Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has decried the spate of abandoned projects in Nigeria. Governor Akeredolu said abandoning projects at this critical period in the economic life of the country is not cost-effective. The Governor, who identified corruption, resource control, project goals, contractor selection and supervision as some of the major challenges behind abandoned projects, noted that a reasonable government must work towards achieving successful completion of projects in its state. Governor Akeredolu spoke on Saturday at the First Business Doctorate Degree of the University of Cambridge Graduation Ceremony held…
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The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun Abiodun says his administration will take over reconstruction of Sango/Ota-Abeokuta Road in two weeks, if Federal Government fails to fix it within that period. Abiodun made this known shortly after inspecting some bad portions of the 52.5 kilometre road in Ewekoro axis, yesterday. According to him, the action had become necessary after the state government alongside Lagos state had made frantic efforts several times to draw the attention of the Federal Government, through the office of the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola to the bad shape of the road without any positive…
Raphinha made it two goals in two matches as Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 1-0 on Saturday in their Las Vegas Clasico. Raphinha, signed from Premier League Leeds United earlier this month for around $60 million, followed up his debut in a 6-0 thrashing of Inter Miami with the lone goal of the high-profile clash at Allegiant Stadium, the $1.97 billion, 65,000-seat home of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders. The Brazilian was perfectly placed to intercept an ill-advised pass from Real’s Eder Militao along the top of the area. After one touch to settle he lashed a left-footed shot over Thibaut…
Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has defendant his counterpart from the Peoples party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar of lying over his inquire into Muslim-Muslim price ticket. Tinubu aforementioned Atiku asked him to be his candidate in 2007 however he refused. Recall that Atiku had defendant Tinubu of being an admirer of the Muslim-Muslim presidential price ticket. Atiku, World Health Organization was the Action Congress, AC, presidential candidate in 2007, had aforementioned Tinubu needed to be his candidate then. The former vp aforementioned his refusal and insistence on a Southern Christian crystal rectifier to a breakdown in his…
AKURE – Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has congratulated and commended business mogul, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim on his new academic feat as he was awarded Doctor of Business by University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. According to the records, Ibrahim received the first Doctor of Business degree to be awarded by the university since it was established in 1209. In his address at the graduation ceremony and faculty launch in honour of Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim held at the University of Cambridge Arms Hotel, United Kingdom, on Saturday, revealed that Ibrahim’s dissertation was on “How Megaprojects Are Damaging Nigeria And How To Fix It.” He…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the multi-country monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of global concern. A global emergency is WHO’s highest level of alert — the last public health emergency declared by the organisation was the COVID pandemic. Speaking on Saturday at a media briefing on monkeypox, Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, said the decision on the emergency status was taken, despite a lack of consensus by the emergency committee of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), after reconvening following its earlier declaration that monkeypox was not yet a global health emergency. The director-general said the risk of…
The seventh edition of the Big Brother Naija will premiere on Saturday, July 23, 2022, with the live show event. The launch event will not only see the return of live audiences but also performances from several Nigerian artistes. Fast-rising Afrobeats artistes like Asake and Victony will join other singers to thrill the live audience and fans with their performances. The season 7 double launch will air on July 23 and 24, 2022 across all Africa Magic stations on GOtv and DStv. There are also several ways to watch the show as the housemates will keep fans entertained for the next…
Arsenal have completed the signing of versatile Ukraine midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko from Manchester City. The 25-year-old flew back from City’s pre-season tour of the USA to complete the move after Arsenal agreed to a £30m deal, which includes £2m in add-ons. He has signed a long-term contract with the London club and is their fifth signing of the summer. “Alex is a high-quality player who will give us options and versatility,” boss Mikel Arteta said. He’s a player that I personally know really well and continued to follow him after my time at Manchester City. “It’s not only about the…
The World Bank Group yesterday said it has disbursed $14 billion to Nigeria, and other developing countries to tackle C0VID-19 since the pandemic broke out. World Bank Group President, David Malpass disclosed this yesterday at the end of WHO Ministerial Briefing on the Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy and Implementation held in Washington DC. He disclosed that Russia and Ukraine crisis, sharp rise in inflation and poverty have diverted the world’s attention from COVID, and the demand for vaccines has slowed down. Malpass said the public health response has adapted to the situation on the ground to focus vaccination efforts on…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, declared yesterday that his choice of Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate in next year’s election was informed by the realization that the two of them could work together “amicably”. “I picked who can deliver,” Atiku said on Arise Television even as he and the party are still struggling to placate Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike almost two months after the latter was overlooked as vice presidential candidate. The former vice president, who also spoke on a wide range of issues, denied reports that he jettisoned the report…