Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

BMW Celebrates 50 Years, Announces Electrification of Plant Rosslyn Fifty years ago, Plant Rosslyn was the BMW Group’s first foreign facility, and has since become a mainstay of the global production network. To mark its silver jubilee, Milan Nedeljković, BMW AG Board Member for Production, has now announced the electrification of Plant Rosslyn. Speaking in South Africa, he said: “From 2024 we will manufacture the BMW X3 as a plug-in hybrid for global export in South Africa. An investment of 4.2 billion rand (over 200 million euros) will ready Plant Rosslyn for electromobility.” The investment will be accompanied by specialist…

Runsewe Commends Ijebu National Museum, Presents Plaque to Curator, Wanda Ibru The Director General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe, yesterday commended the Curator of Ijebu National Museum, Wanda Ibru, for doing a brilliant job together with her committee members in sustaining the rich cultural heritage of the Ijebus in a well secured in-house museum. Runsewe, who presented a plaque to Ibru, during a tour of the Ijebu National Museum, said a country without history would find it difficult to make progress. He called on other states across the country to take a…

Of Two Icons of Private Radio: Dokpesi and EkisolaDokpesiOf Two Icons of Private Radio: Dokpesi and Ekisola Of course, like some people, I was in a short space of unbelief when the news filtered in that Dr. Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi was gone – on the inauguration day, 29 May, 2023. Yes, I understand that no one will escape the homecall notice when it pleases the Almighty, but recollecting the way the man was built – a massive ‘concrete’ of flesh, ambition, vision, innovation, dare-devilry, indefatigable appetite for work, logic, preparation and strategic offensive shock-ability – it was difficult to imagine…

Bayern Puts Kane Talks on Hold, Turns to Osimhen Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have turned their attention to Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, putting talks with Harry Kane on hold. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tottenham have rejected a €70m offer for the England international, demanding €90m, so Bayern Munich have put talks on hold and consider making an offer to Napoli for Osimhen. The Italian publication reports that while the Bavarians are unwilling to match Napoli‘s €180m asking price, they are prepared to offer more than €100m. Bayern would rather pay this fee for the 24-year-old than €90m for…

Dangote supports more Nigerian returnees from Sudan ASHENEWS reports that the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has offered additional relief to more Nigerian nationals fleeing the conflict in Sudan. The Foundation on Saturday, last week, assisted 125 persons, including many people living with fisabilities, who were flown into Abuja by Tarco Airline with N100,000 each and dignity packs. It will be recalled that over 2,278 returnees received N100,000 each in May, with care packs to help with their immediate needs, and enable them reunite with their families all across the country. ADF reactivated its intervention to help ease the return of…

First Lady to host Super Falcons ahead of FIFA Women’s World Cup Nigeria’s First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, alongside top government functionaries, will attend the send-forth dinner of the Super Falcons ahead of the team’s departure for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The FIFA Women’s World Cup is scheduled to take place over a period of one month, starting from July 20 to August 20. In a statement by Ademola Olajire, Head of Communications of the NFF on Thursday, noted that the dinner, organised by the country’s football body will hold on Saturday at the Transcorp…

Nebuwa says repair of old refineries remedy to subsidy removal The National President of Heavy Duty Truck Drivers Association, Mr. Uche Nebuwa, says there will be no remedy to the hike in pump price of fuel caused by subsidy removal unless old refineries are repaired. Nebuwa stated this during the inauguration of Uzoeghelu General Motor Park, at Ugwu Nwasike/Nkwo Market, along Old Onitsha-Enugu road, Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra, on Thursday. He described the hike as a big problem to them in the transportation industry and the society at large. According to him, “fuel hike is a very…

I drove taxi in Lagos, ex-Gov Balarabe Musa’s son recounts Balarabe Musa1 *Recalls how he took Fela to Jakande Dr. Ibrahim Balarabe Musa, the son of the late Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa has disclosed that he was once a taxi driver in Lagos State, in spite of the fact that his father was the sitting governor of the state at the time. He said he was driving a taxi as part-time work when he went for the one-year mandatory National Youth Service in Ogun State when his father was then governor of Kaduna in early 1981.…

How to survive if you fall off a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, according to a survival expert If you fall from a cruise ship in the middle of the night and no one knows, there are a few things you can do to boost your chances of surviving and of being found, according to a survival expert. James Michael Grimes went overboard a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico the night before Thanksgiving.Getty Images A woman was rescued after going overboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on Sunday. An expert told Insider the main concerns…

The UN highlights the harm the removal of fuel subsidies in Nigeria is inflicting   UN-Offices-in-Nigeria-Contact-Details The United Nations warns that the fight against extreme hunger in Nigeria, particularly in Northern Nigeria, has intensified due to increased energy prices caused by the removal of fuel subsidies. The rising energy costs have led to acute hunger among 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states, with 700,000 children under five facing life-threatening malnutrition. The insecurity caused by non-State militias over the past decade has severely affected agriculture and livelihoods, exacerbating the hunger crisis in Nigeria. The United Nations claims…