Author: Prince Emmanuel Odunayo Ikusagba

Mr Adeyemi Adekola, the father of a four-month-old boy, Abel, has appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to help raise fund for his son suffering atrial septal defect, also known as ‘hole in the heart.’Adekola, in an interview with our correspondent, said Abel was born with the condition on January 15, 2021.“Since then, we’ve been to several hospitals, including the General Hospital, Gbagada, and the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. We are currently at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, where he has been receiving treatment for over a week now.“The doctors there said he will be treated…

Paris Saint-Germain won the French Cup on Wednesday after beating Monaco 2-0 in the final at the Stade de France.Goals from Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe won a largely uninspiring final and mean PSG can end the season with the domestic league and cup double.The French champions have now won the French Cup six times in the last seven seasons having reached the final every year since 2015.It was also the second trophy of coach Mauricio Pochettino’s managerial career after he won the Champions Trophy for PSG in January. 

To repeal ex-governors’ pension law Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved an increase of 33 per cent adjustments in the pensions of retirees under the Defined Pension Scheme (DBS) arising from the implementation of the New Minimum Wage Act.The governor has also announced plans to repeal the former governors’ pension law while presenting the 2021 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly last November.The Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), Mr. Babalola Obilana made this known in an interview with The Nation.Obilana said the governor said the aim of repealing the law was to free the state government of…

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has stressed the need to entrench user-friendly civil justice, just as he identified absent of justice in the society as one of the factors impacting negatively on the welfare of the people.Speaking at the launch of the Ogun State Transformation Lab Draft Strategy, at Obas Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Governor Abiodun regarded efficient administration of justice as an important pillar and indicator towards the ease of doing business in any society. “There is no gainsaying that a people-centered approach to justice administration will facilitate equal access to justice for all, and create an enabling…

Governor Dapo Abiodun says party is ready to accommodate more members The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has assured members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, especially those who joined the party recently, of equal opportunity and a level playing ground, noting the party is big enough to accommodate more members. Abiodun stated this at a meeting with members of the Appeal, Revalidation and Re-registration Committees and chieftains of the APC across the state, held in Abeokuta on Tuesday. The governor allayed fears of those who could not register during the revalidation exercise, adding that the…

Source: BBC NEWS The price of Bitcoin has fallen below $34,000 (£24,030) for the first time in three months, after China imposed fresh curbs on crypto-currencies.Beijing on Tuesday banned financial institutions and payment companies from providing services related to cryptocurrency transactions.It also warned investors against speculative crypto trading.It follows falls in Bitcoin of over 10% last week after carmaker Tesla said it would no longer accept the currency.On Monday the crypto-currency was down 22%, a fall of about $6,000 in the last 24 hours.Meanwhile, other digital coins such as Ethereum and Dogecoin lost as much as 25% and 29% respectively.…

The Vice President of  Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is currently presiding over the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He is stands in for  President, Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently in Paris, France, on a four-day official visit alongside some members of his cabinet and other senior aides.Present at the meeting is the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, and five ministers.The ministers who are attending the meeting physically include Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Aviation, Hadi Sirika; Attorney-General and…

Kelechi Iheanacho has become the first player in Premier League history to score a goal on all seven days of the week within a single season.The striker was on target for Leicester City in a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea in Tuesday’s league encounter.Furthermore, the 24-year-old now boasts 12 goals in 24 outings so far in the 2020-21 campaign.Overall, he is Leicester’s highest goal scorer in all competitions this term with 19 goals – four more than veteran Jamie Vardy. Iheanacho’s brilliance this year has been rewarded after he was named the Premier League player of March.He is equally in line…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has said it will adopt consensus, direct and indirect primaries to choose its chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the forthcoming local government elections in the state.Ogun APC Publicity Secretary Tunde Oladunjoye announced this in a chat with newsmen shortly after the party’s stakeholders meeting at the weekend inside the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.The party’s spokesperson explained the party, having agreed on consensus names with leaders for positions in some local governments, would then activate either the direct or indirect primaries for other local governments that couldn’t arrive at an…

“We are not unaware of what is going on in Kaduna State. It is a labour issue which has snowballed into a national strike and picketing by the two labour centres and affiliate unions.” The federal government says it is concerned with the crisis in Kaduna State between workers and the state government.The labour minister, Chris Ngige, in a statement Tuesday called on both parties to observe a ‘ceasefire.’PREMIUM TIMES reported how the two major labour coalitions, NLC and TUC, commenced a one-week total strike in Kaduna on Monday leading to the shutdown of electricity, airports, schools and so on…