Falcon Superstar – Ashleigh Plumptre, has said she dumped the English team to play for Nigeria because of her Yorùbá origin. She said she wanted to relive her rich heritage and link up with her roots. Unfortunately, none of the South-West state governors, all Yorùbá, has recognised or honoured her for this unique decision. Ashleigh Plumptre is one of the iconic starts in the Super Falcon’s set-up at the on-going 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand She had helped her team secure victory over highly rated Australians and had earlier worked for a draw in ancounter…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The Governor of Delta State, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori and his Edo State counterpart, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday, felicitated Archbishop Margaret Idahosa as she clocked 80 years. They spoke at a thanksgiving service held in her honour at the Church of God Mission convention ground, the Balm of Gilead, Benin City, Edo State. Oborevwori said that he was happy to celebrate with Idahosa on her 80th birthday. The governor who was represented by his Deputy, Sir Monday Onyeme, prophetically declared that Idahosa would live up to 150 years so that the Christian family and humanity would continue to tap…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Nigeria Customs Service. The appointment comes weeks after the President appointed Adewale Adeniyi as the acting Comptroller General of Customs and retired some of the management members of the service. In a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, the appointees include three deputy comptroller generals and three assistant comptroller generals. Adeniyi charged the newly appointed officers to redouble their efforts to ensure the service achieves greater heights in its mandates of revenue generation, suppression of smuggling, and trade facilitation.…
West African leaders under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States will hold an emergency meeting in Abuja today Sunday. The meeting comes on the heels of the military coup in the Republic of Niger upended the constitutional political leadership of Mohammed Bazoum. This was disclosed in a statement circulated by Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, Dele Alake. “Following the coup in Republic of Niger that has upended the constitutional political leadership in the West African country, the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu…
By Emeka Ugwuonye One of the good things out of spending time in Nigerian prison was that I learnt some secrets about how the prison and the Nigerian criminal justice system work. Yes, I was detained in Kuje prison. I was never convicted. No court ever found me guilty of any crime. And I did not commit a crime. Yet, I spent time in prison. I used my time in prison to study the prison and the system so well. If Nigerian prison were to be a university, I would have gotten double PhDs. In Nigerian, nobody goes to prison…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed the willingness of the Federal Government to support Incorporated, to create one million digital jobs in Nigeria. This was revealed in a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications & Strategy, Dele Alake, who stated that the President gave the assurance at the State House on Friday during the visit of Google Global Vice President, Richard Gingras, to his office. Tinubu told the visiting Google executive that Nigeria had creative and talented young people who were ready and motivated to learn, especially in this age of digital revolution. “I am glad…
Representatives of organised labour on Friday walked out of a meeting with the Presidential Steering Committee on Subsidy Palliatives held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, was reported to have led the delegation to the office of the Chief of Staff to the President around 5:00 p.m. but was soon spotted exiting the building. FG’s representatives and that of labour had earlier met on Wednesday where both parties agreed to reconvene on Friday to get a brief from the government’s subcommittees on mass transit, compressed natural gas and cash transfer. However, the meeting…
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a former banker, Gift Igbinosun, 35, for allegedly defrauding John Nnamdi and Obasogie Osagieduwa of over N14.9m. The police spokesperson in the state, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect who was sacked by her employer, a commercial bank, two years ago defrauded the victims under the pretence of helping them to get new notes. He said the suspect was arrested on July 20 by operatives attached to the State Intelligence Bureau while acting on a complaint of alleged impersonation, conspiracy, advance fee fraud, obtaining money by false pretence, fraudulent conversion and stealing reported by…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday sent the list of nominees for his cabinet to the State House Assembly for screening and confirmation. The list sent to the Lagos State House of Assembly, contained 39 names, which is mixture of politicians and technocrats. While some of the immediate past Cabinet members returned, many did not return. The former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, his Budget and Economic Planning counterpart, Mr. Sam Egube, ex-Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi; ex-Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Aramide Adeyooye and his Education counterpart, Tokunbo…
General Overseer of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyomie has revealed that he gives his wife N1 million monthly for ‘feeding’. The cleric made this known during a sermon while advising married women to be prudent with the money given to them. He recalled that he used to give his wife N600k per month for feeding and N500k – N600k for each service. However, because his house was big, he increased the feeding amount to N1 million per month. He said, “I used to give my wife N600k for feeding a month, then I use to give every service N500 to…