Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior has rejected the club’s no.7 shirt. The Brazil international has been reportedly offered the shirt for the 2023-24 season but the he is not interested in wearing the iconic shirt, The Brazilian wears the no.20 shirt for Los Blancos while former Belgium international, Eden Hazard is currently holding the no.7. ESPN Brazil reports that Madrid are willing to hand the no.7 jersey to Vinicius, but the World Cup star declined to follow in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul, Amancio, Raymond Kopa, Juanito and Emilio Butragueno. Vinicius joined Real Madrid in 2018 for a fee…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended their planned nationwide strike over the scarcity of naira notes. The labour union announced the development at the end of its national executive council meeting on Tuesday. The NLC had earlier disclosed that it would begin an indefinite industrial strike from Wednesday, March 29, 2023, adding that it would picket branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) across the country. Speaking on the development, Joe Ajaero, the NLC president, said the union decided to put the strike action on hold after receiving briefings from its state councils in the 36 states and the federal…

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the federal government has started a conciliatory move with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the union’s threat to embark on an industrial strike. The NLC had issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government to end the petrol and cash scarcity being experienced in the country. Following the ultimatum’s expiration, the union directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike. The strike is billed to commence on Wednesday. TheCable had reported that the minister invited the NLC leadership and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to a meeting on Monday to resolve the…

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has issued a new Executive Order to protect Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola from being chased out of the state. Aregbesola was at loggerheads with his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola, throughout the latter’s tenure, with reports claiming that the Minister backed Adeleke during the state’s gubernatorial election. Speaking at the Commissioning of Nigeria Immigration Service passport office in Ilesa, Osun state, on Tuesday, Adeleke said the Minister is free to enter the state as he wishes. He said: “I am issuing an Executive Order protecting you. Nobody can pursue you from this state. It is your state.…

Emeka Ihedioha, former Governor of Imo State, has announced his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship Primaries. The development was contained in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the party. Ihedioha, who served as governor of the state for seven months before the Supreme Court announced Hope Uzodimma as winner of the 2019 governorship election, cited interest of the party as his reason for the shocking withdrawal. According to him, “In the interest of harmony and unity of the Party, I have decided to make the personal sacrifice of withdrawing from further participation in the processes…

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service say that the fire that gutted the famous Balogun Market is under control. The Director of the Fire Service, Margaret Adeseye, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Adeseye said that the fire which was under control started from the topmost floor of a five-storey building. “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service are currently attending to a fire outbreak at the famous Balogun Market which involved the topmost floor of a five-storey building. The fire is, however, under control as mitigation…

The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu has stepped aside as the chairman of the party. Recall that a High Court in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, had restrained embattled Ayu from parading himself as chairman of the party pending the determination of the substantive suit which has been adjourned to April 17, 2023 for hearing. A member of the PDP from Benue, Terhide Utaan, who is the plaintiff before Justice W. I Kpochi, obtained the order restraining Ayu from parading himself as national chairman of the party. Addressing journalists in Makurdi after obtaining the…

The elections petition tribunal sitting in Ogun State has granted the request of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to inspect the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines and other sensitive materials used for 2023 gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in the state. The request was granted following a petition written by the NNPP and its gubernatorial candidate in the state, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, over the omission of the party’s name on the ballot papers used for the election. NNPP was omitted on the ballot papers during the elections held on 18th March across the state. Governor Dapo…

The Lagos State government has announced the reopening of the Opebi branch of Chrisland High School for physical learning ahead of the forthcoming terminal examinations. This comes a few hours after the school’s Parents Teachers Association appealed to the state government to halt the continuous closure of the school for the sake of over 500 students who are “being punished.” Recall that the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had ordered the school to be shut down to allow for a proper investigation of the cause of death of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran. Adeniran died during the school’s inter-house sports event held at the…

Arsenal winger, Bukayo Saka, is set to sign a new long-term contract with the club. According to the UK Sun, his fresh deal will see him earn four times his current salary and become the Gunners’ highest-paid player. Saka’s current contract was due to expire in the summer of 2024. However, he is now on the brink of extending his stay at the Emirates through to 2028. This season, Saka has scored 12 times in the Premier League, as Arsenal have stayed top of the Premier League all through the campaign. He currently earns a weekly wage of £70,000 per…

Lawflex, a Lagos-based law firm, has asked the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to prosecute Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, over his alleged failure to declare secret assets stashed in tax havens while he was Anambra state governor. In a petition dated March 23 and received by the CCB on the same day, Olukoya Ogungbeje, the signee, urged the bureau to commence an immediate investigation against Obi and invite him for questioning. The law firm threatened to seek a “judicial review by way of an Order of Mandamus in a court of competent jurisdiction in a bid to…

The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier-General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has commended members and leaders of the House of Representatives for rejecting yet another attempt to push through a bill to decriminalise cannabis cultivation, sale and use in Nigeria on the floor of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly on Thursday, 23rd March. Responding to the development at the weekend, the NDLEA boss said the decision by a majority of the lawmakers to reject the bill would further strengthen the gains so far made in the renewed war against drug abuse and trafficking…