By Abimbola Ogunnaike Lewis Hamilton , seven-time world champion race car driver, vowed on Thursday, 30 March 2023 that he would not leave Mercedes, saying he planned to be with the team “till my last days”. The Briton’s disappointment after the season-opening grand prix in Bahrain, where he finished a distant fifth in his under-performing W14 car, led to claims that he was set to seek a move elsewhere. Hamilton insisted that was not the case after a more competitive race in Saudi Arabia a fortnight ago. And to make it crystal clear, the 38-year-old car racer said ahead of…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Alhaji Yabagi Sani, On Thursday, 30 March, 2023 called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest those it claims are plotting an interim government. Sani stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, saying, “If they (DSS) know that the person is doing something untoward to the democracy to scuttle the process, I think the sensible or lawful thing to do is to take the person into custody and ask him questions. “Then they can come out to say so so person has been found guilty.…
In Lagos, the wheel of governance will now race on higher gears, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu pledged, Thursday, 30 March, 2023, when he received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Governor won his re-election in a landslide victory in the gubernatorial elections conducted penultimate week, polling 762,134 votes to defeat his rivals. Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, were joined by their wives, cabinet members and All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders to receive their Certificates of Return at the INEC office in Yaba. The electoral commission also presented certificates to all the 40 House…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has finally opened on the circumstances that made him to beat an alleged internet fraudster who brought police to his residence to arrest him recently. Recall that the ‘Zazoo’ crooner hit the social media headlines after he was captured in a viral video lambasting some officers who stormed his bar in the Sanga Ota area of Ogun State to arrest him. The singer resisted arrest, boasting that he was a superstar and worked for the ruling party. And consequently, the Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday gave him…
Dentsu has deepened its relationship with its clients and partners in Nigeria. During the one-day Dentsu Procurement Academy programme, clients also expressed confidence in Dentsu Nigeria. Some of the clients who spoke at the event commended the company for quality delivery, according to a press statement by dentsu Nigeria’s Corporate Communications Manager, Sodiq Oyeleke, on Thursday, 30 March, 2023. They also hailed Dentsu Nigeria for cost-effective campaigns and expressed satisfaction with the company’s result-oriented approach. Speaking at one of the sessions, dentsu Africa’s Chief Executive Officer, Dawn Rowlands, assured the clients of amazing deals that would help drive business growth.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A class teacher, Peter Jacob has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court presided over by Justce Abiola Soladoye for defiling a 9-year-old pupil with special needs. Justice Soladoye explained that the prosecution had efficiently proved the charge of defilement against the defendant. According to her, the evidence of the respective prosecution witnesses were cogent, compelling and believable. The judge held that the evidence of the defendant and the three defence witnesses (staff of the school where the defendant worked) were self-serving. “The defendant was observed to be unrepentant and…
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sent a strong warning to those planning to cause trouble in the state in the aftermath of recently concluded elections to have a change of hearts or face the full wrath of the law. Spokesman of the party in the state, Mr Seye Oladejo who gave this warning at a news briefing in Ikeja on Thursday, 30 March, 2023, said the state will not allow a repeat of the sad memory of EndSARS where public utilities, many expensive property were wilfully destroyed in the name of protest. Reacting to…
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has sought for the cooperation of Ireland on internal security. The Minister made the request when the Irish Ambassador, Peter Ryan, paid him a courtesy call on Wednesday, 29 March, 2023, in Abuja. Aregbesola told his guest that because of the Ministry’s need to strengthen internal security, he felt it necessary to establish the National Institute for Domestic Security, adding that the proposed lnstitute would be a training ground for training top notch security officers. He therefore plead for support in realizing the project, which he said is very dear to him as a…
Indonesia was stripped of hosting FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023 amid political turmoil regarding Israel’s participation. FIFA said Indonesia was removed from staging the 24-team tournament scheduled to start on May 20 “due to the current circumstances” without specifying details. The decision came after a meeting in Doha between FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, and Indonesian Soccer Federation President, Erick Thohir. It is believed by some analysts that the decision to stop Indonesia staging the tournament was taken after the country’s football federation said it had cancelled the draw because the Governor of the largely Hindu island of Bali refused…
Achraf Hakimi’s wife, Hiba Abouk has separated the Paris Saint Germain and Morocco international after he was accused of rape. The 36 year old Spanish model and Actress Hiba Abouk, has been married to accused 24 year old Moroccan international since 2020. The two met in 2018, married in 2020 and have two children together. However the rape accusation isn’t the reason for their divorce but it has fastened it. She wrote that the charges brought “shame” and that she “needed time to digest this shock.”It goes without saying that I have always been and will always be on the…