Day: February 19, 2023

Oba Tejuoso Clocks 85, Buhari Pens Tributes For Egba Top Monarch

ADEOLA YUSUF

“The legacy of brothers’ keeper in his domain,” what Nigeria’s president said about Osile of Oke Ona Egbaland,   President Muhammadu Buhari has joined family and friends of the Osile of Oke Ona Egbaland, Oba Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso, in celebrating his 85th birthday, February 19, 2023, rejoicing with the royal father for peaceful and harmonious reign. President Buhari in a press statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina felicitates with sons and daughters of Egbaland, Government and people of Ogun State, as they roll out…

Read More

Help, Naira Crisis Killing Our Business, Commercial Sex Workers Beg Buhari

Aliyu Aliyu

“We are counting losses because our Roscos (name they call male customers) are broke. Those who have cash will price you as low as N1,500″   Some commercial sex workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried low patronage in their business due to the scarcity of Naira notes. Some of them who spoke in Abuja on Sunday, said the scarcity of the notes was a threat and had crippled their businesses. They said that although the currency swap policy was commendable, the current mode of implementation was a…

Read More

EFCC Denies Raiding Tinubu’s Home, Recovering N400Bn New Notes

Aliyu Aliyu

“The Commission wishes to state that no such operation was carried out by the EFCC. The public is enjoined to disregard the report as fake news.”   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday debunked the story making the rounds in the social media that its operatives raided the home of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A story that went viral on Sunday claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the EFCC to raid Tinubu’s house where N400 billion of the new…

Read More

PLATFORMS AFRICA, LYGEL, OTHERS PARTNER FOR NIGERIA ELECTIONS’ MONITORING

Gbenga Adeoti

Partnership with three NGOs including First Lygel headed by member NBA General Council, Barrister Olalekan Oladapo, which will deploy over 120 observers, journalists in 23 states, is one of the biggest for the Nigeria’s election   Leading pan-African media group, Platforms Africa, and First Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiative, a public interest outfit and social enterpreneur, have announced a partnership for the forthcoming elections in Nigeria. National Coordinator of First Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiative, Barrister Olalekan Idowu Oladapo, and Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, said at the…

Read More

Manchester United Defeat Leicester City 3-0 At Old Trafford

Ganiyu Amodu

Marcus Rashford continued his clinical form in front of goal as he scored twice to help Manchester United claim a comfortable 3-0 victory over Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday. United could thank goalkeeper David De Gea for not being two goals down in the opening stages at Old Trafford as Leicester dominated in attack. The Spanish goalkeeper spread himself to deny opposing winger Harvey Barnes on eight minutes before producing an even better stop shortly after with a diving save to keep out a Kelechi Iheanacho header.…

Read More

NEW NAIRA: How My Pregnant Wife Died In Kano Hospital – Husband

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 32-year-old woman, Shema’u Labaran, died along with her nine-month pregnancy at the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Kano, reportedly due to the inability of her husband to pay medical bills in the new naira notes in time. Labaran was allegedly left in pain for more than eight hours without attention from the medical personnel on duty. Narrating the unfortunate incident that led to his wife’s death, the 42-year-old husband of the deceased, Bello Baffa, told an online newspaper on Saturday that his wife (Shema’u) bled to death while he was…

Read More