Author: Michael Right

Four out of the ten pupils who went to Elegushi Beach in Lekki, Lagos to celebrate their achievement in the West African Examination Council School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) exam perished. The management of Elegushi Beach confirmed the event and said that the students disobeyed warnings to stay away from a certain area of the bridge in a statement signed by Ayuba Elegushi. Ayuba claims that despite the beach authority’s and the security team’s warnings, the students disregarded them. Following a drowning alert, the beach authorities was able to save six out of the ten students, according to Ayuba. Tribunal upholds…

Manchester United put in one of their worst Premier League performances in 30 years of the competition as a catalogue of defensive mistakes saw them thrashed 4-0 by Brentford. In an astonishing first half in some intense west London heat, goalkeeper David de Gea let Josh Dasilva’s simple shot crawl under his body at the near post after 10 minutes before the goalkeeper’s pass put former Brentford player Christian Eriksen in trouble, with Mathias Jensen gaining possession in the penalty area for a simple finish. The Bees managed to double that advantage before half-time, with Ben Mee leaping over Lisandro…

Erling Haaland was unable to celebrate his Manchester City home debut with a second goal, but Pep Guardiola’s team still easily defeated Bournemouth. It took Haaland 18 minutes to take his first touch, but he utilised it to set up Ilkay Gundogan for City’s opening goal. Haaland made his Premier League debut against West Ham last weekend, scoring twice. Since City had been controlling the match from the beginning, additional goals quickly followed. Man City footballer Mendy denies another rape charge With a brilliant solo goal, the excellent Kevin de Bruyne increased the score to 2-0. He ran to the…

Gabriel Jesus was on fire scoring his first two competitive goals for Arsenal in a thrilling 4-2 victory over Leicester city on a sweltering afternoon at Emirates Stadium. The Brazilian scored two goals in as many minutes, the second coming after Jamie Vardy inadvertently flicked a corner to the back post. The Brazilian was unfazed by the heat in north London, which reached 33 degrees, scoring a brilliant first goal with the help of a slight deflection (23) and then nodding in his second (35) to mark his first Premier League appearance for the Gunners. Jesus on target as Arsenal…

The alleged leadership conflicts in the church’s Ondo State branch have been refuted by the National Executive Council of the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church. In response to reports attributed to one Prophet Kerubu Oluwagbemi who claimed there had been an attempt on his life because of the leadership crisis in the state chapter of the church, His Eminence Emmanuel Owomoyela, the chairman of the national executive council of the church, denied the crisis in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure on Friday. The church’s state executive committee was disbanded at the end of its three-year term, and…

Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri, Force No. 509745, assigned to the Dolphin Divisional Headquarters of the Lagos Police Command, has been discharged from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for flagrant misconduct, disobedience to a valid order, and assault on a member of the public. His dismissal takes effect from Friday, August 12, 2022. On August 3, 2022, Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri was shown in a popular video attacking a bystander. Police arrest three suspected kidnappers in Osun According to a press release from the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the fired officer, who joined the Force on December 6, 2016,…

Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, has asserted that he is the wealthiest pastor in the world. This was said by Oyedepo on Friday at the Faith Tabernacle Canaanland, Ogun State location of the International Youth Alive Convention 2022 titled “Destined for Dominion.” The well-known clergyman asserted that he is entitled to be addressed as the richest person because he meets all the requirements for access. Oyedepo claimed that the last time he received pay from Winners Chapel was in 1987, however God continues to provide for him. He said: “December 1987 was the last time…

The Araromi Seaside in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area (LGA), according to Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, will make the state a popular tourism destination on a global scale. When he made this statement on Friday in Akure, Akeredolu added that the government had finalized the necessary paperwork to designate the Seaside as a tourism zone. He said that the State’s enormous tourism potential would no longer go unrealized and added that the announcement will draw attention to the state on a worldwide scale. Akeredolu stated that La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort Ltd. would be a partner in the development.…

In order to address a growing budgetary crisis, Nigeria, the continent’s largest wireless market, is going forward with a proposed 5% tax on phone calls, mobile internet, and text messaging. In an email message that emphasized the government’s precarious financial situation, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed announced the application of the tax, which had been postponed since last year. The largest crude producer in Africa as of April spends more on debt repayment than it earns. “Although Nigeria is celebrated as the largest economy in Africa, translating this wealth into revenues remains a challenge,” stated Ahmed. When the fee, which is…

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has pledged that if elected, lecturers won’t ever go on strike. He said that his administration will put an end to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike and prevent the closure of public institutions for months. This was said by the former vice president on Friday in Abuja, the nation’s capital, during the celebration of the International Youth Day of 2022. Atiku emphasized that he has spent the last 30 years investing in education when he remarked that the right to education is the most crucial and…