Author: Akintayo Adams

In Oyo State’s council election on Saturday, candidates for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were elected to the chairmanship in each of the 33 Local Government Areas. Sunday’s announcement of the results by the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) came amid controversy over vote anomalies. The election was marred by low voters turnout, late arrival of electoral officials, and equipments. However, the poll was described as free, fair, credible, and violence-free by OYSIEC chairman, Aare Isiaka Olagunju (SAN), the state’s commissioner of police, Adebola Hamzat, and other security agencies. The state’s All Progressives Congress (APC), also labeled the council…

After 42 years, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa has ceased to be the President of FC Porto, a major Portuguese football team. The new man at the saddle of affairs is Andre Villas-Boas, a former manager of Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. Villas-Boas, 46, obtained 21,489 votes, to just 5,224 for his 86-year-old rival, who had won his previous 15 successive elections to head ‘The Dragons’. “What a historic night… our club is alive and today proved its strength,” said Villas-Boas, in a statement issued by Porto. The 2010–11 Porto coach, who is 46 years old, comes home to take on…

After being apprehended and charged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), two well-known drug dealers, Agbo Chidike Prince and Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian, will be imprisoned for the rest of their life. According to the Judge, the jail term is for “their years of criminal enterprise of exporting cocaine across continents.” The Director of Media and Advocacy, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi, announced this in a statement on Sunday. He said that on March 19, 2022, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, during the inward clearance of an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,…

In order to save the nation from going bankrupt, President Bola Tinubu has maintained that his administration’s decision to stop the payment of fuel subsidy was very essential. Recall, Tinubu announced the removal of subsidy on petrol the day he was inaugurated into office. The effect was astronomical rise in price of goods and commodities, and increased hardship across the federation. However, President Tinubu justified its removal at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, saying Nigeria needed it to get on track. “For Nigeria, we are immensely consistent with belief that the economic collaboration and…

Paga, a long-standing mobile payment company in Nigeria, on Thursday in Lagos revealed that it has processed over 335 million transactions worth ₦14 trillion since inception. This was disclosed by Tayo Oviosu, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Paga, até a media parley. “We have been around for 15 years, but there’s a huge growth and acceleration and our transactions have grown more than when we celebrated 10 years. “Between 10 years and now, we have grown our transaction value seven times more and volume five times.” As per Oviosu, 80 per cent of the total transactions was done in…

The citizens of Nigeria have been told to stop praying that President Bola Tinubu succeeds. This was the thought of the Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, who opined that Nigerians should endeavor to do their best to make sure that the country succeeds under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He “preached” via a post on his X handle on Sunday, in which he urged people to be bold to speak out against the wrongs of the President and strive to hold him accountable to his promises. “Stop praying that Tinubu succeeds.…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State decried what he termed ongoing efforts to destroy the soul of the state. He talked in the midst of the current power struggle between himself and Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and his immediate predecessor. Nonetheless, the governor denounced the immorality of politics and resentment, emphasizing that it poses a grave threat to the advancement of the state. Fubara was speaking at Sir Celestine Omehia, a former governor of the state’s Ubima country residence in Ikwerre Local Government Area where he visited with a group of some elders from…

Along Ita-Oshin, Abeokuta, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, on Saturday, a gas tanker exploded and claimed a life, while rendering two wounded. The explosion was confirmed by the Spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun Sector Command, Mrs Florence Okpe. “A total of five vehicles were involved, including two Nissan cars with registration numbers AAN 544 YC, LSD 993 CY, a Sino tanker marked T23771 LA, a Micra marked GDB 841 XR and a Honda CRV without registration number,” she said. In her address to newsmen, six people were involved in the incident. One person who was the motor…

Marketing services giant, M&C Saatchi Abel and Group of Companies has been appointed by MTN Groups as its new marketing services partner. The agreement cuts across all MTN operating companies, effective January 1, 2025. According to a release, M&C Saatchi Abel was chosen after a careful procedure because of their proficiency in promoting expansion and boosting brand value for international companies. “We look forward to commencing this new chapter with M&C Saatchi Abel and their Group of Companies. “Their progressive perspective and achievements in the marketing domain are precisely what MTN requires to elevate our brand. We believe this partnership…

A September return to boxing at Wembley Stadium has been confirmed by Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. “It’s going to be in London, Wembley Stadium. This is what I’m being told. If that’s what they say, they normally back their word so let’s go with that,” he told Talk Sport on Saturday. “Wembley, September 20 or 21. You have Filip Hrgovic versus Daniel Dubois and Zhilei Zhang versus Deontay Wilder (on June 1). So providing one of those (winners) looks good – the one who looks the best, His Excellency Turki Alalshikh said to me, ‘I want you to fight…