By Abimbola Ogunnaike World Cup winner and Argentinian team captain, Lionel Messi, has been nominated in three categories for the ESPY 2023 award. The prize is given by popular American broadcast TV station, ABC. The former Barcelona and PSG star player has enjoyed a stellar campaign in recent times Messi lifted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, scoring seven goals and registering three assists. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner also scored twice in the final against France at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. His performance has gotten him a nomination in the ESPY Best Championship Performance category. Other candidates in the category…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike A stunning new revelation is now in the public domain that Neymar and his partner Bruna Biancardi agreed on three conditions that allow the Paris Saint-Germain forward to cheat. According to Em Off, via The Daily Mail, three conditions are in place for the PSG forward to cheat. These conditions are: wearing a condom, keeping it discreet, and not kissing the other participant on the mouth. The Brazilian outlet claims that the Brazil International is allowed to flirt and have sex with other women. This is despite his commitment to Bruna Biancardi, who he has been dating…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Iran state run media on Wednesday, 21 June, 2023, reported that no fewer than 15 individuals have lost their lives due to alcohol poisoning from consuming illicit alcohol, just as the number of such fatalities is on the rise throughout the country. The highest judicial official in the nation also disclosed that approximately 180 people are currently undergoing treatment in hospitals for poisoning-related issues.“So far, 15 people have died and 180 people have been poisoned and hospitalised,” the chief justice of Alborz province, Hossein Fazeli Harikandi, where the poisonings took place, told state news agency IRNA.Most of those…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The United States of America (USA) regulators have, for the first time, approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab- grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves. The Agriculture Department gave the green light to Upside Foods and Good Meat, firms that had been racing to be the first in the United States (U.S.) to sell meat that doesn’t come from slaughtered animals — what’s now being referred to as ‘cell-cultivated’ or ‘cultured’ meat as it emerges from the laboratory and arrives on dinner plates.The…
By Abdulwaarees Solanke We live in a world of uncertainties and depression. Yet we desire good life. However the good life assumed to be a bed of roses is almost not attainable by 90 percent of mankind or more because what many consider the good life is deceptive, a mirage it is. This life in its entirety is a life of trial, of boasting and mutual rivalry and competition. It’s the rat race for the mindless, the stupid, the ignorant, the negligent, the rebellious. The good life, the real life, the ideal life or the perfect life is not a…
MTN notes the recent media reports regarding the IHS annual general meeting, held on 7 June 2023 (AGM). MTN, through its subsidiary Mobile Telephone Networks (Netherlands) B.V., holds approximately 85.2 million (26%) of IHS’ shares (IHS Shares). MTN has held the IHS Shares since prior to IHS’ initial public offer (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange in October 2021, with the Group’s voting rights being capped at 20%. MTN has been engaged in discussions with IHS regarding corporate governance matters since prior to its IPO. These discussions included the provisions of the shareholders’ agreement that was in place between…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja,on Wednesday, 21 June, 2023, has reinstated Mahadi Aliyu Gusau as the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State. Gusau and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) filed the action over the moves that eventually led to his impeachment in February 2022 by the Zamfara State House of Assembly. In the judgment, Justice Inyang held that the indictment by the judicial panel constituted by former Governor Bello Matawalle and his impeachment were done in disregard to the matter before the court, which amounted to self-help and taking the law into their hands. “An order…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Workers of the Ondo State Government-owned Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) in Okitipupa on Wednesday, 21 June, 2023, staged a protest over sacked of 30 workers of the institution. Aggrieved workers of the university, formerly known as Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), vent their anger over the alleged dismissal of their colleagues. The protesting workers shut down the institution’s main gate, paralysing both academic and business activities for several hours in the school. The protest prevented both vehicular and human movements into the university as the workers accused the governing council…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The ongoing Kano City Urban Water Project has received a financial boost of US$75 million from the French Development Agency (AFD), thegazellenews.com reports According to a statement by the French Embassy in Nigeria, this is to support the state improve water production, distribution, and revenue generation within Greater Kano. According to the statement, accompanied by the new Managing Director of the Kano State Water Board, Garba Ahmed Bichi, and the Country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Nigeria, Mr Xavier Muron, the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Emmanuelle Blatmann, visited some key infrastructures of the AFD-supported urban…
Federal Government and World Bank teams on Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) have applauded Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his administration’s reforms and commitments in improving learning outcomes for children in the state. AGILE is a World Bank-assisted Project of the Federal Government. Kwara has qualified to be enrolled into the programme that seeks better girl child education, especially in senior secondary school. “Your Excellency, we know the story of Kwara State. We have seen the performance of Kwara State in education quality assurance. You have been a pace setter. Also, in the monitoring of learning achievements of…