Day: July 10, 2024

England Defeat Netherlands 2-1 To Reach Euro 2024 Final

Ganiyu Amodu

. To face Spain On Sunday . Super Sub: Ollie Watkins scores his first goal ever in major tournament for England   England have reached the Euro 2024 final after Ollie Watkins’ superb last-minute strike secured a 2-1 win over the Netherlands to face Spain on Sunday. A lively start in Dortmund saw Xavi Simons punish Declan Rice in possession with a stunning strike from range. But the Three Lions responded, just as they did against Switzerland before still requiring penalties to reach the semi-finals, with Harry Kane fouled by…

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TRIBE OF THE WET SUN: A Review, By Akpandem James

ADEOLA YUSUF

Perhaps because there have been some contentions in the recent past between authors and historians on the ancestry of the Ibibio, particularly their roots in Akwa Ibom State, the author at the beginning of the book issued a caveat lector. In the preface, in which he prefers to use the other word proem, the author, Kufre Ntuk, made it clear that his narrative is neither to contradict nor validate any of the schools of thought on the subject matter of Ibibio origin, migration/dispersal and settlement. His is just a work…

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Five Key Things To Know About Lagos Electricity Bill

ADEOLA YUSUF

The bill by Lagos, a state that hosts two major power distribution companies (EKEDC and Ikeja Electric), to own its electricity market has reached its crescendo. Here, according to the lawmakers, are the implications of this to residents and businesses in the state     Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Wednesday said the Electricity Bill currently before the House is the confirmation of the state government’s zeal to ensure regular and uninterrupted power supply to residents. Platforms Africa reports that this came…

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You Concocted Figures To Embarrass Me, My Govt – El-Rufai Hits Gov Sani

Abibat Babalola

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, once again took his successor, Governor Uba Sani, to the cleaners, chastising him for concocting financial figures to indict him and his administration with the dubious claim that his administration diverted a whooping sum of N423,115,028,072.88. The former governor, who spoke through his former commissioners at a press conference in Abuja, dismissed the purported financial report indicting them, saying that the so-called report lacked merit and was deliberately and mischievously orchestrated by Uba Sani and his team to discredit him and his…

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Blackout: NERC Rolls Out Tough Sanctions For Discos

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has rolled out touch sanctions against Discos that commit infractions capable of inflicting pain on consumers. Among other things, NERC said it would reduce five per cent of the administrative, and operational expenditure of any electricity distribution company that failed to offtake at least 95 per cent of the total energy allocated to it for distribution. This was contained in the commission’s Order on Performance Monitoring Framework for all the DisCos. According to the order, DisCos would now be assessed on seven key performance indicators…

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JUST IN: Oyo Reps Member, Adewale Akinremi, Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

The House of Representatives announces with profound sorrow the passing of Hon. Olaide Adewale Akinremi, known as Jagaban, who represented Ibadan North Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a statement by the Spokesperson of the House, Hon Akin Rotimi, he was a distinguished and ranking member of the 10th Assembly, Rep. Akinremi who served as Chairman of the House Committee on Science Research Institutions. He passed away this morning, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, after a brief illness. He was aged 51. The statement…

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EFCC Opposes Emefiele’s Quest For Foreign Medical Trip

Abibat Babalola

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday opposed the application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele for the release of his passport to enable him to make an overseas medical trip. In a statement on Monday, the agency’s spokesman Dele Oyewale said the defence counsel Labi-Lawal had filed an affidavit seeking the release of Emefiele’s passport to enable him to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatments which was objected to by the EFCC. Monday’s affidavit by the defence and…

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Nigerian Footballer, Kayode Olanrewaju Files N1billion Lawsuit Against UK-based Pastor

Abibat Babalola

Kayode Olanrewaju, a Nigerian football star, has filed a N1billion suit number PET/304/2024 at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja, against the UK-based founder of the Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church (SPAC Nation), also known as the NXTION Family, Pastor Tobi Adegboyega. According to the court documents obtained by SaharaReporters on Monday, Olanrewaju is also asking the court to officially dissolve his marriage with his wife. The football star in his cross-petition alleged that since his marriage to his wife in 2013, she has engaged in…

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