Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi insists the players are aiming for victories in their final two Premier League games. Even after the crucial, morale-boosting win at Brighton six days earlier, Sean Dyche’s side’s defeat at home to champions-elect Manchester City was not predicted, and it has not changed the equation. One win could be enough to keep them in the Premier League for another 70 years, but beating Wolves away and Bournemouth at Goodison Park would almost likely do it. Also Read: Barcelona win 27th La Liga title since Messi Exist A year ago the Toffees safeguarded their future in their…
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The governors of North Central have rejected the ruling All Progressive Congress’s zoning of the 10th Assembly leadership. The governors have also agreed to meet with President-elect Bola Tinubu and party chairman Abdullahi Adamu. The APC announced Senator Godswill Akpabio as Senate President and Senator Jibrin Baraus as Deputy Senate President, while Honourable Tajudeen Abas was named as Speaker aspirant and Benjamin Kalu as Deputy Speaker. The governors, on the other hand, reached this decision after meeting with contenders for NASS Presiding Offices from the Zone on Monday at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Also…
By Azuka Onwuka The video of the verbal and physical assault of a police officer by Seun Kuti, Afrobeat musician and son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was not just embarrassing but shameful. It captures, in moving pictures, the level of impunity that pervades Nigeria, which has made it almost impossible for the country to progress. The video, which was shot on the Third Mainland Bridge of Lagos, showed Seun angrily shouting at a policeman, pushing and slapping him. The policeman showed exemplary calmness, refusing to exchange words or attacks with Seun. Seun refused to be restrained by a woman who…
Gov Matawalle to Buhari: Don’t Let Emefiele Leave Country Before Tinubu’s Inauguratio Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to leave the country before the May 29 inauguration of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Emefiele had been rumoured to have secured the approval of the President to embark on a study leave which many suspect is a ploy to escape the scrutiny of the incoming administration. Governor Matawalle in a statement on Monday accused Emefiele of seeking to derail the ongoing transition instead of waiting…
Nigerian sensational chef, Hilda Baci is on a quest to break the Guinness Book of Records for the Longest Time for Cooking, after extending her initial record time of 97 hours to 100 hours. Hilda Baci who was initially scheduled to stop at 3 pm Nigerian Time has now been rescheduled to stop at 8 pm. Her initial bid to break the record and now extend the record has also galvanised a lot of support on Social Media and among the elite in Nigeria with President Muhammadu Buhari, President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, Lagos…
For the fourth consecutive month, Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 22.22 percent in April. Compared to March, this is greater than the 22.04 percent reported. This is in accordance with the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) Commodity Price Index report, which was released on Monday. The April 2023 inflation rate showed an increase of 0.18 percentage points when compared to March 2023 headline inflation rate. Similarly, on a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 5.40 percentage points higher compared to the rate recorded in April 2022, which was 16.82 per cent.
Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, who surpassed the current Guinness World Record holder for cooking marathon, has been verified on Instagram. Checks on her Instagram page on Monday showed that she now has the blue tick. With her record-breaking feat, she’s poised to break the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual” after hitting the 87 hours 50 minutes mark. The restaurateur began the competition on Thursday after she turned on her cooker at 4pm and surpassed the current world record holder on Monday morning. If certified by the Guinness…
Every Nigerian knows that we have an electricity problem in the country. It has been a recurrent sound bite in our development discourse in post-independence Nigeria. This challenge is generational and has defied all attempts to solve it in the past. And Nigerians are gleefully looking to the incoming administration to end the search for the solution to this hydra-headed problem and terminate Nigeria’s electricity conundrum. Whether this administration will succeed where others have failed in unravelling the electricity conundrum depends on its careful study and understanding of the problem. It will entail an in-depth review of all…
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the state will support Senators Godwill Akpabio (APC, Akwa Ibom) and Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano) to emerge as Senate President and Deputy Senate President of the 10th Senate as approved by the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sanwo-Olu who disclosed this when Akpabio led some senators-elect on a courtesy visit to him in Lagos, said that the former Akwa Ibom State governor possessed the qualities to lead the National Assembly. “The 10th Assembly when it is inaugurated should be about purposeful and meaningful service. It is about…
No fewer than fifteen persons have been reportedly killed after a clash between Tarkalafia and Kwaja communities of Karu local government area of Nasarawa State. The State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement released by the Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel. He stated that the clash broke out after an 18 year Fulani boy was attacked by unknown persons on his way to one of the affected villages which resulted in his death. He added that police personnel have been deployed to the area as well investigation launched to unravel the perpetrators with a promise to bring…
More trouble appears to be on the way for Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti, as a new video of him bragging about slapping several police officers has surfaced. Although the actual time of this video is unknown, Seun can be heard in the video indicating that his action was motivated by understanding who he is. “Some of una police go slap una, una go come Instagram to explain. You know how many police I don tear slap?” he asked in pidgin. Also Read: Finally, Seun Kuti Surrenders To Police, to face Trial “They say because you be Fela pikin’. You no…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over a special meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the State House in Abuja. The unprecedented meeting on Monday would allow President Muhammadu Buhari to evaluate all pending memoranda from Ministries, Departments, and Agencies before the regime comes to an end in exactly two weeks. The marathon meeting, which started about 11:00 a.m., is expected to go through at least 37 memos. Sources told our correspondent that more special FEC meetings will be held within the remaining two weeks of the regime. Present are the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss…