Author: Akintayo Adams

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has celebrated with fathers’ across the country on the occasion of this year’s Father’s Day. He hailed them for the role they continually play in the lives of the younger ones. His position was contained in his goodwill message on Fathers’ Day posted on his X handle. “Let me profoundly congratulate fathers all over the world on the 2024 Fathers’ Day Celebration,” he wrote. “Fathers are endowed with great capacity for exploits, determination and the shouldering of responsibilities as moral compasses at home and in the society at large. “That is why they remain ladders…

The Nigeria Labour Congress said the government must agree to its demands on minimum wage. The NLC was responding to a statement by President Bola Tinubu during a meeting with some governors and National Assembly members on the occasion of the country’s 25th Democracy Day anniversary. “Senate president, deputy senate president, you will get a notice from me if I have changed my mind on minimum wage. We are going to do it — what Nigeria can afford, what you can afford, what I can afford. They ask you to cut your coat according to your size if you have…

Lagos State Government said 15 people in the state have died in the past few days due to Cholera. Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, made this known on Saturday. He disclosed that 350 suspected cases had been reported, with 17 confirmed to be cholera and 15 deaths so far. He stated that after the initial alert and advisory issued by the state Ministry of Health on the cholera outbreak, the government activated its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. “The laboratory investigation and test results have so far confirmed cholera sub-type O-1. This…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has released the database of inmates who fled from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre. Recall, inmates numbering 118 escaped from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, Niger State on April 24, 2024. Hours after the jailbreak, the NCoS revealed that the names and pictures of the fleeing inmates from the Correctional facility will be published. Ten inmates were re-arrested on April 25, with three more captured later that same day. The NCoS Spokesperson, Abubakar Umar noted, on the 6th of June that 23 escapes had been recaptured so far. “I want to say hear…

Domain name registrations in Nigeria has exceeded 4.33 million. The milestone cemented Nigeria’s position as the second largest market in Africa. This achievement was spotlighted in the latest Africa Domain Name Industry Report, commissioned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in partnership with PowerSoft Africa. The detailed study of 54 African countries found Nigeria had climbed to second place in the continent’s domain name industry, just behind South Africa, highlighting Nigeria’s increasing importance in the digital space. As of November 2023, African country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) had 4.33 million registrations. There are also 1.4 million…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has warned the Federal Government to trash any plan of reversing its earlier ban on certificates obtained from universities in Togo and Republic of Benin. The students’ body made this call in a statement signed on Saturday by its National Senate Clerk, Abdul-Yekinn Odunayo, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The statement argued that a country of Nigeria’s standards must not allow substandard certificates from mushroom varsities to be tendered and accepted. “The FG must continue to sanitize the education sector in the country, particularly, the tertiary institutions to ensure delivery of quality…

Brighton announced Saturday they had appointed 31-year-old Fabian Hurzeler as their new head coach. Fabian Hurzeler, in doing so, became the youngest full-time manager of an English Premier League club. Hurzeler, who guided St Pauli to German football’s Bundesliga second division title last season, has signed a contract with the south coast club until 2027. Speaking, Brighton chairman Tony Bloom said Hurzeler’s work in taking St Pauli to the German top flight made him a “standout candidate” to succeed Roberto De Zerbi, who left the Amex Stadium at the end of last season. “From the start of the process to…

Kano State Government has expressed concern over how the Police command in the State has been disobeying its orders. The Government claimed the Force is going against what it termed “legitimate instructions” of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Chief Security Officer of the State. Speaking at a press conference in Government House, Kano, on Saturday, the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Isah Dederi, said, “I am compelled to ask the question: who is usurping the authority of the Commander-in-Chief. Because some people are dishing out directives to security chiefs in the State so much so that the State Police…

Head coach of Portugal’s national team, Roberto Martinez has listed teams that could win the Euro 2024 title. He named six teams. The Spanish tactician listed the likes of France, England, Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal as the favourite to win the 2024 Euro. Speaking with AS, Martinez said: “There are several teams that have players who are used to fighting for all the titles: France, England, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal. “We cannot ignore them… gives us our responsibility to be in that lot.” Portugal, the team he tutors is in Group F alongside the Czech Republic, Georgia and Turkey.…

Oyo State has recorded two suspected cases of Cholera. This was made known by the State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi during her visit to a private hospital in Ibadan where the two suspected cholera cases were receiving treatment on Saturday. She seized the opportunity to call on the residents to be more vigilant. The commissioner also tasked the residents to adopt precautionary measures to prevent the spread of a potential cholera outbreak in the state. According to her, the two suspected cases in Ibadan have been traced to Lagos and tracked down to a private facility in the…