Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Ex-Chelsea winger Eden Hazard has announced his retirement from football after leaving Real Madrid at the end of last season at the age of 32. The Belgian left Real Madrid at the end of the 2022/23 season and did not join a new club over the summer. He has now taken to social media to announce his retirement from playing, bringing the curtain down on a 16-year playing career. Taking to social media on Tuesday, Hazard said: “You must listen to yourself and say stop at the right time. “After 16 years and more than 700 matches played, I have decided to…

The Government of Lagos State has suspended its planned mass burial of the 103 corpses recovered in the wake of the October 2020 #EndSARS protest. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso disclosed this to the newspaper on Monday, October 9, 2023. He said the planned mass burial was suspended because of the controversy that trailed the announcement of the plan in July. According to Omotoso, the state government was planning to carry out the mass burial soon “but because of the controversies around that time, it was suspended. People now have the time and ample opportunity to see if…

Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has offered a permanent and pensionable appointment to a casual worker at the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, Dayyabu Haladu, who returned missing $16,000 during the last Hajj operation in Saudi Arabia. This is contained in a statement by his Press Secretary, Malam Bature Dawakin Tofa in Kano on Tuesday. Gov. Yusuf also offered him a gift of ₦1 million and automatic slot for the forthcoming Hajj. The governor disclosed this while receiving the report of the board for the 2023 Hajj. He expressed appreciation to the casual worker for displaying self contentment. He said such character…

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it has commenced the process of home delivery of passport applications and it could begin enforcement next year.  Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said this on Monday in Lagos while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2023 University of Lagos International Week. According to him, Nigerians will soon begin to experience the “sweetness” of the passport application as the ministry has started the automation of the process. “We have commenced the automation of our end-to-end passport application process, and we have given a timeline from which Nigerians will begin to experience the ‘sweet…

The Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, has announced that Nigeria will begin exporting petroleum products to other countries in 2024. Kyari stated this on Monday at the opening of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) Energy and Labour Summit 2023 with the theme, “Petroleum Downstream Deregulation and Gas Utilisation” which took place in Abuja. He, however, explained that for this to happen, the country must focus on achieving gas as a transportation fuel. Kyari insisted that the only sustainable source of energy for Nigeria is to build the country’s …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has disqualified the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election, Timipre Sylva. Justice Donatus Okorowo ruled that Chief Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa would breach the 1999 constitution as amended if allowed to contest again. This was sequel to the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/821/2023 filed on June 13, 2023 by Deme Kolomo, a member of the APC seeking disqualification of Sylvia, who was Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in the administration of Muhammadu Buhari. The judge also…

Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike has flayed the report of the European Union Election Observation Mission EU-EOM to the 2023 general election in Nigeria, describing it as an inaccurate reflection of what transpired. According to him, the report did not give the true position of the last election, especially as it concerned his state, Rivers. The minister expressed his dissatisfaction on Monday in Abuja when he received in audience, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi. He said the EU was supposed to serve as an impartial observer during the polls and not to present an inaccurate report of…

Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, on Monday, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu has not reinstated fuel subsidy. This is despite the confirmation of oil marketers that the federal government has restored subsidy for premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. Tinubu had announced the removal of fuel subsidy on his first day in office, leading to increase in fuel price from N197 to between N480 and N570, the pump price was subsequently reviewed upward to N620. However, there were reports that the price would go up as…

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has denied rumours making the rounds that he died on Monday. The death rumour is currently trending on all social media platforms. But his Personal Media Aide, Adeyeye E. Ajayi said in a terse statement on Monday night that the former military leader is not dead. According to the Ajayi, Gowon said “I am still around and well. I am not in a hurry”. Also reacting to the rumours, the Delta State Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), during the 2023 election, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi who is said to have close…

Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka has been ruled out of England’s games against Australia and Italy because of injury. Saka missed his side’s 1-0 Premier League win over champions Manchester City on Sunday with a hamstring injury. The FA confirmed he has withdrawn after being assessed by England’s medical team and would not be replaced in the squad, which now has 25 players. England face Australia on 13 October, before taking on Italy in a European Championship qualifier four days later. “No, he will not make it,” said Gunners boss Arteta after Sunday’s game. “He has not trained for a single session.”…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has warned organisations in the manufacturing sector against compromising the standard of products being churned out to Nigerians for consumption. In a bid to rid the country of substandard products across all sectors, SON noted that the warning was inevitable, assuring that it would ensure mandatory compliance for the purpose of safeguarding the lives, and health of Nigerians. Dr Ayuba Samuel, the head of Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP), gave the warning in Abuja while presenting the MANCAP certificates to NASENI Solar Energy Limited and 30 other companies in the country. MANCAP, a regulation…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new aides in his media unit. Ajuri Ngelale, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement on Monday. The new appointees are: (1) Mr. Fela Durotoye (Senior Special Assistant to the President — National Values & Social Justice) (2) Mr. Fredrick Nwabufo (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Public Engagement) (3) Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Strategic Communications) (4) Mr. Aliyu Audu (Special Assistant to the President — Public Affairs) (5) Mr. Francis Adah Abah (Personal Assistant to…