Former Ghana football star, Nii Odartey Lamptey has revealed the depth of his emotional turmoil upon discovering that the three children he raised with his ex-wife, Gloria Appiah, were not his biological offspring. In a recent interview, Lamptey said the revelation drove him to the brink of despair, even contemplating the use of a gun in his anguish. Lamptey, speaking with Dan Kwaku Yeboah TV on YouTube in an approximately 10-minute-long video, explained the feelings. He also spoke about how he was smuggled to Belgium with a Nigerian passport. PUNCH Online reports that the video was uploaded earlier this month…
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The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal on Friday fined Multichoice Nigeria, the owners of DSTV and GoTv services, the sum of N150 million for disobeying its orders, which restrained the pay-TV company from increasing its monthly subscription pending the determination of the suit brought before it. The tribunal also ordered the pay-TV company to provide its Nigerian customers with a one-month free subscription to its DStv and GOtv packages. Recall that the tribunal had previously ordered Multichoice not to increase its subscription fees without proper notice, following a lawsuit filed by an Abuja-based lawyer, Festus Onifade, who said the 8-day…
Samuel Adesola First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), Nigeria’s premier financial institution and financial inclusion services provider, has emerged the winner of two awards: Best SME Bank in Africa and Best SME Bank in Nigeria at the internationally reputed Asian Banker Global Excellence Retail Awards 2024. Excellence in Retail Finance Awards Programme, which includes the Global Excellence in Retail Finance Awards and The Annual Digital Bank Awards, are the most established awards which recognise exceptional innovation, leadership, management, and performance in the financial sector. FBN’s full suite of solutions across its franchise serving the needs of medium and small enterprises in…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says humanitarian partners will need $4.7bn to assist 20.9 million vulnerable people in Nigeria, Chad, and five other African countries. The 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Requirement Overview report published on the organisation’s website, on Thursday, disclosed this. The Sahel region of Africa separates the Sahara Desert to the north and tropical savannas to the south. It covers Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal. OCHA appealed to the international community to donate generously to ensure the region’s humanitarian response plans can be implemented fully by the end of…
Vice President Kashim Shettima said on Thursday that President Bola Tinubu had been a great supporter of northerners in their quest for political attainment. He described Tinubu as “a man who has shown commitment to the well-being of Nigerians.” Shettima stated this while delivering his speech at the 3rd Expanded National MSMES Clinics, Ekiti 2024, on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Shettima noted, “The road that led us to Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu did not happen by chance. This is a man who has shown profound commitment to improving the quality of governance in this nation. He has shown…
Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Fatima Waziri-Azi, says many orphanages in the country are under investigation. Waziri-Azi disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at a one-day community dialogue and advocacy on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) organised by the agency for stakeholders in Gwagwalada, Abuja. The NAPTIP DG said some orphanages commit a lot of infractions that can be categorised as human trafficking. She said, “We are investigating a lot of orphanages around the country, NAPTIP is currently prosecuting some of these orphanages. “The agency is witnessing a lot with these orphanages. No…
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, says organised labour committed treason by shutting down the national grid during the nationwide strike. Akume spoke in Abuja on Thursday during a meeting with the National Executive Council of the Christian Association of Nigeria. The SGF said, “Nowhere in the world has labour ever tampered with the national grid. It is treason! Treasonable felony is economic sabotage; you don’t do that. “We are trying to rebuild the economy. The president is picking it up, and they want to destroy it. Of what use is that to all of us?…
The authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have announced the sighting of the Dhul Hijjah crescent, signalling the beginning of the 12th Islamic month. A message shared by Haramain, a Saudi-based online news platform, on X on Thursday said Friday is the first day of Dhul Hijjah. Dhul Hijjah is the 12th and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims travel to Makkah for hajj. The message indicated that June 15 would be the day of Arafat, while June 16 would be the day of Eid-el-Adha, the Muslims’ biggest festival. Dhul Hijjah is considered a sacred…
…says President’s refusal to disclose amount spent on subsidy evidence he’s hiding something Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, accused the President Bola Tinubu administration of diverting public funds through petrol subsidy. Atiku alleged that the refusal of the present administration to reveal how much is being spent on subsidy shows it is diverting funds secretly. The former Vice President spoke in a statement reacting to the stand of the Presidency that its policy on fuel subsidy remains the same. The Presidency in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday, insisted…
No fewer than fourteen people are still trapped under the collapsed mine site in Galkogo village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State while 16 others have been rescued alive. Niger State Ministry of Mining Resources, the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) and the Niger State Police Command have officially confirmed these figures. Also on Wednesday, the state Ministry of Mineral Resources released the names of those who were trapped inside the mine. They include, Abdullahi Yahaya, Ibrahim Mansir, Abubakar Isah, Friday Musa, Godwin Hussaini, Benjamin Ashafa, Zayyanu Ibrahim, Abdul Ali, Hamza Musa, Umar Abubakar, Joseph Madaki, Ibrahim…