Author: Opalim Lifted

The Carabao Cup Round One draw has been made, and the ties, set to take place in the week commencing August 7, have been confirmed. The draw in full is as follows: Northern Section Notts County v Lincoln City Bolton Wanderers v Barrow AFC Hull City v Doncaster Rovers Mansfield Town v Grimsby Town Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion Sheffield Wednesday v Stockport County Leeds United v Shrewsbury Town Preston North End v Salford City Rotherham United v Morecambe Harrogate Town v Carlisle United Burton Albion v Leicester City Accrington Stanley v Bradford City Derby County v Blackpool Port…

Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, better known by his stage name Wizkid, is a Grammy-winning Afrobeats musician from Nigeria who will soon launch a jewelry collection. Wizkid revealed that the first of six pieces his jewelry brand would be producing this year is his recently purchased multimillion naira diamond neckpiece. The singer of “Essence” announced this while participating in the most recent episode of the Shopsydoo Adesope-hosted audiovisual podcast for Afrobeats. Wizkid claimed to have created the item alone and noted that it marked the launch of his jewelry collection. He said, “This [the neckpiece] is actually the first piece that I…

The federal government has debunked the media claims of a 114% salary increase package under the purview of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) for political officer holders and judicial officers. Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President, made the statement known on Thursday. NO PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS We have followed with consternation the viral story of the purported 114% increase in the salaries of the President, Vice President, elected Federal and State political office holders, and judicial officers. We state without any equivocation that President Bola Tinubu has…

Uber Nigeria, an e-hailing service, has announced an increase in prices to assist drivers in covering the recent rise in fuel prices and the rate of inflation. The rate increase is intended to help drivers cover rising operational costs and is part of Uber’s continued efforts to support its driver community, according to a statement attributed to Tope Akinwumi, Country Manager for Uber in Nigeria. “Drivers are at the heart of everything we do, and we continue to work on initiatives and engage with drivers to help make Uber the app of choice for drivers while maintaining an affordable service…

After Regina’s husband, Senator Ned Nwoko’s first daughter, Julia, revealed she was expecting, there was a lot of excitement on social media. Julia, the politician’s eldest child with Barrister Lily Nwoko, his first wife, recently announced her pregnancy on Instagram. The millionaire heiress, who is married to Prince Ojuola, shared pictures of themselves together that showed her expanding baby belly. VIDEO: Police arrest Regina Daniels’ brother, mother reacts Julia intimated to her followers in her post that she and her husband were having a girl. “A princess is loading,” wrote the expectant mother. With Julia’s good tidings, many social media…

A fire razed a plank market in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State on Thursday morning. Traders were seen wailing as the raging fire wreaked havoc on planks in the market. The cause of the fire is still sketchy as of press time, but an eyewitness, Tobias Imala, told reporters that the fire started around 10 a.m. Fire service officials were seen making efforts to quench the fire.

Nine people have been detained over an explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwest China that has killed at least 31 people. A gas leak is suspected to have caused the explosion in Yinchuan City on Wednesday night local time. President Xi Jinping has called for “all-out efforts” in the rescue and an investigation into the blast. The owner of the Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant was among those in custody, state media reported. The explosion occurred on the eve of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday in China, a time when many families and friends gather for celebratory meals. Several high…

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has dissolved all the Education Secretaries and their Deputies in the 23 Local Government Education Authorities of the State. This is contained in a statement signed by the press secretary to the State governor, Abubakar Bawa. The dissolution takes immediate effect. The sacked Education Secretaries and their Deputies are directed to hand over the affairs of the LGEAs to the most senior officers of the local governments.

At the State House in Abuja, Vice President Kashim Shettima is currently holding private meetings with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Aliko Dangote, chairman of the Dangote Foundation, and members of the Nigerian Governors Forum. The 11:43 a.m. meeting is one of several events scheduled for Mr. Gates’ travel to Nigeria and the Niger Republic. Only 72 hours had passed since Gates and Dangote met President Bola Tinubu in Abuja’s Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Monday. Although the agenda of Thursday’s meeting is not yet known, the attendees would consider areas of collaboration between both…

Charly Boy, a well-known musician, and campaigner from Nigeria, has threatened legal action against his previous record company, Premier Records Limited, for allegedly breaking a 1988 contract. In a letter dated June 19, 2023, and sent on behalf of Charly Boy, Rockson Igelige asserted that the record company had broken the terms of their 35-year-old contract. The singer allegedly signed “artists recording contracts” with the business in 1988, 1990, and more recently, all of which have since expired, according to the letter. He claimed that Premier Records was continuing to violate his musical works’ copyrights notwithstanding the contracts’ expiration. “On…