…admonish them on astute governance deliverables The immediate past Chairman of People’s Democratic Party in Osun State, Dr. Akindele Adekunle has congratulated all the newly sworn-in commissioners under the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke and the just appointed Chairmen and Vice-chairman of Non Statutory Board’s in Osun This was contained in his congratulatory message obtained…
Manchester United on Thursday announced that midfielder, Bruno Fernandes, has been named as the new captain of the club. Fernandes wore the armband in the prolonged absence of Harry Maguire last season, and Maguire revealed at the weekend that he has been stripped of the captaincy. United made this known in a statement posted on…
Mohammed Aminu, the police officer who was assaulted by Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti, has been promoted. In May, Kuti was seen in a viral video assaulting the police officer, who, despite the provocation, did nothing in response. Kuti was later detained and arraigned for assault, for which he claimed not guilty and was granted bail….
World record holder, Tobi Amusan, recorded her second consecutive victory in three days after winning the women’s 100m hurdles at the Gyulai István Memorial in Hungary with a time of 12.35secs to beat America’s Nia Ali in second with a time of 12.41secs. Alaysha Johnson and Tia Jones of the USA were third and fourth…
There was a mild drama at the popular Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, on Friday, following the strange discovery of a human private part by a hungry customer, who patronised a food vendor inside the market. The shocking sight of the human part in her plate of soup, at GBO Plaza, in the market, resulted…
The Nigerian Government on Wednesday, July 19, received a total of $9,261,920 from the Canadian Government to support the scale-up of COVID-19 vaccine service among high-priority risk groups. The High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria, Jamie Christoff who spoke at the launch of the Canada Global Initiative for Vaccine grant in Abuja, noted that while…
A young lady whose name has been given as Miss Chinyere Awuda was last weekend beaten to death by fun seekers in a club, inside Cosmila Hotel in Awka, Anambra State. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the lady who hails from Nnobi, in Idemmili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was found dead in the…
Guinness World Records has publicly disassociated itself from a Nigerian man who went partially blind for attempting to break a record for the longest crying Marathon by an individual. Tembu Ebere attempted to break a Guinness World Record for crying without a pause for seven days. In an interview with BBC on Sunday, Ebere claimed…
The naira appreciated against the United States dollar on the Investor & Exporter forex window on Wednesday, July 19, closing at 793.70/$. According to figures obtained from the FMDQ, the trading, which commenced at 778.07/$ on Wednesday reached a high of 853/$ before closing at 793.70/$. The trading also recorded a turnover of $87.19m as…
A gunman, Matu Tangi Matua Reid, 24, killed two and injured five people in downtown Auckland a few hours before the Women’s Soccer World Cup began in New Zealand. Reid opened fire with a pump-action shotgun at construction workers and cops inside the building before he was shot dead in a 40-minute rampage at a…
