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Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party at the 2023 elections, says he can’t celebrate his 62nd birthday with over 327 Nigerians killed in Plateau and Benue this month. Obi, however, humbly appealed to all those who desired to celebrate him with any kind of gifts, to look around them and extend such gifts to the people in need, especially in these difficult times. Obi, who was a former governor of Anambra, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Obi said he doesn’t have any reason to celebrate his 62nd birthday due to the present…

Reverend Olusola Ayodele Areogun is the Founder and the General Overseer of The Dream Centre of the Life Oasis International Churches whose headquarters is located in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. An ordained minister of the Gospel, Rev. Areogun serves the will of God in this generation as Author, Teacher, Church Planter and Mentor of Leaders for the next generation with varied ministerial exposure and experience. Born May 12, Areogun is the president of the Living Jesus Ministries Inc, and the president of the Sola Areogun Ministries which oversees Living Jesus Ministerial Training Institute. His daily Radio/TV programme, “Living by the…

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr are edging closer to signing Brazilian left-back Alex Telles from Manchester United, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. Al-Nassr kickstarted Saudi Arabia’s spending spree in Europe by roping in Cristiano Ronaldo on a free transfer in December. They made the Portuguese icon the highest-paid player in the world (€200 million a year) to lure him to the middle east. The Riyadh-based club hope to use Ronaldo’s presence and their spending power to lure more big-name players to Mrsool Park. They have already signed Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic from Inter Milan for €18 million. Al-Aalami have also hired former FC Porto…

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and French forward Kylian Mbappe has lost his spot as the most-valuable football player in the world, according to the latest report by Football Benchmark. Mbappe, 24, before now, has topped the list of previous editions released by the renowned football business portal. His position has now been occupied by Manchester City striker Erling Haaland. Both players are widely regarded as the two main dominant forces in Europe football, judging by their accomplishments in recent seasons. Norwegian striker Haaland, is now valued at an estimated €194.2 million, making him the world’s most-valuable player according to the recent publication…

Barcelona were reportedly interested in acquiring the services of Liverpool’s midfield target Romeo Lavia from Southampton. The Catalan club were in search of a pivot after losing Sergio Busquets this summer. The veteran midfielder joined MLS side Inter Miami and will reunite with former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi. The Blaugrana were looking at Lavia before deciding to sign Oriol Romeu, according to SPORT. A report from GOAL on Monday (July 17) states that the La Liga outfit have reached an agreement with Girona for the transfer of Romeu. The 31-year-old midfielder will make his return to Camp Nou after leaving…

Bayern Munich have reportedly set a €32 million asking price on Sadio Mane amid interest from Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr this summer. Mane, 31, has been touted as a potential summer sale following his sub-par debut season at the Allianz Arena last time around. Since arriving from Anfield in a switch worth up to €41 million, he has scored only 12 goals and provided six assists in 38 games across competitions for the Bavarians. Earlier this week, Ariadhiah reported that Al-Nassr are leading the race to snap up the 97-cap Senegal international this summer. Ronaldo’s side are thought to be on the hunt…

* APC may propose midterm elective convention at NEC The duo of National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, have resigned from their positions ahead of today’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting of the party, allegedly on the orders of President Bola Tinubu. Their resignation would be formally announced today at the NWC meeting. This might have deepened the internal crisis plaguing APC, as the fate of the duo would be further sealed at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled to hold on July 19, where their resignation would…

* OPTS, IPPG: Finance Act 2022 diminished benefits of PIA for oil sector *IPPG tasks FG on policies to increase investments, competition in oil sector Nigeria through the state oil firm, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) is looking up to a number of oil blocks and fields in the prolific Niger Delta basin to ramp up national oil production to between 1.7 million and 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) between this year and end of 2024.The Executive Vice President, Upstream, NNPC, Mr. Adokiye Tombomieye, gave the hints during a presentation at the just-concluded Nigeria Oil and Gas…

*New governance code emphasises gender diversity on companies’ board *Sets cumulative tenure limit of directors of the same bank to 24 years *Mandates banks to disclose risk management policies in annual financial statements The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the tenure of the Managing Director/Chief Executive of banks to a maximum of 12 years from 10 years.This was disclosed in a circular on the new, “Corporate Governance Guidelines for Commercial, Merchant, Non-interest and Payment Service Banks in Nigeria.”The circular dated July 13, 2023, was signed by CBN Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department, Chibuzo Efobi, and addressed to…

*Says Tinubu’ll soon unveil initiative on security, poverty *Troops kill 22 terrorists, destroy 22 illegal refineries Vice President Kashim Shettima has explained that military solutions cannot end insecurity and Insurgency in the country, especially in the north. Shettima stated this yesterday at the Kano Government House while responding to questions from newsmen. The vice president disclosed, at another forum, that the President Bola Tinubu government would in the coming weeks unveil an initiative to address insurgency and poverty, among other challenges facing Nigerians, especially those living in the north. Shettima’s comments came as the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), weekend, said 22 terrorists were killed across theatres of operations in the north, while 240 insurgents and their families surrendered to troops in the region within one week.…