Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has unanimously appointed Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, as the acting South West chairman of the union. The union leadership appointed Akinsanya as the acting chairman of South West on Thursday during the Zonal Conference held at Zone 2 Council Secretariat in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The leadership of the union announced Akinsanya as acting chairman of the zone pending the time when the election would be held later this month. The union pleaded with Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and…

Nigeria’s table tennis legend and African champion Aruna Quadri has joined the bandwagon of sportspeople to move to Saudi Arabia, as he has joined Saudi club Al-Khaleej. Veteran player Quadri was last attached to Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg in Russia, having joined the club in January. He has, however, chosen to leave shortly after defending his senior African title at the ITTF Africa Cup against Egyptian star Ahmed Saleh. The 35-year-old, who has fallen to 16th place in the world rankings, joins Al-Khaleej, where he will hope to feature prominently over the next two years. This adds Saudi Arabia to his impressive CV that…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, stated his government’s firm decision to abstain from borrowing funds from any financial institution to fuel the state’s development. Speaking at the inaugural edition of “Ipade Imole,” a quarterly interactive public engagement forum held in Osogbo on Thursday, October 05, 2023, Governor Adeleke confidently outlined his innovative strategies for generating internal revenue. Governor Adeleke disclosed his administration’s commitment to utilising the ₦2 billion palliative fund from the federal government for pivotal projects. These initiatives include renovating existing infrastructure and procuring additional buses to enhance affordable transportation. Additionally, health facilities across the state will undergo significant rehabilitation.…

Goalkeeper Sergio Romero was the hero for Boca Juniors in their Copa Libertadores semi-final penalty shootout victory over Palmeiras. Edinson Cavani gave Argentine club Boca a first-half lead but, after defender Marcos Rojo was sent off, Joaquin Piquerez equalised in Sao Paulo. Romero, formerly of Manchester United, produced two saves in the shootout as Boca prevailed 4-2. They will face Brazilian club Fluminense in the final on 4 November. Boca have now won three successive penalty shootouts to reach the final, beating compatriots Racing Club and Uruguayan outfit Nacional in the two previous rounds. “I’m 36 years old – an…

Choir members of the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Oke Igan, Akure, Ondo state, abducted a week ago, have regained their freedom. A huge amount of money was paid by the church and families of the victims as ransom, according to a reliable church member. Recall that their abductors had demanded N50 million ransom for the release of the remaining 17 victims after eight of the 25 abducted narrowly escaped from the kidnappers’ den last week Saturday. The choir members of the church were abducted along Ifon-Benin road on their way to a funeral ceremony. A church member told newsmen in…

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has said that members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) captured in the expanded National Social Register of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Scheme will start receiving N25,000 grants from November. Edu, according to a statement by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Rasheed Olanrewaju Zubair, disclosed this on Thursday when she visited the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) led by its president, Joe Ajaero, in Abuja. She explained that the decision to include vulnerable pensioners in the CCT scheme was President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s…

The Lagos State government will be doing the groundbreaking of the proposed $100 million African Film City before the end of this month. The project, which will be sited in Epe, is intended to enhance originality in content creation in Nollywood – Nigeria’s film industry. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made the announcement on Thursday, at the 12th African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) press briefing held at the Lagos House in Marina. Recall that the state government in October last year, announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Del-York Group for the construction of the project. Sanwo-Olu…

Ogun State government has lifted the curfew imposed on Sagamu town, following deadly clashes between rival cult groups last month. According to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, the improved security situation across the troubled town informed the decision to lift the curfew. The SSG said normalcy has returned to the town while security agents continue with investigations into the remote and immediate causes of the cult clashes, adding that Governor Dapo Abiodun is committed to ridding the state of all forms of violence. Talabi urged the people of Sagamu to go about…

John McGinn’s header in stoppage time ended Zrinjski Mostar’s resistance and earned Aston Villa their first win in the Europa Conference League. It looked set to be another disappointing night for Villa in the Conference League, having lost 3-2 at Legia Warsaw in their opening game. However, captain McGinn met Matty Cash’s cross in the fourth added minute to deliver the win. The win was no less than Villa deserved and is their first at home in the group stage of a European competition since they beat Ajax 2-1 in the Uefa Cup in October 2008. Villa had plenty of…

Ryan Gravenberch scored his first goal for Liverpool as they beat Union Saint-Gilloise in the Europa League. Summer signing Gravenberch struck just before half-time, slotting in after Trent Alexander-Arnold’s shot was parried by Anthony Moris. That goal provided the spark in an otherwise dull first half of few chances at Anfield. Darwin Nunez missed a big opportunity when he prodded wide from Mohamed Salah’s cross, while Gustaf Nilsson headed over from close range for the visitors. The excellent Gravenberch was denied a second just after the hour when his dipping effort was pushed behind by Moris. The visitors applied a…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said 112,351 passport booklets are yet to be collected by applicants as of 5th October 2023. The acting Comptroller General (CG) of the NIS, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola, disclosed this during a press conference at the Service headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. The NIS said it had cleared all the 204,332 passport application backlogs after the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s two-week deadline to the Service. While disclosing that 91,981 passport booklets have been collected so far, the acting CG said there were 112,351 others not yet collected. She therefore called on applicants to go…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is collaborating with the Department of State Services (DSS) on the University of Calabar (UNICAL) sex scandal. Dr Peter Afunanya, the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications of the DSS, revealed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the collaboration was on the sex scandal involving a professor and the erstwhile Dean of Faculty of Law of the Institution. Afunanya said the professor had refused to honour several invitations by the ICPC before his eventual arrest on Oct. 4 in Calabar following a Court Order. “The…