Day: February 1, 2024

AFCON: Ivorian Fan Apologises To Family After Caught Wooing Lady During Senegal Game

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An Ivorian football fan, Anselme Santos, who was caught on camera in the stands trying to woo a young lady, has reportedly issued an apology to his wife and children. The amorous moment happened in the heat of celebration of Ivory Coast’s Round of 16 victory over defending champions in Stade Charles Konan Banny de Yamoussoukro on Monday. The determined effort of Santos to engage in conversation with his seatmate instead was captured on camera, swiftly transforming into instant meme material. According to Actu Foot, Santos expressed remorse for any…

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EPL: How Liverpool Defeated Chelsea 4-1 At Anfield

Ganiyu Amodu

Liverpool put Chelsea to the sword at Anfield as Jurgen Klopp saw his side move five points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a thumping win over the Blues. Liverpool made a fast start as Darwin Nunez hit the crossbar and saw a shot tipped onto the post by Chelsea goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic, but the hosts were perhaps fortunate not to concede a penalty when Conor Gallagher was clipped by Virgil van Dijk in the box. Diogo Jota then powered through the Chelsea defence to fire…

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World Hijab Day: Osun Muslim Women To Distribute Hijab To Inmates, Students

Ganiyu Amodu

Muslim Women in Osun State have come together to commemorate this year’s edition of World Hijab Day with various inspiring and educative programmes. The Association of Osun State Muslim Women announced this at a news conference in Osogbo on Wednesday. The association, comprising representatives of all Muslim associations in the state, highlighted programmes lined up for the 2024 World Hijab Day celebration, with the theme: “Veiled in Strength,” at the news conference in the state capital. Speaking on behalf of all Muslim women in Osun State, the President of the…

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Reps Direct Federal Fire Service To Refund N1.48 Billion COVID-19 Funds

Ganiyu Amodu

The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has ordered the Federal Fire Service to refund the sum of N1.484 billion within seven days to the coffers of the Federal Government being the intervention funds it received for the COVID-19 epidemic and which it failed to account for. The committee is Chaired by Bamidele Salam. The committee issued the directive when the Service, for the umpteenth time failed to honour its invitation to appear and explain how it expended the funds. Deputy Chairman of the committee, Jeremiah Umar, had…

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Police Adopt Technology To Curb Crime, Extortion Among Personnel In Bayelsa

Ganiyu Amodu

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Wednesday said it had deployed technology to combat crime and check extortion amongst its personnel. It said the strategy is aimed at sustaining the peace and security in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital, and its environs. The Spokesman of the command, Musa Mohammed, made this known during an interactive session with newsmen at the Earnest Ikoli Press Centre in Yenagoa. Mohammed, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said the police had deployed the drone technology to monitor crime and check some excesses of police personnel during…

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How Femi Otedola Emerged Chairman First Bank

Ganiyu Amodu

Billionaire businessman and chairman of Geregu Power Plc, Mr Femi Otedola, has emerged as the chairperson of the board of FBN Holdings Plc, whose flagship arm is First Bank. Otedola was passed the baton at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Group in Lagos on Wednesday. He succeeded Ahmad Abdullahi, a seasoned economist who was appointed chair of the Holdco on 17 December 2021. Otedola became a non-executive director of FBN Holdings on 14 August 2023, months after he acquired a substantial stake in First Bank. The…

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Stop Calling Us Public Goats, PTD Chides NUPENG General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale

Ganiyu Amodu

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG has taken a swipe at the General Secretary of the Union, Afolabi Olawale, for calling its members “public goats”. Afolabi had reportedly, during an interview that he granted a national television a few weeks ago, categorised the PTD members as public goats. National Chairman of PTD and his deputy, Comrade Lucky Osesua and Comrade Dayyabu Garga, in a jointly signed press statement, said on Tuesday that incessant use of derogatory phrases and words against their members at Unit, Zonal, and National levels…

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Our Proposed N200,000 Minimum Wage No Longer Realistic – NLC

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has said the N200,000 minimum wage it earlier proposed to the Federal Government was no longer realistic considering Nigeria’s current economic situation. NLC Vice President, Tommy Etim, spoke while reacting to Tuesday’s inauguration of the Minimum Wage Committee by Vice President Kashim Shettima. Shettima inaugurated the committee at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. READ ALSO: Stakeholder Faults $2bn Turnover Requirement For P’H Refinery Concession LALOTO President, Shoye Damilare, Bags Ph.D AFCON 2023: Quarter-final Matches Confirmed + FULL LIST However, Etim said: “You are aware that…

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Stakeholder Faults $2bn Turnover Requirement For P’H Refinery Concession

Abibat Babalola

A former Group General Manager of Planning at the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Babajide Soyode, has said no private operator would be ready to take over the Port Harcourt Oil Refining Company from the government for $2bn. Soyode stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos. The chemical engineer wondered why the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited would demand that an operator must have $2bn to acquire the newly rehabilitated oil refinery. Platform Africa reports that the NNPCL said it was seeking to engage reputable and credible…

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LALOTO President, Shoye Damilare, Bags Ph.D

Damilola Olonade

  ▪️ How his thesis on transport communication earned him the highest academic degree in communication and media studies     President, Lagos State Local Government Tourism Officers (LALOTO), Shoye Nurudeen Damilare, has successfully defended his doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) thesis at the Lagos State University (LASU). Platforms Africa reports that Shoye who is the Head of Tourism Unit, Lekki Local Council Development Area, bagged the highest academic degree with his thesis titled; “Assessment of Communication Intervention of Traffic Radio 96.1FM in Road Traffic Management among Road Users and Stakeholders…

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