Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Jude Bellingham continued his brilliant start to the season with another goal to help Real Madrid claim a narrow Champions League win at Braga. After Rodrygo’s first-half opener, Bellingham found the bottom corner in the 61st-minute with a fine, curling finish. The England midfielder now has 12 goals in 15 matches for club and country this season. Alvaro Djalo pulled a goal back for Braga but Real held on in Group C. Vinicius Junior thought he had added a third late on for the visitors, but his strike was ruled out for offside. Rodrygo also had a first-half effort disallowed…

Manager Marco Silva has signed a new deal with Fulham that will keep him at the club until the end of the 2025-26 season. Silva was appointed head coach in July 2021 and his existing contract would have run out at the end of the season. The 46-year-old Portuguese guided Fulham to 10th place last season on their return to the Premier League – their first top-half finish since 2012. The west London club sit 13th in the Premier League after nine games. “I’m really pleased to sign a new contract as it was something we had been discussing for…

The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, says Nigeria is now a top destination for tech startups. He disclosed this on Tuesday in his opening statement at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Digital Nigeria International Conference in Abuja. In his remark at the two-day event scheduled for 24-26 October, Tijanni stressed that Nigeria has become Africa’s top destination for technology startups. He lauded the efforts put underground by trailblazers such as NITDA, Galaxy Backbone and other innovative companies in the country that have set the baseline for technology development. According to him, of the $5 million…

The Kremlin has officially denied an internet report which claimed President Vladimir Putin suffered a heart attack. “There is nothing wrong with him. As usual, this is a hoax,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, according to local media reports. Earlier, a widely read Russian Telegram blog had claimed that Putin had suffered a heart attack in the past weekend and had been resuscitated by doctors. The Kremlin felt compelled to issue a denial even though the story lacked credibility. Peskov spoke of “false Western media reports.” The health of the 71-year-old Russian president has often been the cause of speculation, but there…

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a quick and immediate implementation of the recommendations made by the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform Committee across ministries, agencies, and departments of the federal government. The President gave the order on Tuesday, October 24, after receiving the report on the quick-win achievements of the committee from its chairman, Taiwo Oyedele, at the State House, Abuja. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, told newsmen in Abuja that Tinubu also directed his Adviser on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, to liaise with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Oyedele to…

Southwest Governors have paid a courtesy visit on ailing Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu who has been recuperating in his Ibadan residence, Oyo State, since he returned to Nigeria from abroad where he had gone for medical treatment. While Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State was absent, the visiting governors are Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and Abiodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State who were hosted on Tuesday by Governor Makinde of Oyo State in his office at Agodi, Ibadan. After a private meeting at the Governor’s Office, they proceeded to the residence of Governor Akeredolu…

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has called for caution on the use of social media by Nigerians. He noted that, like every human creation, the innovation has its inherent dangers, which could be very toxic and perilous. The Commissioner made the call in his address titled: ‘Social Media: Hope or Hubris’, delivered at the Social Media Hangout 4.0 in Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja on Saturday. He explained that social media is a creation of science designed to give comfort but has inadvertently become an agent of discomfort due to non-regulation and abuse. Omotoso said,…

Ange Postecoglou has set a new record for the most points earned by a manager in their first nine Premier League matches (23) after his Tottenham Hotspur team won 2-0 against Fulham on Monday night. The Spurs boss’ tally surpassed the previous record of 22 points jointly held by Mike Walker and Guus Hiddink from their first nine matches in charge of Norwich City (1992-93 season) and Chelsea (2008-09 season), respectively. Goals from Son Heung-Min and James Maddison at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium were enough to earn Spurs a comfortable victory over Fulham and send Postecoglou’s team two points clear at the top of the Premier League table. Asked how proud he was of…

Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the application for a $3.45bn loan to finance five items. They include projects in the power sector, renewable energy, states’ resource mobilisation programme, adolescent girls’ initiative for learning and empowerment and a women’s empowerment project. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, told State House Correspondents that the FG would proceed to receive the $3.5bn “zero-interest” loan payable within 40 years with a 10-year moratorium, meaning payments would begin from 2033. Edun explained, “Today at the Federal Executive Council, I presented five memos which were gracefully approved by the…

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has said for development to occur in any society, the people must have access to proper health care to stay fit and healthy to operate. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at the flag-off ceremony of the NYSC Special Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD), he said it was unfortunate that most people in the rural areas lacked access to proper health care. Represented by the Director, Ventures Department of the scheme, Prince Mohammed Momoh, he said the health initiative was brought to the doorstep of the people so that they…

Ondo State house of assembly has kickstarted a fresh process to Impeach the Deputy Governor of the state Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Recall that the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, had constituted a high-powered panel to resolve issues between Aiyedatiwa, the State Assembly, and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. But in a letter signed by the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, the House said the impeachment process resumed after the expiration of the ex parte order of the Federal High Court. The letter bears the title, ‘Request to constitute a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct against the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, following…

Legislative workers under the aegis of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have resolved to shut down the National and State Assemblies across the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday. According to them, their decision to embark on a nationwide strike is because the government has refused to meet its financial autonomy demands. The development was contained in separate letters sent to the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum; Chairman, Forum of Speakers and the Department of State Services (DSS), and signed by acting Secretary General of PASAN, Agugbue Ugochi Happiness. It would be recalled the group had earlier issued…