Nigerian social media is awash with the news of ace singer, Davido and his wife, Chioma, welcoming a set of twin babies. A Nigerian pastor, Evangelist Gospel Agochukwu, leaked what he called a whatsapp chat between him and Davido, wherein Davido purportedly announced the birth of the twins. Agochukwu put the news on his official facebook page together with a prophecy he gave at the time that Chioma lost her first child, Ifeanyi. According to the chat, Davido told the cleric that his prophecy from last year had come true. Agochukwu stated in November last year, 2022 after the couple…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Over 200 residents of Tipper Garage area of Olomore Community in Abeokuta recently benefitted from a medical outreach organised by Akanke Foundation, a non-governmental organisation. Akanke Foundation was established five years ago in honour of the late Mrs Felicia Akanke Obasa, mother of the Chairman of Winners Golden Group, Honourable Idowu Obasa. The Foundation aims to achieve the following: to promote the virtue of motherhood and its imperatives in the modern day world; to provide free education to the less-privileged and Indigenes in the society; to put smile on the face of the less-privileged; to empower the aged widows and…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) today, Tuesday, 10 October, 2023, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to leverage shared aspirations and collaborate on diverse fronts in the delivery of sustainable development projects in the region. At a brief signing ceremony at NLNG’s Corporate Head Office, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NLNG, Dr Philip Mshelbila, and NDDC’s Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, signed the MoU in the presence of executives from both organisations. As part of the pact, the two organisations agreed to collaborate and partner to empower communities in the region,…
One of the negative tactics covertly deployed by home teams to run down the clock and win matches is the gradual reduction in the number of balls available for play when the home side is leading. The Ball Boys are instructed to hide away balls rather than keeping them to return for play when the one in use goes out. But the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has now moved to stamp out this unsporting behaviour, dangling heavy sanctions on clubs that henceforth fails to carry out a reorientation of their Ball Boys to put a stop to the practice.…
The Senate Committee on Marine Transport, under the Chairmanship of Senator Wasiu Eshilokun Sanni, commenced a five-day interactive session and oversight visits to agencies supervised by the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, and under its purview, on Monday, 9 October, 2023. The engagement exercise which will hold between Monday, 9 October and Saturday, 14 October, 2023, is aimed at ensuring that the Committee is acquainted with the workings and challenges of these agencies so as to know how to provide the necessary support required for them to function more efficiently in their service delivery. The meeting is being held…
Fackson FC have qualified for the next round of the 1XBet Cup after completing their group A games on Monday, 9 October, 2023, at the Nitel Ground, Oshodi. Playing in the DBI Conference on Match Day 5, Capital Avalanche defeated Soccer Touch 3-1 in the first game. Emma Omini opened scoring in the third minute to give Avalanche the lead. Dare Joshua scored a brace in the 9th and 46th minute to increase the tally to 3-0. Lamin Abiodun scored the consolation goal for Soccer Touch in the 56th. In the second game, Cheche Stars lost to Fackson FC 1-0.…
A teacher who was exposed for allegedly having sex with her 12-year-old student claims she is “pregnant” and is “going to raise this baby”. Alissa McCommon, 38, from Covington, Tennessee, was arrested late last month (September 2023) and charged with rape of a child after making contact with the little boy via SnapChat. The former fourth grade teacher at Charger Academy was in court on Tuesday, Oct. 3, with the hearing focusing on a series of texts and phone calls that the mum-of-two allegedly had with the victim. In one call, the teacher claimed that she was pregnant and ready…
By Ismail Omipidan He called it a World Press Conference. But it turned out to be an avenue to further defraud the world especially Nigerians over his desperate attempt to secure Nigeria’s presidency at all cost. I have read a series of commentaries and interventions over the release of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s academic records by the Chicago State University (CSU). But I deliberately waited for that of Professor Farooq Kperogi, my first news editor and one of my very few practical journalism teachers for two reasons: one, I have known him over the years to be a chronicler of…
As we commemorate the 2023 World Mental Health Day with the theme ‘Mental health is a universal human right”, I wish to urge each and everyone of us to pay more attention to our mental wellbeing as well as others. The challenges of our times have tested our resilience especially social media and societal pressure which has left many faced with emotional and psychological burdens that has taken its toll on their mental wellbeing. It is crucial that we recognize the significance of mental health and take collective action to support those who are affected in one way or the…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Monday, 9 October, 2023, inaugurated an 11-member adhoc inter-ministerial committee on the harmonisation of various demands by labour unions in the state. The Governor, while performing the inauguration at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, called on the members of the committee to be open-minded and to come up with homegrown solutions on issues bordering on workers’ welfare in the state. Governor Makinde equally tasked the committee, which is headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Olanike Adeyemo, to come up with a report on the modalities for…