Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Sports Centre: VP Shettima, Wike, Enoh, Others To Grace Abuja’s Biggest Private Sports, Recreational Centre Launch An exciting chapter in Abuja’s recreational landscape is set to unfold as Monoliza Sport Centre prepares for its grand launch on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Vice President Kashim Shettima will grace the occasion as the Special Guest of Honour, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s capital city’s leisure and sports scene. Located at the center of Abuja, between Asokoro, Garki and Central Area, the launch event promises to be the epitome of excitement, drawing a diverse crowd of sports enthusiasts and fun-seekers from…

Bukky George-Taylor bags a honorary doctorate degree in Communications and strategy from Myles Leadership University A few months after she published her first book, ‘Born To Stand Out,’ a book that emphasises the importance of intentional personal branding, self-reflection and self-awareness, quintessential queen of public relations, Bukky George-Taylor has bagged a honorary doctorate degree in Communications and strategy from Myles Leadership University. The university deemed it fit to honour her having sustained a reputation over a period of years in her field with a proven track record of success in Nigeria’s luxury market. Besides bagging the doctorate, she will also…

Tinubu’s First Anniversary will welcome the roll out of 200 CNG buses, 2,700 tricycles The Federal Government will before May 29 roll out the first set of Compressed Natural Gas powered buses and tricycles under the Presidential CNG Initiative. This was revealed in a statement on Sunday by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. He said in the first phase, 200 buses and 2,500 tricycles powered by CNG will be unveiled. Read the full statement below: PRESIDENTIAL CNG INITIATIVE SET FOR ROLLOUT After the removal of the wasteful fuel subsidy on May 29, 2023,…

As Part Of ‘Renewed Hope’ Agenda, Tinubu Will Perform Groundbreaking Of Multi-Billion Naira Abuja Airport Garden City As part of effort and vision to tapped into the Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope’ Agenda , a real estate firm of global repute, First Rotech Group of Companies Ltd, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu will perform groundbreaking of multi-billion Naira Abuja Airport Garden City. The disclosure was made by the Chairman of First Rotech Group, High Chief Austin Oguejiofor, after a tour of the site located in Gousa, along the popular Airport Road in Abuja with the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG,…

70th Birthday: Celebrating Pastor Paul Morayo Tao-El-Shaddai, A Life of Music, Faith and Service As we commemorate the milestone of Pastor Paul Morayo Tao-El-Shaddai’s 70 years on this earth, it is impossible not to be struck by the extraordinary journey this man has undertaken. Born on June 29, 1954, his life story reads like a testament to divine providence, passion, and unwavering faith. From a young age, Pastor Paul’s life was touched by the divine. At the tender age of five, he had a heavenly encounter following a brush with death, setting him on a path of spiritual discovery that…

80km/h is the Speed Limit for Third Mainland Bridge – LASTMA A speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour has been set as the benchmark for plying the Third Mainland Bridge, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. This is after extensive repairs and rehabilitation were done on both ends of the bridge. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority had before the opening of the bridge on April 4 warned motorists to maintain the speed limit on the third mainland bridge. LASTMA warned motorists to maintain speed limits while driving on the long stretch of the newly renovated Third Mainland Bridge linking Mainland…

Oil and Gas as P/Harcourt Refinery to begin operation before year-end The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee to Investigate the Turnaround Maintenance of Nigeria’s Refineries has said the Port Harcourt Refinery will begin operation before the end of December. This is as the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that his administration is working in tandem with President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government’s policies designed to make life better for Nigerians through the Renewed Hope Agenda. Fubara noted that, in doing so, the Woji-Aleto-Alesa-Refinery Road, now 70 per cent completed, was being constructed to provide a bypass to easily access the Port…

Chess: Tunde Onakoya sets world record for longest marathon Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya has set the new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, surpassing the previous record of 56 hours and 9 minutes. In bid to raise funds and awareness for providing educational opportunities to underprivileged children across Africa, Onakoya currently aims at reaching the 58-hour target. The previous Guinness World Record record of 56-hour, 9-minute mark, was set by Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018. His non-profit organisation, Chess in Slums Africa, leverages the game of chess…

RMAFC: N7.3tn Remitted Into Federation Account In 6 Months Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission has disclosed that a total sum of N7.3tn accrued into the Federation Account between July and December 2023, indicating an increased revenue inflow. Gatekeepers News reports that it said the amount shared by the Federation Account Allocation Committee was remitted to the Central Bank of Nigeria under the caption “CBN Federation Account Component Statement”. In a press statement signed by the RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Bello Shehu, on Thursday in Abuja, the commission reported that the amount is higher than the N5.24tn realised during the first…

Itsekiri Leaders Accuse INEC of Selective Justice and Disrespect for Court Judgments in Warri Constituency Review Eminent Itsekiri leaders have voiced strong objections against the proposed execution of the delimitation and review of Warri Federal Constituency by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in a press conference convened in Warri, Delta State, April 19. The leaders, in a statement signed by Chief Robinson Ariyo, the Egogo of Warri Kingdom, on behalf of the concerned Itsekiri leaders highlighted concerns of selective justice, gross disrespect for court judgments, marginalization, discrimination, and oppression by INEC. The leaders began by referencing a 2022 Supreme…