Day: July 16, 2024

Nigerians Can Now Obtain UAE Visas — Minister

Abibat Babalola

The Federal Government has reached an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow Nigerian passport holders to obtain visas for travel to that Arab nation starting today, July 15, 2024. The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Monday when he briefed State House correspondents following the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. “Following successful talks and extensive, mutually beneficial negotiations between the Government of the United Arab Emirates and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, an agreement was reached allowing for the resumption of…

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Elon Musk Pledges $45m A Month To Electing Trump

Abibat Babalola

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to commit roughly $45 million each month to a new fund backing Donald Trump for US president, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Musk’s donations will go to a political group dubbed America PAC, which will focus on promoting voter registration, early voting and mail-in ballots among residents in swing states ahead of the November general election, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Musk is one of several major backers of the new fund, with others reportedly including Palantir co-founder…

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Team Lead Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, Delivers Olabisi Onabanjo Varsity’s Media Lecture

Ganiyu Amodu

▪️ Why we invited the award-winning African journalist as a guest speaker/resource facilitator to our media workshop on Economics of Mass Media in Nigeria – Associate Professor Semiu Bello   The department of Mass Communication, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) has invited the Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, as a guest speaker/resource facilitator for a media workshop. Yusuf, an Award-winning African journalist, was invited, according to a letter from Semiu Bello, PhD, Associate Professor of Mass Communication, OOU, to the workshop, which is “the practical component of MAS 316:…

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NECO Releases 2024 Unity Schools’ Exam Results

ADEOLA YUSUF

No fewer than 13 candidates scored 01 as the National Examination Council released the 2024 common entrance examination results for Unity schools. The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu made this known during a press briefing on Tuesday about the outcome of the examinations. Recall that a total of 71,291 candidates participated in the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE conducted in 599 centres on Saturday, June 1, 2024. NECO had released data showing that Lagos State came tops with the highest number of candidates, with 17,751 while…

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Sanwo-Olu Gifts Corps Members N100,000 Each, Budgets N5bn For NYSC Camp

ADEOLA YUSUF

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo- Olu has disclosed that the state government will commit N5 billion to the construction of the permanent orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps in the state. He also announced a gift of N100,000 to all the corps members under Batch B Stream I posted to the state as “bonus” to make their stay comfortable. READ ALSO ‘3.2 Bn Barrels In A Swoop,’ Massive Oil Discovered Offshore Kuwait ‘Hardest Thing Ever,’ Melinda Gates Opens Up On Divorce With Bill Gates JUST IN: Reps Sports…

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‘3.2 Bn Barrels In A Swoop,’ Massive Oil Discovered Offshore Kuwait

Ganiyu Amodu

One of the Middle East’s largest oil producers, Kuwait, announced on Sunday a “huge” discovery of oil and associated gas in an offshore field east of Failaka Island. Preliminary estimates have shown that reserves at the Al-Noukhitha offshore field could be about 3.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent of light oil and gas, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said during a meeting with the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Reserves could be 2.1 billion barrels of light oil and 5.1 trillion standard cubic feet of gas, all of which…

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‘Hardest Thing Ever,’ Melinda Gates Opens Up On Divorce With Bill Gates

Ganiyu Amodu

American philanthropist Melinda French Gates recently opened up about her divorce from billionaire Bill Gates, which she called the “hardest thing” ever. Melinda parted ways with Bill Gates in May 2021 after 27 years of marriage. “That was the hardest thing I had ever been through in my life,” she said in a conversation with podcaster Jay Shetty. “I had thought I was going to be married for life. I thought I’d be married for 50-plus years. So all of a sudden, you see that even despite very much work…

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JUST IN: Reps Sports Committee Chair, Ekene Adams, Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

Ekene Adams, a member of the House of Representatives representing Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency, Kaduna State, and Chairman of the House Committee on Sports, has passed away. He reportedly died in the early hours of Tuesday, although the cause of death has not been confirmed at this time. Adams, known for his background in sports, previously served as the general manager of Nigeria Premier Football League side Remo Stars and Kada City before being elected to the House of Representatives in the 2023 general elections. Despite being a first-time member of…

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Headline Inflation Now 34.19%, Food Inflation 40.87% In June – NBS

ADEOLA YUSUF

Headline inflation rate increased by 0.24 percentage points to 34.19 per cent in June from 33.95 per cent in May. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this today, Monday, July 15, in its Consumer Price Index for June 2024. The Bureau also said that food inflation grew to 40.87 per cent in June from 40.66 per cent in May 2024 due to increase in the prices of grain, garri, guinea corn, etc (bread and cereals class), yam, water yam, coco yam (potatoes, yam and other tubers class), among other…

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Dangote: I Don’t Own Any House Outside Nigeria, Even Where I Stay In Abuja Is Rented

ADEOLA YUSUF

Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Sunday, shocked Nigerians with the revelation that he owns no house outside the shores of Nigeria. Even in Nigeria, Dangote said he only has two houses, one in his home state of Kano and another in Lagos from where he runs his vast global business interests. Even the house he stays in Abuja, Nigeria’s political capital, is rented, he disclosed. Dangote made the disclosure on Sunday at a parley with media executives at the vast Dangote Refinery complex in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. For Dangote,…

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