Saturday, November 18, 2017
Super Eagles Squad Rewarded With $2,000 Each For Thrashing Argentina 4 – 2
The
Super Eagles squad were reportedly rewarded with $2,000 each after they
thrashed Argentina 4 – 2 in an international friendly in Krasnodar,
Russia last Tuesday. This was disclosed to SportingLife by a top Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF) executive member who was in Russia.“The players are entitled to a flat rate of $2,000 for being part of the squad for any international friendly ahead of the World Cup and they are all aware of it” Our source disclosed.
We also learned that the players already knew how much they were getting before the match.
However, the NFF is also considering options to organise more international friendly matches for the Super Eagles before the 2018 World Cup tournament begins in Russia
Zimbabwe's Ruling Party To Sack Robert Mugabe On Sunday
Zimbabwe's ruling party expected to sack Robert Mugabe on Sunday
Reports say Zanu-PF will also dismiss the president’s preferred successor, Grace Mugabe, as protesters gather outside his home and throughout Harare
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party is expected to meet on Sunday to sack Robert Mugabe and reinstate the vice-president he dismissed, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
A party central committee meeting scheduled for 8.30am UK time would also dismiss the president’s preferred successor, his wife Grace, from her role as head of the party’s women’s league, Reuters reported.
Mugabe’s 37-year rule has been effectively at an end since the army seized control in the early hours of Wednesday, confining him to his residence.
Shortly after news of Sunday’s meeting emerged, a motorcade left Mugabe’s official residence in Harare to the jeers of onlookers, although it was unclear if he was inside.
Marchers had massed outside his home on Saturday, revelling in their freedom to voice anger at decades of misrule as well as hope for a better future for Zimbabwe. Many waved the national flag, chanting and singing. Some embraced soldiers or posed with them for selfies. The march had been sanctioned by the military.
Euphoric crowds filled streets in the capital on Saturday morning and cars honked their horns calling for the veteran leader to step down.
“These are tears of joy,” said Frank Mutsindikwa, 34, holding aloft the Zimbabwean flag. “I’ve been waiting all my life for this day. Free at last. We are free at last.”
There were similar scenes in the southern city of Bulawayo, as well as abroad, where diaspora Zimbabweans held their own rallies.
In the early afternoon, some headed towards the Zimbabwean president’s sprawling mansion in the wealthy neighbourhood of Borrowdale.
They were responding to a call from a leader of the powerful liberation war veterans.
“Let us now go and deliver the message that grandfather Mugabe and his typist-cum-wife should go home,” the war veterans association secretary general, Victor Matemadanda, told the marchers at a rally.
Despite mounting pressure, Mugabe has refused demands to leave office.
Relatives say the veteran autocrat and his wife Grace are “ready to die for what is correct” and had no intention of stepping down in order to legitimise this week’s military coup.
Speaking to Reuters from a secret location in South Africa, Patrick Zhuwao, Mugabe’s nephew, said on Saturday that his uncle had hardly slept since the military seized power, but his health was otherwise good.
The military and senior officials within the ruling Zanu-PF party now appear set on forcing Mugabe, the only ruler Zimbabwe has known since independence in 1980, to step down within 48 hours.
Few options are open to the veteran autocrat, who has ruled Zimbabwe through a mixture of coercion, bribery and revolutionary rhetoric for nearly four decades. Support in some branches of the security establishment – such as the police – has evaporated and many political supporters have been detained.
The march will demonstrate popular support for the takeover and a return to democracy. However, it is moves within Zanu-PF may prove the decisive factor in forcing Mugabe to step down.
All 10 of the country’s provincial Zanu-PF branches have passed motions of no confidence in the president. These could lead to Mugabe being stripped of office by Sunday, one official told the Guardian.
The state broadcaster ran a headline, “Zanu-PF call for Mugabe to step down”, which would have been unthinkable a week ago, underlining the pace of change in the small southern African state.
Earlier on Friday, Mugabe, who had been confined to his residence since the takeover, attended a university graduation ceremony on the outskirts of Harare.
Clad in academic gown and hat, he walked slowly in a procession on a red carpet to a podium as a marching band played. He was applauded as he announced the opening of the ceremony.
Monday, November 13, 2017
CBN Writes Banks, Requests For Accounts Without BVN
The Central Bank of Nigeria has written a letter to the Deposit Money Banks in the country, asking them to submit list of customers and bank accounts without bank verification number.
The letter came after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the CBN and 19 banks to freeze accounts without the BVN and got an interim order seeking the forfeiture of deposits in the accounts without the BVN, among others.
A good number of the DMBs, if not all, have complied with the directive from the CBN, according to top bank officials, who spoke to our correspondent on Sunday under the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter.
Shortly after the November 3 deadline given by the court, commercial banks had started the compilation of bank accounts without the BVN.
However, the DMBs are also lobbying the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation to back down on the plan by the Federal Government to seize monies in the bank accounts of customers without the BVN.
A Federal High Court in Abuja had on October 17 ordered the forfeiture of all monies in bank accounts owned by corporate organisations, government agencies and individuals without the BVN.
The forfeiture order, which was issued by Justice Dimgba Igwe, while ruling on an ex parte application filed by the Federal Government through the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, is not final yet.
The owners of the accounts had 14 days to claim ownership of same and show cause why the amounts in them should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.
The court also ordered the banks to advertise the accounts without the BVN in a widely circulated national newspaper as notice to those who might have any interest in them.
Justice Dimgba adjourned until November 16 for the hearing of the substantive application seeking the forfeiture of the sums in the accounts without the BVN.
However, the 19 DMBs named in suit have engaged the services of a top law firm to address the matter, according to top banking industry sources.
Already, the law firm has approached the court for an extension of time to appeal the court order.
Top bank executives privy to the development had told our correspondent last week that all the affected lenders were ready to appeal the court order and had instructed the law firm to file for an extension of time to do so.
“All the banks are ready to appeal the court order. We have engaged the services of a law firm to begin that process. The legal firm is expected to have filed the papers for an extension of time at the court. This will help us prepare for the proposed appeal,” a top executive of a tier-1 bank told our correspondent under the condition of anonymity last Monday.
The court gave the order on October 17 following an application that was filed on September 28.
Justice Dimgba also ordered the banks to file an affidavit of disclosure before the court, showing the names of the affected accounts, the account numbers, outstanding balances, domiciliary accounts and the bank branches where the accounts were domiciled.
Banks did not official provide details of their plan on the BVN matter.
Some, however, told our correspondent they had complied with all regulatory requirements on the BVN matter.
Spokesperson for First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mr. Babatunde Lasaki, said, “The bank will do what needs to be done on the BVN matter and we will comply with all regulatory requirements on the matter.”
The Head, Corporate Communications, Skye Bank Plc, Mr. Rasheed Bolawinwa, said, “As a regulatory-compliant bank, Skye Bank has complied with the expectations of the regulator concerning the issue of the BVN.”
Labule Opens New Outlet in Lekki
Nigeria-Centric Restaurant, Labule, Opens New Outlet in Lekki Lagos, Nigeria.
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| L-R; Managing Director/Chief Chef, Roots Foods Limited, Mrs. Binta Adisa, , Chairman, Roots Foods Limited, Mr. Lanre Adisa and veteran broadcaster, Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede during the formal opening of Labule restaurant outlet in Lekki, Lagos. |
Labule,
Nigeria-centric restaurant, operated by an indigenous company, Roots
Foods Limited, offering real Nigerian local delicacies in a unique
environment that combines the setting of a modern quick service
restaurant with that of an African setting of a local ‘buka’, has opened
a new outlet on Admiralty Road in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.
The
brand name, Labule, is coined from a Yoruba phrase, which means ‘In the
village’. The Idea of the business was conceptualized with the sole aim
of catering to Nigerians and lovers of Nigeria, especially those who
take pride in their rich culture and identity of which food is a key
component.
The
new outlet, which was formally unveiled on Saturday November 11, 2017,
was declared open by one of Nigeria’s Veteran Broadcaster, Bimbo
Oloyede.
The
formal opening event was attended by a large number of guests drawn
from different walks of life with a good representation from the world
of Arts and Entertainment.
Speaking
at the opening ceremony of the new outlet, the Managing Director/Chief
Chef, Mrs. Binta Adisa, disclosed that the opening of the new outlet in
Lekki is in response to the yearnings of Labule’s numerous customers
living and working around the Lekki/Ikoyi axis of Lagos who have had the
opportunity to eat at the main outlet in Ogudu GRA, Lagos.
Adisa
stated that the new Lekki outlet is in line with the brand’s vision of
promoting the best of food and culture. She also disclosed that since
the Ogudu outlet opened in May 2014, customers have come from all parts
of Lagos and beyond to savour the taste and unique experience that
Labule offers.
“Apart
from serving authentic Nigerian meals with the touch of home cooking,
we also provide an environment that makes you take pride in your
culture. We will also be serving unique Nigerian snacks and fries.
Beyond food, Labule is also collaborating with Bellaafricana, a key
promoter of Afrocentric creative businesses, to sell quality products
and accessories at the new Lekki outlet” she said.
She
declared that the company is delighted to add to the culinary and
cultural landscape of Lekki and its suburbs. She promised to make every
encounter with the restaurant an unforgettable food and cultural
experience.
“We
have received several requests from our customers demanding for Labule
outlets in different parts of Lagos. But as a brand, we have carefully
chosen Lekki Phase 1 at this moment as the destination of an extension
of the restaurant,” she said.
Adisa
noted that the outlet would be providing food offerings that transcend
the regular Yoruba delicacies, stating that cuisines from the South
East, South-South and other parts of Nigeria would be available for
customers.
Commenting
further on what customers stand to gain from the outlet, Adisa
explained that it would be open for other activities that include
meetings, culturally themed events, art exhibitions as well as book
readings among others.
Cristiano Ronaldo And Georgina Rodriguez Welcome Daughter, Alana Martina!
Cristiano Ronaldo has welcomed his 4th child
Alana Martina
Congrats!!!
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Alana Martina
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Cristiano Ronaldo has welcomed his 4th child
Alana Martina
Congrats!!!
Alana Martina
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Pero Adeniyi Donates Kidney To Her Mother
2Face’s first baby mama, Pero Adeniyi, just sucessfully donated her kidney to her ailing mother!
She shared photos of them recuperating at the hospital on her page and wrote;    2
years, 2 surgeries, kidneystrong living on one! Thank you Lord! The
Ultimate gift… the gift of life. All I can say is thank you Lord.
#PROUDLIVINGDONOR#THEBIGASK#THEBIGGIVE#SHAREYOURSPARE#THEGIFTOFLIFE.  |
AFRIMA 2017: Simi Wins Songwriter Of The Year Award
RnB singer, Simi emerged as the Songwriter of The Year at the 2017 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA).The Nigerian singer won the award for her single ‘Smile’ at the ceremony which held at the Eko Convention Center, Eko Hotels & Suites, Lagos. The singer signed to X3M Music have had a great year. The singer released her debut album, “Simisola” which produced top singles ‘Joromi’.
Her song ‘Smile’, produced by Oscar Heman-Ackah, was released in January 2017. Simi performed her hit song ‘Joromi’, as she celebrated her win.
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