Author: David Great

Threads has crossed 100 million sign-ups within five days of launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, dethroning ChatGPT as the fastest-growing online platform to hit the milestone. Threads is Meta Platforms’ rival to Twitter and it has been setting records for user growth since its launch on Wednesday, with celebrities, politicians, and other newsmakers joining the platform that is seen by analysts as the first serious threat to the Elon Musk-owned microblogging app. “That’s mostly organic demand, and we haven’t even turned on many promotions yet,” Zuckerberg said in a Threads post announcing the milestone. The app’s sprint to…

Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci, will display her world-beating culinary skills in Lagos on Friday, July 14, to raise funds for a widow. Baci’s dishes will be tasted in an initiative by Joseph Edgar, The Duke of Shomolu, to assist widows and empower them to be self-reliant. Edgar, Chief Executive Officer of Duke of Shomolu Productions, a theatrical play-producing outfit, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. He said that Hilda Baci is expected to display her “mesmerizing skills which enamored the world and saw her emerge as the Guinness record holder in a bid to raise…

Juventus have told Chelsea they can have Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, 23, for 25m euros (£21.4m) plus their Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku. (Corriere dello Sport, via Football London) However, Lukaku, 30, is willing to take a £1m-per-year pay cut in order to make a permanent return to Inter Milan after his loan spell.(Telegraph – subscription required) Chelsea have told Inter of Juventus’ interest in Lukaku in an attempt to drive up the price, which has angered Juve. (Tuttosport, via Mirror) Bayern Munich have made an improved offer of £70m plus add‑ons for Tottenham’s England striker Harry Kane, 29. (Guardian) New Al-Ettifaq manager Steven Gerrard has held talks with Ivory Coast winger Wilfried Zaha over a £16m-per-year…

A second eight-year-old girl has died after a car crashed into a building at a south London primary school on Thursday, police said on Sunday. Pupils had been holding an end-of-term tea party with parents and teachers in the garden of Study Prep School in Wimbledon, less than a mile from the site of the ongoing tennis tournament, local media reported. The driver of a car, a 46-year old woman from the area, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, police said. The incident was not being treated as “terror related”, police said on…

Manchester United have agreed personal terms with Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund and he is prepared to ask Atalanta for a transfer if the Old Trafford club cannot agree a deal with the Italian club, who want £60m for the 20-year-old. (Football Transfers) Tottenham are monitoring the situation of Chelsea’s 24-year-old Spaniard Marc Cucurella, who can play as a left-back or left-sided winger, as they look for a replacement for their Croatia winger Ivan Perisic, 34. (Football Transfers) Tottenham and Napoli are interested in signing Borussia Monchengladbach and Japan defender Ko Itakura, 26. (Sky Sports Germany, via Get German Football News) Six Paris Saint-Germain players, including two summer signings, have complained to the hierarchy about…

By Toni Kan Onwordi Delta state is one of the luckiest states in Nigeria in the current political dispensation having witnessed a smooth transition from a PDP governor to another one; a governor who has been, as politicians like to say, in the system. His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwori’s political sojourn has seen him serve as Councilor, Special Assistant to Governor James Ibori on Youth Development, Special Adviser to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan on Land Security, State Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Senior Special Assistant on Security to the Governor, Member and Speaker of the Delta State House…

An ethnocultural group is hosting a public thanksgiving and appreciation reception for former Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The group, Ikenne Development Association said that the reception was in honour of his unblemished service to Nigeria. The reception is billed to hold at the Obafemi Awolowo Square, Ikenne, Remo, Ogun state on Sunday, July 9, 2023. “The Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Ikenne Development Association cordially invite your presence at the public thanksgiving and appreciation reception,” the invitation read. Also attached to the invitation were Zoom and YouTube links for viewers to join the event in real-time.…

Two suspected drug barons, Chinedu Charles Eze and Basil Chidiebere Nwobodo were on Friday arraigned before a Lagos Federal High Court, for alleged conspiracy and unlawful exportation of the banned substance, methamphetamine, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Eze, 43 and Nwobodo 35, were arraigned on the alleged offences before the court presided over by Justice Daniel Osiagor. The prosecutor, Augustine Nwagu, while arraigning the defendants, told the court that they conspired with one Fredrick Obunwa (now at large) to illegally export 30.10 kilogram of methamphetamine onto London, United Kingdom (UK). He told the court that the two…

France striker Kylian Mbappe thinks he might have to leave Paris St-Germain this summer as he is still not planning to extend his contract beyond 2024 and the 24-year-old’s preferred option is to join Real Madrid. (ESPN) PSG believe Mbappe has already agreed to join Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer and, if he does not sign a new deal with the French champions, they will sell him to the highest bidder this summer regardless of who it is. (Sky Sports) Mbappe’s first preference if he were to move to the Premier League would be Arsenal but he is beyond the budget of the Gunners and no…

A Lagos Federal High Court, today, ordered the remand of Bamise Ajetunmobi, a Ponzi Scheme Operator, who has been on the run since 2021, over alleged N7.5 billion fraud. The court presided over by Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke, remanded the Ponzi Scheme operator after he pleaded not guilty to a 12-count charge made against him by the officers of Force Criminal Investigation Department ForceCID (Annex) Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos. Arraigning the defendant, Barrister Morufu Animashaun, a legal officer in the ForceCIID, annex, Alagbon-Ikoyi, told the court that the defendant conspired with his wife, Elizabeth Ajetunmobi, who is now at large, and their company,…