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Apc Candidate, Tokunbo Abiru Declare Winner Of Lagos East Senatorial By-election

The APC Candidate Tokunbo Abiru has won the Lagos East Senatorial bye-election held on Saturday, 5th December. The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC declare Abiru winner with 89,204 votes while his closest challenger, PDP candidate Babatunde Gbadamosi got 11,257 votes. The Bye-election for the Lagos east senatorial district was conducted to replace the vacant seat created…

Napoli’s Stadium In San Paolo Renamed To Honour Maradona

(Reuters) – Italian side Napoli’s San Paolo stadium has been officially renamed the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium after the late Argentina striker who led them to their only two Serie A titles and the UEFA Cup, the city’s council said on Friday. Maradona died last week after suffering a heart attack at his home in…

Court Affirms Death Sentence For Maryam Sanda

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, affirm the conviction and death sentence that was handed to Maryam Sanda, daughter-inlaw to a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Mohammed Bello Haliru. The appellate court, in a unanimous judgement by a three-man panel of Justices led by Justice Stephen Adah, said it…

Dapo Abiodun Hands-out N339 Billion Budget To Ogun State Assembly

The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, presented the N339 billion budget for 2021 tagged “Budget of Recovery and Sustainability,” to the Ogun State House of Assembly. This was disclosed by the Governor on his twitter account on Wednesday after he presented the budget proposal to the House. He added that the budget will remain focused on…

Leadership Newspaper Editorial: Patriotism At Its Best – Michael Ogueke

Nigerians have commended the Leadership Newspaper’s Editorial on CNN #Endsars misadventure as patriotism at its highest level. Many described it as exuding a high level of nationalism. Among Nigerians who have hailed the Editorial is no less a person than the Chairman/Head Board of Trustees Renaissance for New Consciousness (RINC), Mr Michael Ogueke, who described…

Forex Liquidity Presents Risks To Nigerian Banks’ Ratings – Fitch

Fitch Ratings has said foreign currency liquidity presents a significant risk to Nigerian banks’ ratings. The international rating organisation said this in its report on Tuesday entitled ‘Fitch Ratings sees gradual recovery for African banks in 2021’. Part of the report read, “Foreign-currency liquidity risks have not materialised, particularly in Nigeria but present a significant…

Frappart To Become First Female To Referee In Champions League

Having taken charge of the UEFA Super Cup in 2019, Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to officiate a Champions League match. Stephanie Frappart has been appointed as the referee for Juventus’ clash with Dynamo Kiev, making the French official the first woman to oversee a Champions League match. Frappart refereed the 2019 Women’s World Cup final between…

F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton Tests Positive For Covid-19

Formula One’s World champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus and he is going to miss this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, Formula One’s governing body FIA confirmed Tuesday. “In accordance with COVID-19 protocols and public health authority guidelines in Bahrain he (Hamilton) is now isolating,” said an FIA statement. “The procedures set out by…