Month: November 2023

70-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth To Twins After Years Of Barrenness

Ganiyu Amodu

A Ugandan woman aged 70 has given birth to twins, her doctor said Thursday, in what the mother hailed as a miracle. Safina Namukwaya described her joy at the arrival of the twins who were born on Wednesday at a medical facility in the capital Kampala, where she had received fertility treatment. “This is [an] extraordinary achievement, delivering twins to Africa’s oldest mother at 70 years,” Doctor Edward Tamale Sali, who supervised her pregnancy and delivery, told AFP. He said the mother and babies — a boy and a girl…

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FIFA Downgrades Super Eagles In Latest Rankings

Ganiyu Amodu

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped by two spots in the latest FIFA ranking to place 42nd in the world. In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body, on Thursday, the Eagles dropped 16.04 points to rank 1474.44 points as against 1490.48 in October. However, the drop did not affect the team’s placement on the continent, as it still remained the 6th team on the continent, behind Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt, respectively. The drop in ranking comes after the Super Eagles were…

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Bullion Van Ambush; How Robbers Killed Finance Director, Stole Govt Money

Ganiyu Amodu

Daredevil armed robbers, Wednesday, hijacked a mini bullion van belonging to the state government in Kuto area of Abeokuta. The Director of Finance and Account in the Office of the Governor, Taiwo Oyekanmi, was shot dead in the process while the robbers made away with unspecified amount of money belonging to the government. The Director, it was gathered, was leading the bullion van from branches of Fidelity and Sterling Banks in Abeokuta where he had gone to pick up undisclosed amount of money when he was waylaid by the gunmen…

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Popular Ogun Monarch Jailed + Reason

Abibat Babalola

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has sentenced the Osolo of Ado-Odo, Muftau Dosunmu, to six months in prison for presenting himself as an Oba. The Osolo title, which is one of the high chiefs in Ado-Odo, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, was upgraded to a coronet Oba by the past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun, among 74 others across the state. But, the Governor Dapo Abiodun administration has since its assumption of office reversed the upgrade of all 75 Obas. Though the monarchs…

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JAMB Releases Dates For 2024 UTME

Ganiyu Amodu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said the registration for its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, begins on January 15, 2024 and ends on February 16, 2024. Similarly, the board, in a statement on Wednesday, said it fixed March 7, 2024 for its MOCK-UTME, while the main UTME will be held from April 19 to 29, 2024. In the statement released by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, the board explained that the dates were fixed “based on the series of recommendations emanating from a two-day Information Technology (IT)…

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Fear As Music Star Rema Cancels All December Shows Over Health

Ganiyu Amodu

Afrobeats sensation, Daniel Ikubor aka Rema, has cancelled all engagements for December to focus on his health. The Calm Down crooner made this known on his Instagram story on Wednesday. Rema noted that during his years of touring, he had ignored his health, adding that it was time to recuperate. His terse statement read, “Breaks my heart to say that I won’t be performing anywhere this December. Been years of touring I’ve ignored my health & I need time to recuperate. 2024 we go again love ❤️.” READ ALSO Equinor…

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Equinor Sells Nigerian Business To Chappal Energies

Ganiyu Amodu

Equinor and Chappal Energies have entered into an agreement for the sale of Equinor Nigeria Energy Company (ENEC), which holds a 53.85% ownership in oil and gas lease OML 128, including the unitised 20.21% stake in the Agbami oil field, operated by Chevron. Equinor has been present in Nigeria since 1992 and has played a significant role in developing Nigeria’s largest deep-water field, Agbami. Since production started in 2008, the Agbami field has produced more than 1 billion barrels of oil, creating value for the partners and the Nigerian society.…

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Oil, Gas Ministries’ Separation: A Masterstroke For Economic Growth, By Dr. Owolabi Ajibade

ADEOLA YUSUF

As a country, the management of our energy resources plays a crucial role in shaping our economic stability, environmental sustainability, and energy security. Nigeria, with its vast natural gas reserves estimated to exceed 208 trillion cubic feet (TCF), holds the potential to become a key player in the global natural gas market. Despite these abundant resources, Nigeria’s gas sector has been historically underexploited. Until recently, the responsibility for both oil and gas resources in Nigeria fell under the umbrella of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. However, the Nigerian government has…

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Tinubu Approves Recruitment Of 30,000 Policemen Yearly

Abibat Babalola

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, has said he has secured the approval of President Bola Tinubu for the recruitment of 30,000 policemen yearly. Egbetokun made this known during a working visit to Adamawa State on Tuesday. The previous administration headed by former President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen yearly. The new approval will triple the number of cops recruited in the country each year. The IGP explained that complaints that police officers are overworked will become a thing of the past once the…

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Oyedepo To Son: Don’t Bring Down Any Ministry

Ganiyu Amodu

The Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, has admonished his son, Isaac, not to malign or bring down any ministry while discharging his ministerial duties. He said this in a YouTube video Isaac shared on his X account on Tuesday. In the video titled, ‘Unveiling of the Isaac Oyedepo Evangelistic Ministries.’ Oyedepo addressed a congregation believed to be members of his son’s newly-founded ministry. He said, “My son, His times are not in your hands, your times are in His hands. Don’t be part of maligning or…

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