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Oct

11

2022

Nigeria has world-class talents to dominate digital economy – Osinbajo

Business, Economy, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsEconomy, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Yemi Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said Nigeria has the requisite talents, creativity, and acumen to become a world leader in the digital economy. The VP made the comment on Monday at the Nigeria Digital Economy Summit (NDES) themed “Web 3.0, Blockchain & DeFi: Impact on Africa’s Digital Economy”. Osinbajo highlighted the future of technology, the digital economy, and what it means globally but especially for Nigeria. The vice president urged the nation to use the right approach and policy to harness its human capital and potential. He told the gathering that a new world is unfolding, unlike Web 1 and 2…

Oct

11

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

2023: Ekwunife recants calling Peter Obi ‘kindergarten president’

Opinion, Politics2023, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi, Politics, Uche Ekwunife

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra Central senatorial district, Senator Uche Ekwunife has denied throwing jabs at Peter Obi. Ekwunife, who was at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State for the official flag-off of the presidential campaign of the PDP, had said Nigeria doesn’t need a kindergarten president. Ekwunife in a now-viral video, while campaigning for the PDP President-General candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said Nigeria does not need one who will always remind the country of her problem, but one who knows how to solve it. Many followers of Peter Obi in Anambra State had interpreted the video to…

Oct

11

2022

By David Okoye

Sunday Oliseh says he is ready to coach Super Eagles again

Opinion, SportsNigeria, Soccer, Sports, Sunday Oliseh

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Sunday Oliseh, has said he will be willing to lead the team again, only if the conditions are right. Oliseh was appointed Super Eagles head coach in 2015 but lasted eight months on the job. The 48-year-old voluntarily resigned from the post citing contract violations, lack of support, unpaid wages, and benefits to his players for his action. The 1994 Africa Cup of Nations winner then had coaching stints at the Dutch club, Fortuna Sittard, and German lower league side, SV 19 Straelen. ‘My priority is to get Nigeria back to the top,” Oliseh told Channels…

Oct

10

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

EndSARS: Nobody died at Lekki toll gate, blame Atiku, Obi for fabricating lies – MC Oluomo

Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, Politics#EndSARS, 2023, MC Oluomo, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has denied the claims that lives were lost during the EndSARS protests that shook the foundations of the country in 2020. Oluomo, who serves as the Chairman of Lagos Parks and Garages Management, made this claim while addressing supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, during their 5-million man march to support the candidacy of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos on Sunday. He said it was rather a political game orchestrated by Tinubu’s rivalries in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively. Recall…

Oct

10

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Aggrieved APC Christians set to dump Tinubu, Shettima over Muslim-Muslim

Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Religion

Voting along religious lines in the 2023 general election may trigger negative consequences among Nigerians and threaten national development, Northern Christian leaders in the All Progressives Congress and Northern Muslim political leaders said on Sunday. They also agreed to adopt one of the presidential candidates in a bid to defeat the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the APC despite the public outcry. The APC Northern Christian leaders, led by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, agreed to focus on issues that unite them as a…