for six years without ever playing for them, but showed Jurgen Klopp what he was all about, securing a famous 1-0 win that lifts Forest off the bottom of the table after his second-half goal. A good break in the 19th minute saw Awoniyi lay the ball back to Cheikhou Kouyate on the edge of the area but the…

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Why I Joined Tinubu’s Campaign Council – CAN Asst. Secretary

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Assistant General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Apostle Biodun Sanyaolu, has offered reason why he agreed to serve in the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 elections. The Deputy Coordinator, Stakeholder Relations of the APC PCC offered the explanation in a statement on Friday. He said his decision to serve in the Council promoting the ambition of the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, was a personal decision that had nothing to do with…

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NBS Confirms Hike In Cooking Gas Price

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The average price of 5kg of cooking gas has increased from N4,456.56 in August to N4,474.48 in September, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated. It stated in its “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for September 2022 released Saturday in Abuja that the September price was a 0.40 per cent increase over what obtained in August. “On a year-on-year basis, the September 2022 price of N4,474.48 for 5Kg of gas was an 86.62 per cent increase over the price of N2,397.60 obtainable for the same volume in September 2021, it…

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Police Kill Suspect In Apostle Johnson Suleman Murder Attempt

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DPO removed, clergyman alleges cover-up after one of his suspected attackers, arrested by vigilantes and handed over to the police, was shot dead by Police   The Divisional Police Officer of Auchi Division, Edo State, Ayodele Suleiman, has been removed by the state Commissioner of Police, Assistant Inspector General of Police Abutu Yaro. This followed the death of a suspect in the attack on the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman. A statement by the Command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, Jennifer Iwegbu, said the DPO’s withdrawal was…

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Flood Ravages Ex-President Jonathan’s Country Home, Otueke

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Flood has taken over major parts of Otuoke Community, hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan, in Bayelsa State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Otuoke is located in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. It is one of the communities mostly affected by flood disasters. Some residents of the community now use canoes to access their homes following the overflow of River Orashi, Taylor and Epie creeks situated in Rivers and Bayelsa States respectively. NAN recalls that the flood affected the house of Dr. Jonathan in 2012, but…

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How Winners Chapel’s Popular Pastor Slumpped, Died

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Fred Attabo is the Pastor-in-Charge of Bishop David Oyedepo’s Living Faith Bible Church in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital The Pastor-in-Charge of Living Faith Bible Church in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, Pastor Fred Attabo, is dead, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting. The 68-year-old pastor of the church popularly known as Winners Chapel, died in the early hours of Friday. READ ALSO How I tore Bishop Oyedepo’s book publicly for being full of errors – Pastor Tunde Bakare CROSSFIRE: Oyedepo, Akintola clash over Kwara Hijab crisis RCCG PastorJailed…

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Pierluigi Collina: Tale of Legendary Referee Famous Footballers Fear

ADEOLA YUSUF

Pierluigi Collina is his name and he remains the only referee who had the VAR in his eyes, and one who can speak four languages on the field (French, Spanish, Italian and English). Platforms Africa reports that this referee could communicate in 4 languages on the field (French, Spanish, Italian and English). Before each game, he studied the game and the players of the teams he would lead and learned the names of the players. READ ALSO: Why My Daughter Was Cast In Anikulapo – Kunle Afolayan Have Extra-Marital Sex…

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Why My Daughter Was Cast In Anikulapo – Kunle Afolayan

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Eyiyemi Afolayan made her debut appearance as an actor on the set of Anikulapo where she acted the role of Princess Omowunmi, a beautiful but gullible princess of Alaafin   Veteran actor and movie producer, Kunle Afolayan, has explained why he casted his daughter, Eyiyemi Afolayan, for the role of Princess Omowunmi in his recent release, Anikulapo. Afolayan, who posted a short video clip of his daughter and himself on his Instagram handle on Wednesday, said the role required somebody beautiful and his daughter is definitely beautiful. He added that…

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