Controversial singer Portable has headed to a local restaurant called ‘buka’ after bagging multiple headies nominations The Zazu singer is seen in a video with jolly good fellows asking the owner of the ‘buka’ to feed everyone for free. The boys, who were obviously excited about this gesture, sang praises of the singer in Yoruba language. This gesture made the singer smile shyly as they went on with their praises. Taking to his Instagram he wrote: “Akoi Love Street Ti Take Over.”
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Controversial singer Portable has headed to a local restaurant called ‘buka’ after bagging multiple headies nominations The Zazu singer is seen in a video with jolly good fellows asking the owner of the ‘buka’ to feed everyone for free. The boys, who were obviously excited about this gesture, sang praises of the singer in Yoruba language. This gesture made the singer smile shyly as they went on with their praises. Taking to his Instagram he wrote: “Akoi Love Street Ti Take Over.”
Since the Governor of the central bank, Godwin Emefiele took office in March 2014 to date, the Naira official rate compared to the US Dollar has depreciated from N164 to N419 (or 61% weaker) In the parallel market, the situation is even worse, whereby the Naira has weakened from $1/N180 to $1/605. This is a 70.5% depreciation of the Naira in 8 years. Fighting a challenging battle This rapid depreciation over a span of 8 years has occurred despite numerous forex policies by the CBN, albeit policies have been skewed towards capital controls and demand-side management. The fall in oil…
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said the board remitted N27.2 billion from 2017 to date to the Federal Government’s coffers. He made this known yesterday in Abuja at the opening session of a three-day workshop for public relations officials of the board. The workshop, organised in collaboration with Premium Times Academy, has the theme: “Media, Publicity and Public Relations in the Modern Age”. Giving a breakdown of remittances, he said N9.7 billion was used for capital projects in the same period. Oloyede said N7.8 billion, N5.2 billion, N3.76 billion, N4 billion, N3.5 billion…
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Ondo East/West House of Representatives aspirant, Mr. Olumbe Akinkugbe has made good on his promise to make seed funds and interest-free loans available to young people in his constituency. Yesterday, the immediate past Chairman of Ondo State Information Technology Agency, unveiled an N5 million revolving interest-free loan for Ekimogun Youth Connect, a youth group in Ondo East/West federal constituency. While announcing the fund, Olumbe said “I have always believed in empowering young people with the right knowledge and financial support that will enable them to escape poverty and achieve reasonable success. That is why I have never been a part…
Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich has finally hands off Chelsea Football Club. The UK Government on Wednesday morning finally approved the sale of the west London club to Todd Boehly’s consortium. The Consortium has now bought the Premier League club from Abramovich. A government spokesperson said: “Late last night, the UK Government reached a position where we could issue a licence that permits the sale of Chelsea Football Club. “Following the sanctioning of Roman Abramovich, the Government has worked hard to ensure Chelsea Football Club has been able to continue to play football. “But we have always been clear that the…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reacted to the plane found in Lagos. There were speculations that it crash-landed Tuesday evening. The aircraft, which had missing wings, caused a gridlock on the Ikeja-Agege road. In a terse statement posted on its social media handles, FAAN told Nigerians to disregard the news. “The aircraft was sold by the owner to a buyer, who was taking it to its final destination”, it reads. An aviation analyst, Daniel Dikio had tweeted his observation of the viral video. “It is an Airbus A319, hasn’t flown domestically in years. I can see traces…
The Federal Government says it will spend about N34 billion as arrears of Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustments in the education sector effective from 2019. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige said that this was aimed at resolving the lingering crisis in the sector, NAN reports. Ngige made this known while speaking with newsmen on the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and others on Tuesday in Abuja. Ngige said that the beneficiaries of the Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustments included the members of the striking ASUU and their counterparts in the polytechnics and Colleges…