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Oyo 2023: Murphy, Akintola React To Aderibigbe's Impending Defection to APC Former Chief Whip of Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adigun Hammed popularly known as Murphy and the federal lawmaker representing Akinyele/Lagelu Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Olu Akintola have described Senator Teslim Folarin's move to woo Asiwaju Yemi Aderibigbe into the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a welcome development. The APC chieftains in a brief chat with journalists on Tuesday night disclaimed a news report that their followers are kicking against impending defection of the former special adviser to governor Seyi Makinde on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters to the progressive family. According to INSTANTnews, loyalists of Hon. Akintola and Hon Murphy said Aderibigbe is not welcomed to the party, saying that the party structure in Akinyele would not be surrendered to him. They added that Aderibigbe would need to take the back seat going into the 2023 elections. Hon. Murphy, ...

NFF Appoints New Super Eagles Head Coach The Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed a proposal by its Technical and Development sub-committee for the appointment of Portuguese manager Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. His appointment follows the sacking of Gernot Rohr earlier this month. The executive committee of the NFF has, however, resolved that the interim head coach  Augustine Eguavoen will be in charge of the three-time African champions for the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon while coach Peseiro will serve as an observer. The NFF says the tournament will be a good avenue for Peseiro to launch a working relationship with Eguavoen, who will revert to his role as technical director of the NFF after the AFCON. The 61-year-old was in charge of the Venezuela national team until August and has also coached Sporting Lisbon, FC Porto, and Al Ahly of Egypt. Meanwhile, the executive committee has mandated the Technical and Development Committee and the NFF s...

Folarin Woos Former Makinde’s Aid, Yemi Aderibigbe Into APC In his efforts to strengthen the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State ahead of the 2023 general elections, Senator Teslim Folarin on Monday met with Asiwaju Yemi Aderibigbe. Recently, the former executive chairman of Akinyele local government area of Oyo State resigned from Governor Seyi Makinde's government as Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters. Hon. Aderibigbe who is Asiwaju of Ijaiye also served as Special Adviser on Transports to late former governor Abiola Ajimobi. Though details of the meeting were not disclosed, the Oyo Central senator led some APC chieftains to the house of the political gladiator for a closed-door meeting, which lasted for more than 1 hour.   INSTANTnews findout that Hon. Aderibigbe's resignation from the ruling government and possible defection to the progressive party will be a great setback for Engr. Makinde's second term ambition especially in Akinyele ...

FG Plans Another Fresh Borrowing, Public Debt To Hit N50 Trillion By 2023 The Federal Government has hoped to push its public debt stock to N50.22tn by 2023, with domestic debt at N28.75tn and external debt at N21.47tn. This is according to the projections in the National Development Plan 2021-2025.The Debt Management Office had disclosed that Nigeria’s public debt was N38tn as of the end of the third quarter of 2021, with the total debt stock rising by N2.540tn in three months from July to September 2021. This shows that the regime of the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), plans to accumulate about N12tn debt in two years from 2021 to 2023. However, based on the plan, the government targets a reduction in total public debt by 2025. tabular illustration in the document showed that the government targets N39.59tn debt stock for 2021, N46.63tn for 2022, N50.22tn for 2023, N50.53tn for 2024, and N45.96tn by 2025. The government also discloses that it needs money to finance the plan of N...

Qatar Suspends Leave For Health Workers Amid Rising COVID-19 cases Qatar’s main healthcare provider has suspended leave for all medical and administrative staff dealing with Covid, as infections surge across the Gulf.   The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Qatar — have been recording their highest numbers of new cases in months. “Due to the recent increase in the number of people infected with Covid-19 in Qatar… the difficult decision has been made to put on hold all approved and future employees’ leave requests for clinical and admin staff who are working in Covid-19 activities,” the state-owned Hamad Medical Corporation said in an internal memo circulated on Monday and seen by AFP. “This decision comes into immediate effect and until further notice.” It said staff would be compensated for working overtime, as the country gears up to host the 2022 World Cup. Since the pandemic began, Qatar...

COVID-19: UI Orders Closure Of Varsity, Commences Virtual Classes The report show increase in the rate of covid-19 infection among students in the college of Medicine, University of Ibadan, who are resident in the Alexandra brown Hall (ABH),the college expanded executive committee convened an emergency virtual meeting on Saturday,18 December,2021 at 8pm to discuss the situation and make recommendation to the Vice-chancellor . Upon receipt of the recommendations, the Vice-chancellor convened an Emergency meeting on Wednesday,22 December,2021 and the following decisions were taken for immediate implementation: All physical Academic activities should cease with immediate effect until further notice.All Academic Session should immediately proceed to virtual mode until further notice (The situation will be reviewed regularly). The Management of the Alexandra brown Hall (ABH) will immediately Commence Risk accessment and Screening of all resident students. Students are encouraged to proceed ...

China Expands Lockdowns As COVID-19 Cases Rise hi file photo taken on December 21, 2021 shows a medical worker taking a sample from a resident to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xi’an, in China’s northern Shaanxi province.  STR / AFP   Hundreds of thousands more people were confined to their homes in northern China Tuesday as the country battled its worst Covid surge in 21 months and locked-down residents took to social media to complain about food shortages. China — where the virus emerged two years ago — has followed a “zero-Covid” strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns as Beijing prepares to welcome thousands of overseas visitors to February’s Winter Olympics. But authorities have faced a resurgent virus in recent weeks, reporting 209 infections on Tuesday — the highest single-day tally since March last year, when the pandemic raged through the central city of Wuhan. Posted   20, 2021 Po The surge — while low in...

Odudu Otu wins Gulder Ultimate Season 12 A sports enthusiast from Akwa Ibom, Odudu Otu, has won the 2021 Gulder Ultimate Search, Season 12. He beat three other contestants to emerge as the ultimate man in a 2021 edition of the contest yesterday evening. Odudu has gone home with N50 million worth of prizes, including an SUV, as well as a return ticket to Dubai. Some viewers who have been following Gulder Ultimate Search Season 12, tagged the Age of Craftsmanship, had been rooting for Odudu. They said that he was an unassuming figure who always did enough to remain in the race as the nerve-wracking tasks unfolded. He was also one of the last four out of the 16 contestants to be confirmed for the Gulder Ultimate Search, Season 12. He began to reach the limelight when he beat Damilola, a buoyant favourite, and won the 14th task of the ultimate search. Odudu was a member of the Iroko clan comprising of members like Damola, Yankari, Esitima, Tobechukwu, and Gerald, who were considered by vie...

Sunday Omoyin Greets Christians On Christmas,Charge Them To Be More Prayerful And Focus  Hon. Sunday Adepoju popularly known as Sunday Omo-yin has extend his  Christmas greetings to Christians in Ibarapa East/Ido Federal Constituency and Oyo State in general. The Eruwa born politician and Chairman Swaga''23 urged  Christians in Ibarapa, Ido and Oyo State at large to be prayerful, sober and circumspect as they celebrate 2021 Christmas, which signified the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Hon. Sunday Omo-yin made this call in a goodwill message he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Friday 24th,Dec.,2021 through his S.A on media and publicity, Com-Adesokan Opeyemi. Sunday Omo-yin was member house of representative, who represented Ibarapa East/Ido Federal Constituency between 2011-2019. He is currently the Chairman Southwest agenda for Asiwaju 2023 Oyo State Chapter(SWAGA''23). Hon. Adepoju urged the Christians to be more prayerful for Nigeria ...