Month: January 2023

How Helen Paul Transformed from N9,500 To N400k Salary Earner In 1 Minute

ADEOLA YUSUF

Call it blessing in Disguise and you won’t be wrong. Here, popular Nigerian baby’s voice On Air Personality (OAP), Helen Paul, opens up on how, in one minute, her life transformed from being an ordinary receptionist on N9,500 salary to a N400, 000 per month salary earner + why everyone needs an Engineer Ayo Adeife   Peak Milk wanted an advert to go by 2pm, and they were in the studio looking for a baby’s voice. The baby that was supposed to come was writing exams and someone said, “Helen…

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NNPC Speaks On Report It Exported 18m Oil Bbls Without Proper Documentation

ADEOLA YUSUF

Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Garba Deen Muhammad, opens up on Auditor General’s report, which indicted 32 oil marketing companies of involvement in the non-completion of the NXP forms   The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has debunked an allegation it exported 17.877 million barrels of crude oil without proper documentation within four years (2016 to 2020). Platforms Africa reports that the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Garba Deen Muhammad, in a statement on Thursday, urged the public to disregard the said malicious publication. READ ALSO: Guys, Here’s…

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Why Mozambique Replaced Kenya ln The UN Security Council

ADEOLA YUSUF

MOZAMBIQUE has replaced Kenya in the United Nations Security Council where it will serve for a period of two years. Kenya has served in the council since June 18, 2020 and was represented by Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Martin Kimani. The South African country began its tenure at the council on January 1, 2023. Joining Mozambique are also Ecuador, Japan, Malta and Switzerland, all five countries taking up non-permanent seats for the next two years. READ ALSO: Man Hires Friend For N10,000 To kill…

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Man Hires Friend For N10,000 To kill Pregnant Wife ln Ogun

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Police in Ogun state have arrested a 35-year-old man identified as Eluyera Wasiu for allegedly contracting his friend, Adeniyi Samuel, to kill his 29-year-old pregnant wife. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson for the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect and his accomplice were arrested following a distress call received by the DPO Ogijo Police Division in Sagamu Local Government Area of the State. READ ALSO: Bhupinder Singh Gill Becomes First Sikh-Punjabi Assistant Referee In Premier League History Bauchi Commissioner Resigns After Father’s Dethronement 83-year-old Ex-Minister…

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Bhupinder Singh Gill Becomes First Sikh-Punjabi Assistant Referee In Premier League History

ADEOLA YUSUF

Trailblazer Bhupinder Singh Gill has become the first Sikh-Punjabi assistant referee in Premier League history after officiating during Southampton vs Nottingham Forest. Singh Gill, who’s been officiating since the age of 14, is a PE teacher and the youngest son of the EFL’s first turbaned referee, Jarnail Singh, who officiated more than 150 matches across the divisions between 2004 and 2010. Bhupinder’s brother, Sunny, is also the highest-ranked referee of South Asian heritage in England and joined the EFL referees’ list last summer. The two brothers made history in 2021…

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Bauchi Commissioner Resigns After Father’s Dethronement

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Commissioner of Cooperatives and SMEs Development in Bauchi State, Hajia Sa’adatu Bello Kirfi, has resigned. The resignation comes barely 24 hours after her father, Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Kirfi, was removed as the Wazirin Bauchi. Bello Kirfi’s resignation was contained in a letter dated January 4, 2023 to Governor Bala Mohammed through the Secretary to the State Government. The letter reads in part: “Your Excellency, I wish to humbly tender my resignation as a member of Bauchi State Executive Council, and Hon. Commissioner Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs Development, Bauchi…

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83-year-old Ex-Minister Loses Traditional Title For ‘Disrespecting’ Governor

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Bauchi Emirate Council has stripped 83-year-old former Minister of Special Duties, Bello Kirfi, of his traditional title of “Wazirin Bauchi” and removed him from being a Council Member for the second time in five years. The new development was said to be connected to the ex-Minister’s alleged “disloyalty and disrespect” to the State Governor, Bala Mohammed. Kirfi, a retired federal civil servant, was a Minister in the government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari in the 1980s, and also the Pro-Chancellor, University of Ilorin from 1997 to 1999. He also became…

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Cape Verde Becomes First Country To Rename Stadium After Pele

ADEOLA YUSUF

  What to know about the 15,000-seater Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde that’s now Pele Stadium   Cape Verde’s national stadium is to be renamed after Pele, the country’s prime minister has said. The 15,000-seater Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde, located just outside the capital Praia, will become the Pele Stadium. The news comes after Fifa’s president Gianna Infantino proposed – while speaking at Pele’s memorial service in Brazil – that every country should name a stadium after the footballing legend who died on 29 December, aged 82. “As a…

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Goalkeeper Keeps Ball He Saved From Pele’s Penalty Since 1971

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He is the only goalkeeper alive who saved a penalty kick from Pelé   An 81-year-old goalkeeper who saved Pele’s penalty, Sebastião Luiz Lourenço keeps the ball guarded: “I had this happiness. I was lucky enough to save a penalty kicked by Pelé.” He was the number 1 of São Bento on 12, May 1971 in a game against Santos, a game that Peixe won 1-0, in Vila Belmiro, for the Paulista Championship. He is the only goalkeeper alive who saved a penalty kick from Pelé. The two started playing…

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JUST IN: Mastermind of Kogi Explosion During Buhari’s Visit Arrested

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“Otaru is currently receiving treatment (for gunshot) at a health facility.” DSS gives details of how the explosion planner was tailed and maimed   The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the mastermind of the Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) attack which occurred on 29th December, 2022 in Kogi State, Platforms Africa reports. The explosion, an earlier report by Platforms Africa showed, occurred near the Palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene area, when President Muhammadu Buhari visited the State to commission some projects. READ ALSO UNIZIK Final-Year…

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