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The Football Association has taken action against the ex PSG player, but his current club insist his actions were not intentional. Edinson Cavani has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association after posting a racially insensitive message on social media, with Manchester United mulling over their response. The experienced Uruguayan striker made headlines on and off…
An Ogun state teacher identified as Mrs Folukemi Adeeko has emerged as one of the winners in the 2020 Maltina Teachers of the year competition in Nigeria. Mrs Folukemi Adeeko, a teacher at the Patterson Memorial Baptist Grammar School, Idi Aba Abeokuta emerged 2nd runner up at this year edition of the Competition. Presenting the…
Crude oil production in Nigeria extended its decline to 1.32 million barrels per day in November on the back of the cut deal by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies. The latest data obtained from OPEC on Wednesday showed that Nigeria’s oil output dropped from 1.34 million bpd in October, based…
In commemoration of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2020, St. Racheal Pharmacy, a leading pharmaceutical company in Africa, donated N1.5 million, alongside some Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and Racheal’s Pharmaceutical products to the Ogun State Health Commission. They made these donations recently to officially mark the beginning of WAAW aimed at increasing awareness of…
The projection is contained in the December 2020 Nigeria Economic Alert released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on Monday. In the released, the accounting firm said that Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate will likely fall between -1.5 percent and 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020. According to them the fourth quarter GDP quarter…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate opening of four Nigerian land borders. The affected borders are Seme in the southwest, Illela in Sokoto State, Maigatari in the northwest, and Mfun in the south-south. Alos read: Buhari hails Anthony Joshua victory over Pulev The announcement of the opening of the borders was made by the…
The Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc has inaugurated a multi-billion naira ultra-modern automated Polyethylene Terephthalate PET) line at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. The facility was built to further deepen availability of the brewer’s non-alcoholic product portfolio.The facility which is located along the outskirt of the city was a fresh investment amounting to N5 billion and will…
The Spurs boss feels he wasn’t given enough time to carry out his project during his time at Old Trafford Jose Mourinho believes he could stay at Tottenham for the long term after he felt he was not given enough time to put his project together at Manchester United. Spurs are in first place in the Premier League on goal…
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has approved the closure of all public and Private Schools in the State with immediate effect. A statement by the state government asked parents whose children are in boarding schools are to also arrange and convey their children/ wards back home from today, Wednesday, 16th December 2020.…
A total sum of N2.94bn has been earmarked in the next fiscal year to build 260 classrooms comprising of 140 units of three blocks classrooms, 120 units of two blocks of classrooms and eight workshops/science laboratories across the State.State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu disclosed this while taking his turn to defend…
