Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says every year, no single dose of any vaccine is received by about 2.2 million Nigerian children. According to the report, the situation has made Nigeria the second-highest country with the number of zero-dose children in the world. The Chief of Health, UNICEF Nigeria, Eduardo Celades, on Thursday in Nigeria, explained at a media briefing on the release of the State of the World’s Children global report that “In the first eight weeks of delivery, 2.2 million children every year are not vaccinated at all in Nigeria.” According to him, vaccines are a very…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has urged Muslims in the state not to jettison the virtue of love and sacrifice the holy month of Ramadan teaches. The Governor in a message issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, felicitating with Muslims on the celebration of the 2023 Eid-el-Fitr charged the faithful to continue to live with love, sacrifice and piety as they did throughout the holy month. I rejoice with fellow Muslims across Osun State on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration. While we throng the Eid ground for prayers and mark the end of the month of Ramadan you…

Amidst divergent views regarding the conduct of the recent general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has described the process as the most transparent and hitch-free. Buhari, who penned down a message of felicitation to muslim faithful on the occasion of the Ed-el-fitr celebration, said even members of his party, the All Progressive Congress were routed and unseated. Buhari also said he didn’t interfere with the process in order not to give unfair advantage to anyone. “The elections were so transparent that even members of the my own party were routed and unseated. At no point did I interfere with the process…

Juventus reached the Europa League semi-finals as a 1-1 draw against Sporting CP at Estadio Jose Alvalade sealed a 2-1 aggregate triumph. Buoyed by learning prior to Thursday’s second leg that their 15-point deduction in Serie A for financial breaches had been suspended, Adrien Rabiot struck early on to double Juve’s lead in the tie after Federico Gatti had given them a slender advantage in last week’s reverse fixture at Allianz Stadium. Marcus Edwards quickly pulled one back for Sporting from the penalty spot after Rabiot’s foul on Manuel Ugarte, but resilient defending saw the Bianconeri through. Juve will feature in a European semi-final for the first…

Manchester United were dumped out of the Europa League following a dreadful performance in defeat to Sevilla. The Spanish side led after eight minutes when Youssef En-Nesyri finished following an error from Harry Maguire. Sevilla doubled their advantage with a looping header from defender Loic Bade, before En-Nesyri again capitalised on a mistake – from goalkeeper David de Gea – to complete the win. United were well below their best as they exited Europe with a whimper. This is the first of a series of potentially season-defining games for United – they take on Brighton at Wembley in the FA…

Juventus’ 15-point penalty over transfer dealings has been reversed with Italy’s highest sporting court ordering the case to be re-examined. Juve were punished in Janaury after being found guilty of false accounting. The club have now moved from seventh to third in Serie A, but could still be punished at a later date when a new hearing is held. Tottenham director of football Fabio Paratici lost his appeal against a 30-month ban as part of the same case. The former Juve sporting director was one of 11 directors at the club, either former or still in place at the time of…

A Magistrate Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of a Peter Obi supporter, Obiajulu Ujah, at the Kuje Correctional Centre. The citizen will be there for one month on observation to enable medical experts to determine the state of his mental health. On March 31, Ujah caused a stir at the Abuja airport. While inside a Lagos-bound Ibom Air flight, he warned against the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu. Ujah is on trial for a criminal charge in a case marked CR/08/23 filed by the Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Magistrate Abdulazeel Ismail Muhammed of…

Al-Nassr superstar Cristiano Ronaldo could be arrested and deported from Saudi Arabia after appearing to make an obscene gesture towards Al-Hilal fans during a heated Saudi Pro League encounter. This was after Al-Nassr suffered a 2-0 defeat to their bitter rivals Al-Hilal and fell three points behind league leaders Al-Ittihad in the SPL title race. The football icon was angered by Al-Hilal who taunted him throughout the match with chants of Lionel Messi. Ronaldo while walking off the King Fahd International Stadium, and with the chants of ‘Messi’ ringing louder in his ears, allegedly grabbed his genitals in reaction. The…

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has announced a 13-man Presidential Inauguration committee comprising of eminent Nigerians to plan a week-long presidential inauguration event that will usher him and his VP-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima in as the President and Vice-President of the country. Tinubu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, announced a former Senator representing Borno North and current National Deputy Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Abubakar Kyari as the Coordinator and Director of Finance and Budget of the Committee. The Executive Director (Business Development) at the Nigeria Export-Import…

The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil, amounting to over $2.4 billion and crude oil export to China from 2014 to date, said yesterday it has uncovered payment of $200 million allegedly made as consultancy fees in whistleblower recoveries by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami within statutory approvals. Chairman of the committee, Mark Gbillah, who disclosed this at the resumed public hearing on the issue, also said Malami and the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, had not been cooperating with the committee, failing to answer…

The management of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, has banned students from driving or bringing cars to the campus. This was contained in a memo issued by the Registrar of the institution, Kayode Ogunleye, on Wednesday. A copy of the memo containing the decision reached by the school management was sighted by this online news platform. The memo showed that the institution also banned the use of tinted vehicles by staff members and students, and required beginner drivers to place learner permits on their vehicles. Vehicles owned by students are hereby banned from entering the university campus.…

Amid controversy, the Federal government has approved an e-Customs modernization project at N142.24 billion. The approval is coming amid reports of an existing court order restraining the e-custom project from proceeding. Meanwhile, Clem Agba, the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning said he is unaware of any court order on the project. He disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting, presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Villa in Abuja. Agba explained that the concessionaire includes Bergman Securities Consultant and Suppliers Limited as the project sponsor, Africa Finance Corporation UFC…