Eleven-year-old Abigael Ogunbowale on Saturday stole the show at the maiden edition of Ijebu Heritage Half-Marathon as she braved the odds to finish the 21km race at the Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu-Ode in Ogun. The young runner, a registered runner for the half-marathon, completed the race to prove doubters wrong about her resilience. The young Ogunbowale was however instantly rewarded with N250,000 cash by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rite Foods, Saleem Adegbuwa who was one of the race’s co-sponsors. Adegbuwa praised the courage of adding that she was a beauty to behold as the curtain closed on…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun says no fewer than 14 people lost their lives in an accident that occurred on Ipetu-Ijesa – Ilesa Highway on Saturday evening. The Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, made this known in a statement issued by Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, the command’s Spokesperson, which was made available to newsmen on Sunday morning in Osogbo. Okpe explained that the accident occurred at 5:40 p.m. at the powerline area, killing four males, four females and six children. He said the children were two females and four males, adding that a total of 14 people died in…
A corps member in Lagos State, Miss Oyinkansola Oneuchekwa, says passion to save women from suffering cervical and breast cancer informed her Community Development Service (CDS) project. Oyinkansola, also known as KKC, with Lagos state code: LA 20B/0310, made the disclosure at a one-day free cervical and breast cancer screening at Surulere Local Government, on Saturday. “The aim of this initiative is to provide free cervical and breast cancer screening as well as welfare packages, such as food items, to 300 women. “Precisely 10 years ago, my own mum was diagnosed with cervical cancer in a similar programme. I thank God…
The Central Bank on Nigeria, CBN, has given reasons for the restriction of sugar importation into Nigeria Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, BUA Sugar Refinery Ltd and Golden Sugar Company. The apex bank’s restriction was disclosed in a circular with reference number TED/FEM/PUB/FPC/01/006, issued by the bank’s Director, Trade and Exchange Department, Dr Ozoemena Nnaji on Friday. According to CBN, the restriction is because of the companies’ notable contribution to the backward integration programme introduced by the federal government. “The federal government of Nigeria, under the National Sugar Development Council, established the Nigerian Sugar Master Plan to encourage and incentivise sugar…
Gunmen on Friday, attacked 12 villages killing 42 persons in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna state. The president of Atyap Community Development Association, ACDA, Mr Samuel Achie disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday. According to him, the bandits stormed the communities, setting houses on fire and injuring at least eight people. Achie claimed that the bandits burnt down a total of 338 houses, and injured eight persons. “In all the attacks in the 12 different villages as at today, a total of 42 people have been killed and 338 houses burnt with eight people wounded.…
Glory Ogbonna, Super Falcons player and captain of Edo Queens FC, has described her move to Umea IK FF of Sweden as a dream come true. Ogbonna, who signed for the Swedish Club side last week, said that it had always been her dream and that of her father to ply her trade abroad. Speaking in an interview, the defender recalled how she had been working on the move abroad, saying that she was happy the deal finally came through. The versatile defender, who said she could play in any of the positions at the back line, described her move…
President Joe Biden said on Friday that social media misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccinations is “killing people” and the White House said Facebook needs to clean up its act. “They’re killing people. The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people,” Biden told reporters at the White House, as he left for a weekend at the presidential retreat in Camp David. The White House is turning up the pressure on social media companies to weed out what officials say is widely spread misinformation on coronavirus vaccinations. According to US health officials, a current spike in Covid-19…
Sudan’s Finance Minister, Jibril Ibrahim announced late on Friday that his country had received relief from its $14.1 billion debts to Paris Club. “Sudan’s remaining debts, which stand at $9.5 billion, have been rescheduled until reaching the completion point in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. “This is with the suspension of debt service payments during this period,’’ said Ibrahim in a statement. He pledged seeking similar or better results with creditor countries outside the Paris Club. Sudan is seeking exemption of its foreign debts, which exceeds $56 billion owed to international financial institutions and other creditors. Xinhua
Fellow Nigerians, let me make a quick confession. If you had asked me some ten years ago about the issue of zoning in Nigerian politics, I would have told you pronto that it is not necessary. The reason was simple and straightforward. I didn’t care where the Presidents and others came from as long as they are visionary, competent, fair to all, and so on. Sadly, even at that, Nigerians don’t really expect too much from their leaders. They just want most Nigerians to be provided with the basic necessities of life at a cost affordable to even the poorest…
The political elites of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have chosen to regress to the stone age in matters of election at a time that Nigeria is relentlessly digitalizing in every other sphere. Banking is now almost entirely digitized, POS vendors have become ever-present fixtures in even the remotest Nigerian village, e-commerce is now mainstream, national standardized tests such as the UTME are now wholly electronic, and the Communication and Digital Economy Ministry insists that every phone in the country should be linked to citizens’ National Identification Number. Yet, regressive rubes in APC say while electronic voting is safe…