Month: May 2024

Bill Gates ex-wife Melinda Quits Gates Foundation, To Get $12.5bn

ADEOLA YUSUF

Melinda French Gates announced Monday she was leaving the philanthropy mega foundation she established with her ex-husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The resignation, which becomes effective on June 7, will leave Bill Gates as the sole chair of one of the world’s most influential and powerful non-governmental organizations. “After careful thought and reflection, I have decided to resign from my role as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,” Melinda French Gates wrote in a statement posted on social media. The statement gave no reason for her departure, but…

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France Deploys Troops, Bans TikTok Over New Caledonia Riots

ADEOLA YUSUF

France has deployed troops to New Caledonia’s ports and international airport, banned TikTok and has imposed a state of emergency after three nights of clashes that have left four dead and hundreds wounded. Pro-independence, largely Indigenous protests against a French plan to impose new voting rules on its Pacific archipelago have spiralled into the deadliest violence since the 1980s, with a police officer among several killed by gunfire. In three municipalities on the French-ruled island, gendarmes faced about 5,000 rioters, including between 3,000 and 4,000 in the capital Noumea, France’s…

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Nigeria’s Inflation Rises To 33.69% In April

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has increased to 33.69 per cent in April 2024 up from 33.20 per cent recorded in March 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. This represents a month-over-month increase of 0.49 per cent points in the headline inflation rate, according to the Consumer Price Index report, the NBS stated in a report on Wednesday. Comparing year-on-year data, the inflation rate in April 2024 was 11.47 percentage points higher than in April 2023, where it stood at 22.22 per cent. This indicates that the headline inflation…

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YabaTech Secures N1.5b Grant For Girls’ Education

ADEOLA YUSUF

Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) has secured a prestigious grant of N1.5 billion for the Girls’ Education and Skills Partnership (GESP). The institution’s Rector, Dr Ibraheem Abdul announced this in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith on Wednesday in Lagos. According to the statement, the grant is a significant achievement resulting from a proposal developed by a five-man team of researchers from Yabatech. The researchers comprised Dr Funmilayo Doherty, Dr Ibraheem Abdul, Mr Adebayo Adebari, Mr Amos Alade, Dr Olusola Dada and Dr Idowu Aneyo (UNILAG lecturer). READ ALSO: Reactions As…

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Reactions As Autopsy Failed To Ascertain Cause Of Mohbad’s Death

ADEOLA YUSUF

The autopsy conducted on the body of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, is said to have been unable to ascertain the cause of his death. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wahab Shittu, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the coroner’s inquest held in Lagos State on Wednesday. According to him, the pathologist in charge of the autopsy told the coroner that the deceased’s body had decomposed by the time the test was conducted. He said, “According to him (pathologist), the cause of death cannot be determined because by the…

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Sanwo-Olu’s Deputy Chief Of Staff, Gboyega Soyannwo, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

Gboyega Soyannwo, the Deputy Chief of Staff to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is dead. He died on Wednesday, May 15, after a brief illness. He was aged 55. A statement signed by the commissioner for information and strategy, Gbenga Omotoso said: “With deep sorrow, the Lagos State Government announces the passing of the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCoS) to Mr Governor, Gboyega Soyannwo. “Soyannwo died today after a brief illness. He was 55. Mr. Governor, @jidesanwoolu, on behalf of the Government and people of Lagos, sends his condolences to…

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APC Suspends Ondo Senator Jimoh Ibrahim

ADEOLA YUSUF

The All Progressives Congress APC Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim has been suspended from the party for alleged anti-party activities. He was suspended by the APC Executive Committee of Igbotako Ward II in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The notice was signed by ward executive members including Bakere Usuf, Tore Obwoselu, Oloyinmi Idowu, Borewaye Louyomi, Oladipupo Bose, Alkimbobola Seyi, Lawal-Babatunde, Aritawe-Ademole, Akinkuoju Olarewaju and Fabioye Ajoke. “We, the members of the APC Executive Committee of Igbotako Ward II in Okitipupa Local Government Area of…

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Real Reason I Bombed Kano Mosque – Suspect

ADEOLA YUSUF

The police command in Kano State has confirmed the arrest of the principal suspect behind the early morning mosque explosion in Gadan village in Gezawa local government area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, in a telephone interview on Wednesday said that a 38-year-old- man Shafi’u Abubakar, had been arrested over the incident. He said that the suspect had confessed to attacking the mosque because of a long-standing family dispute over inheritance sharing. “On May 15, 2024, at about 5:20 a.m. the police received a…

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‘God’s Hand’: Telescope Captures Mysterious Creature In Milky Way Galaxy

ADEOLA YUSUF

+ What scientists said about the newly discovered structure named ‘God’s hand’   Astronomers have long reached for the stars, seeking to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. The latest achievement in this quest comes from a new telescope in Chile, which has captured an image so captivating it has been dubbed “God’s Hand.” This celestial structure, officially known as CG 4, is a cometary globule located approximately 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. The Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at the…

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Controversial Singer Portable Arrested

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Police give details of the G-Wagon debt that landed the Wahala Wahala crooner in real trouble     Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, arrested controversial musician, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, for refusing to pay the debt he incurred when he purchased G-Wagon from a car dealer in the state. It was gathered that Portable, during the purchase of the vehicle worth N27m, paid only N13m and had refused to pay the N14m balance on the pretext that the car was faulty. READ ALSO: ‘Primary 4 To…

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