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Lagos chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, is set to join the list of authors. His Personal Assistant on Media and Publicity, Smart Olayinka, told The Nation the book is still in the works. BREAKING: FG extends NIN/ SIM linkage The social media space became awash on Tuesday when the cover of the book titled “Service to humanity” emerged. While some praised Oluomo for the feat, others wondered if he could author a book.

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been left off a list of Chinese entrepreneurial leaders published by state media – the snub underscoring how just far he has fallen out of favour with Beijing. China’s best known businessman was not mentioned in an front-page article published by the Shanghai Securities News. Instead Huawei Technologies’ Ren Zhengfei, Xiaomi Corp’s Lei Jun and BYD’s Wang Chuanfu were lauded for their contributions. It was published on Tuesday when Alibaba will also report its latest quarterly earnings. The e-commerce giant did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The catalyst for Ma’s current…

The Federal Government has extended the deadline for linkage of National Identity Numbers (NIN) with Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) cards by eight weeks. Consequently, the new dealine has been shifted from February 9 to April 6, 2021. A statement jointly signed by the spokesmen of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission NIMC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde and Mr Kayode Adegoke respectively, said the decision to extend the date was reached at a meeting of stakeholders with the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami. Pantami stated that the extension is to give Nigerians and…

Ned Nwoko, husband to popular Actress Regina Daniels has said that he wishes his daughter gets married to a ‘mature responsible man like himself’. According to the 60-year-old billionaire, in the reply he gave a troll, he prayed that his daughter marries a mature responsible rich man like him. Regina Daniels’ Ned Nwoko lose to Sen. Nwoboshi at Supreme Court A troll identified as @JAYV918 wrote; ‘Your agement will marry your beautiful daughter Julia one day Reacting to this, Ned Nwoko wrote; “That is my prayer, She deserves a mature responsible honest rich man who will appreciate her everyday’

Nigeria lost 405 persons to coronavirus in the last two months, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Monday. Seventy-five health workers were infected last week, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The Federal Government said seven cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 have been identified in the country. It described Kogi State, whose Governor Yahaya Bello denies the existence of the virus, as a “high-risk state.” It also listed 22 high-burden council areas, some of them in Lagos State, and hinted of a likely suspension of flights  from the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…

Liverpool left it late on transfer deadline day, but Jurgen Klopp signed two center backs to bolster their defense. Ben Davies to Liverpool Ben Davies has joined from second-tier Preston North End for a fee which could rise to $2.1 million. As part of the deal, young Liverpool center back Sepp van den Berg will also head to Preston on loan for the rest of the season. Davies, 25, is widely-regarded as the best center back in the Championship and he has just six months left on his current contract at Preston. He was free to talk to clubs outside…

Arsenal have confirmed that defender Shkodran Mustafi has left the club to sign for Schalke. Mustafi, 28, joins the Bundesliga strugglers on a six-month deal to replace Ozan Kabak, who has completed a deadline-day loan move to Liverpool. Germany centre-back Mustafi did not start a Premier League game for the Gunners this season. He joined Arsenal from Valencia in 2016 for a fee in excess of £35m and made 151 appearances for the club. Arsenal vs Man Utd clash ends in stalemate Mustafi was part of the Germany squad that lifted the 2014 World Cup, although he missed the final stages of…

The comments followed his use of the “#bitcoin” tag on his Twitter profile on Friday, which pushed the crytocurrency up 14%. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc, is known for making comments on Twitter that move markets and he acknowledged this during his debut on the invitation-only app Clubhouse. “I am a supporter of bitcoin,” he said. “I was a little slow on the uptake,” he said, adding he should have bought it eight years ago. “I think bitcoin is on the verge of getting broad acceptance by conventional finance people.” Bitcoin last traded up 3.7% at $34,390, having surged…

Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho visited Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state in a bid to end the shenanigans of killer herdsmen in Southwest Nigeria. Igboho, who was received with a loud ovation, insisted that all killer herdsmen must leave Yorubaland. Some weeks ago, the Nation newspaper had reported how military men escorted herdsmen to flog residents in a community in Ogun State. In a viral video where Igboho was addressing supporters in Abeokuta, he said: “Many of our families abroad cannot come home. They scared of being kidnapped. All expressways in the Southwest, especially Lagos, Ondo, have…

Kano State has recorded 118 new cases of leprosy -an infectious disease caused by a bacillus Mycobacterium leprae, which affects the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and eyes. Endemic Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) such as river blindness has also been found in 18 local government areas, trachoma in 10 councils, while bilharziasis/schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted Helminthes are endemic across the 44 councils of Kano state. Commissioner for Health, Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, announced this at a press conference marking the commemoration of 2021 World Leprosy and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). He, however, said no death was…