In a significant move to enhance digital infrastructure in Enugu State, Nigeria, executives from Galaxy Backbone Limited, led by Hon. Olusegun Olulade, Executive Director, Customer Centricity and Marketing, paid a partnership visit to the state government. The delegation was warmly received by Governor Peter Mbah, at the Governor’s Office in Lion Building, Enugu. Galaxy Backbone Limited, a premier ICT services provider in Nigeria, aims to foster connectivity and digital transformation across various sectors within the state. The collaboration encompasses several critical areas, including the provision of connectivity in all 265 Smart Schools across 260 wards, 160 primary health centers, the…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
English Premier Club, Manchester United on Thursday, 4 July, 2024 announced the club manager, Erik ten Hag, has signed a contract extension that keeps him at Old Trafford club until 2026. Before this latest development, there had been intense speculation over the former Ajax manager’s future after a poor 2023/24 Premier League campaign but he guided the club to FA Cup success against Manchester City. It was widely leaked in the British media last month that after a review by the club’s new part-owner, British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, Ten Hag would be staying at the club. “Erik ten Hag has…
Suspected cultists on Wednesday, 3 July, 2024 killed Ahmed Ayinla, a final year student of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State. It was gathered that the sad development occurred around 3 pm on Wednesday, just as the exam was about to commence, was a renewed cult clash between the Eiye and Aiye cult group. Fabiyi, a student of History and Diplomatic Studies Department, who was seated for his final paper, was dragged out of the examination hall by the cult group. The gang disguised themselves as friends who came to surprise Fabiyi for his birthday, and “carried”…
Famous American rapper, Cardi B, has been dragged before the court of law by two singers from Texas and Oklahoma for allegedly using their song in her track “Enough (Miami)” without their permission. Recall that Cardi B scored top 10 hits with the release of “Enough (Miami)” in March. According to the lawsuit documents obtained by TMZ, Miguel Aguilar, known as Kemika 1956, and Joshua Fraustro, also known as Sten Joddi, alleged that Cardi B and her producers used elements of their 2021 song “Greasy Frybread” in her track. The plaintiffs claimed that their song was also featured as a…
The Federal Government on Thursday, 4 July, 2024 commenced the reconstruction and expansion of the Sango, Ota/Idiroko Expressway in Ogun State, The Punch online reports. Several buildings marked for demolition are currently being pulled down to pave the way for the expansion of the deplorable 64-kilometre Ota-Idiroko Road. A source living in the area told our correspondent in a WhatsApp chat that landlords and tenants whose buildings were marked for demolition were helpless when the demolition started. “That is what is happening now at Oju-ore, Ota towards the border. Most buildings are going down from the Oju-Ore to Owode-Atan to…
Niger’s army said Thursday, 4 July, 2024 confirmed that it had killed more than 100 “terrorists” during air and ground operations in response to a deadly attack against soldiers near the Burkina Faso border. The army said a coalition of armed groups killed 20 troops and one civilian in the region of Tera in jihadist-plagued western Niger on June 25. “More than 100 terrorists have been killed since,” the army said in its latest bulletin, adding its operations were ongoing, just as also added that it had killed around 30 “terrorists” in the region the day after the Tera attack and…
Famous Nigerian music sensation, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly addressed as Wizkid, has paid tributes to his late mother, Morayo, on her first posthumous birthday. Taking to social media on Thursday, 4 July, 2024 Wizkid celebrated her life, highlighting how much he missed her. “Happy birthday, love of my life! I miss you every day. The first one without you here feels unreal. Nothing makes sense without you, Mama! Life is empty without you,” Whizkid wrote “Continue to watch over us! My heart is broken forever! love you love love you, Morayo mi. Your smile is a memory I will never forget.…
Ahead of the Under 19 youth league which is scheduled to run from Saturday, 13 July to Saturday, 27 July, 2024, the Nationwide League One has approved 14 venues for the football event. The Stadia are the Legacy Pitch/Maracas Stadium in Lagos; FC Ebedei Stadium, Sagamu; Kayode Oluyemi Stadium, Ado-Ekiti; Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa; Ginger Sam Stadium, Umuahia; Awka City Stadium, Awka; and Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano. Others are: Pantami Stadium, Gombe; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi; Bwari Stadium, Abuja; Lafia City Stadium, Lafia; Giginya Memorial Stadium, Sokoto; Bako Kontagora Stadium, Niger; and Karkanda Stadium, Katsina. Over 200 teams will…
African Football ruling body, Confederation of African Football (CAF) unveiled on Thursday, 4 July, 2024 pitched Nigeria with Benin, Libya and Rwanda in Group D of the qualifiers for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON qualifiers) in Morocco. The draw for the qualifiers took place in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 2025 AFCON will be played from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026 following the decision of the football governing body to adjust the schedule of the tournament for the congested FIFA calendar. It will be the first time in Nations Cup history that the tournament will kick off…
The European Union (EU) has offered postgraduate scholarships to 142 young Nigerians in top European universities in the 2024-25 academic session, under its flagship educational programme, Erasmus+. Nigeria with this number, retains its number one spot among beneficiaries of the EU postgraduate scholarships in Africa for the 6th year, as well as a place among the top five recipient countries globally. At a pre-departure orientation organised for the scholarship awardees in Abuja on Thursday, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, underlined the significance of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) programme, now in its 20th…