Day: May 8, 2024

Segun Olatunji Resigns As FirstNews Apologises To Gbajabiamila

Ganiyu Amodu

▪️ My life is not safe. Truth shall prevail soon, but please pay one year salary you owe me – full details of Olatunji’s resignation letter ▪️ Report we published on Gbajabiamila contained falsehood and fabricated stories – FirstNews ▪️ A new case study in Nigeria’s journalism, reactions trail journalist’s resignation, newspaper’s apology   The General Editor, First News Media, Segun Olatunji, has resigned from his appointment. This came as the newspaper published a story with which it apologised to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila Olatunji,…

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Kehinde Olowokure, One of Nigeria’s Oldest Twins, Dies

ADEOLA YUSUF

. How news of his demise, conveyed by his twin brother, Professor Theophilus Taiwo Olowokure, left a void in the hearts of many   Rt. Reverend Jacob Kehinde Olowokure, one of the Olowokure twins, reportedly the oldest surviving twins in Nigeria, is dead, Platforms Africa reports. He died about 120 days to his 94 th birthday. The news of his demise, conveyed by his twin brother, Professor Theophilus Taiwo Olowokure, has, according to Platforms Africa, left a void in the hearts of many. READ ALSO: I Have Done Multiple Operations,…

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What Is ‘Safest’ Age To Give Your Kid A Phone? Here’s Bill Gates’ Answer

Ganiyu Amodu

Bill Gates sure is strict on how his children use the very technology he helped bring to the masses. In a recent interview with the Mirror, the tech mogul said his children were not allowed to own their own cellphone until the age of 14. “We often set a time after which there is no screen time, and in their case that helps them get to sleep at a reasonable hour,” he said. Gates added that the children are not allowed to have cellphones at the table, but are allowed…

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Nigeria’s Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua Is 1st Black Woman Ph.D Holder In Cybernetics

Ganiyu Amodu

+ All you need to know about the world-renowned Professor of Engineering   Nigerian female scholar, Professor Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, has become the first black woman to earn a doctorate degree (Ph.D) in Cybernetics in the world. Cybernetics is the scientific study of how information is communicated in machines and pieces of electronic equipment in comparison with how information is communicated in the brain and nervous system. Ekeng-Itua is a pioneer educator, administrator and engineer championing leading roles in Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) challenges in Africa, and paving the…

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‘Heartless, Anti-People,’ NLC Rejects CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy

Abibat Babalola

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of 0.5 (0.005) per cent Cybersecurity Levy on electronic transfers. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President disclosed the NLC position in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. Ajaero was reacting to a recent circular issued by the CBN, mandating banks and payment service operators to effect the deductions, effective in two weeks. The CBN has said that the move, ‘ostensibly aimed at bolstering cybersecurity measures, threatens to exacerbate the financial…

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I Have Done Multiple Operations, Fake Doctor Arrested In Lagos Opens Up

Abibat Babalola

With only WAEC certificate, this is how I forged Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) MBBS, MDCN certificates, practised as Chief Medical Director for years,” suspect sings in Police net   The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has arrested a 37-year-old fake medical practitioner with suspected forged certificates. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of the zone, Olatoye Durosinmi, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday while parading the suspect before newsmen in Lagos. Durosinmi said that operatives of the Zonal Anti-Piracy Unit arrested the suspect, who claimed to be the…

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Shell: We Paid $1.09bn Royalty, Taxes To Nigeria In 2023

Abibat Babalola

Shell exclusively paid a total of $1.09 billion in corporate taxes and royalties to the Government of Nigeria last year through the operations of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company of Nigeria Ltd (SNEPCo.). The figures, announced in the just published 2023 Shell Briefing Notes, show that SPDC paid $442 million, while SNEPCo remitted $649 million. Similar payments made by the two companies in 2022 amounted to $1.36 billion. “These payments are Shell exclusive and do not include those made…

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3 In Court For Allegedly Stealing Chickens Worth N14.4m

Abibat Babalola

Three men were on Tuesday brought before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan charged with stealing 1,205 chickens worth N14,460,000 from a poultry farm. The defendants, Dayo Olotun, 33, Oluwapelumi Okedairo, 23, and Umaru Mohammed, 20, whose addresses were not provided, pleaded not guilty to the two- count charge of conspiracy and stealing. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Cpl. Akeem Akinloye told the court that Olotun, Okedairo and Umaru allegedly conspired and committed the offences between Nov. 30, 2023 and April 29. READ ALSO: Lawyer Begins Alleged Contempt Proceedings Against…

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Lawyer Begins Alleged Contempt Proceedings Against MultiChoice Abuja Manager

ADEOLA YUSUF

A lawyer, Festus Onifade, on Tuesday, commenced contempt proceedings against Mohammed Sani, Manager of Abuja office of Multichoice Nigeria Ltd, over alleged disobedience to the order made by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal. The CCPT presided over by Saratu Shafii had, on April 29, made an interim order, restraining the pay-TV firm from increasing DStv and Gotv tariffs scheduled to begin on May 1, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit. The three-member tribunal gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by Ejiro Awaritoma, counsel for…

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The New Masquerade Actress, Ovularia, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

Veteran Nollywood actress, Elizabeth Evoeme, popularly known as Ovularia in the 1980s TV sitcom: “The New Masquerade,” is dead. According to information available in the media space on Tuesday, the popular actress passed on at the age of 81. Among the early mourners of the passage of Ovularia was veteran Nollywood actor, Jide Kosovo, on Tuesday. Kosoko, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, described the late actress as a disciplined woman who had contributed immensely to the growth of the entertainment industry. He said: “We…

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