Novak Djokovic won a record 23rd Grand Slam singles title at the French Open on Sunday to stand alone at the summit of men’s tennis. This was after he earned a 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 victory over fourth seed Casper Ruud in the final match of the 2023 competition. The 36-year-old Serb drew level with Rafa Nadal on 22 by capturing the Australian Open title in January. He then leapfrogged the injured King of Clay in his own backyard to claim his third Roland Garros title after triumphs in 2016 and 2021. On a historic day on Court Philippe Chatrier, Djokovic…
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The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) said it is fully committed to its resistance to same sex marriage saying that it its incompatibility with the Scripture. Rt. Rev. Godwin Robinson, Bishop Lafia Diocese, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), made the declaration on Saturday, while delivering the Bishop’s Charge at the ongoing 3rd Session of the 8th Synod of the Diocese. The Synod is being hosted by Mt. Zion Anglican Church Mararaba in Nasarawa State. Robinson, who enlightened the congregation on the global matters, briefed the church on the outcome of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON \), held at Kigali…
Ace journalist and political and security analyst, Babajide Kolade-Otitoju has said that Nigeria may witness a big surprise on the floor of the Senate at the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on Tuesday if the president does not do his best to get Senator-elect Abdul Aziz Yari to pull out of the race. Analysing the contest for the leadership of the Senate on the popular programme, Journalists Hangout on TVC on Sunday, Kolade-Otitoju said a dark horse, Senator Osita Izunaso may emerge as the President of the 10th Senate as he and Yari belong to the same formidable…
A federal lawmaker-elect from Delta State, Jonathan Ukodhiko, is under investigation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said. The anti-graft agency’s office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, is said to be probing the legislator following a petition against him. There were reports that the agency launched a manhunt for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives member-elect for Isoko Federal Constituency, Delta State, Jonathan Ukodhiko over alleged corruption and other related issues. It was gathered that the lawmaker was yet to honour several invitations extended to him by the commission to answer questions bothering on alleged corruption…
Fresh controversies seem to be surrounding the appointment of a new Board Chairman for the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) in the dying days of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. According to PRNigeria, in a single month (May 2023) several actions were taking including the confirmation of appointment, swearing in and a new law that repealed such an appointment of a chairman from outside the public service. The NDIC board chairman, Dr Abdul Hakeem Mobolaji, was appointed by President Buhari alongside six other board members on January 9, 2023 who sent their names to the Senate on the 22nd of…
The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) has said that the National Pay Policy is still a work in progress. This is in reaction to a report in the SUN newspapers, saying that the Federal Government has designed a National Pay Policy. According to the Head of Press Unit at NSIWC, Emmanuel Njoku, “the writer situated an interview granted to him by the Chairman of National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta, Esq. actually emanated from a Two-Day Training Workshop for Salary Inspectors held on the 4th of April, 2023 for the execution of Phase 2 of the…
By Adeboye Ado, AKURE The Ondo State Government, on Saturday, revealed that the names of slain victims of Owo church attack would be engraved on a wall marble at the ongoing construction of a Memorial Park in honour of the deceased. Mr. Wale Akinterinwa, the State Commissioner for Finance who doubles as the Chairman of the Owo Attack Donation Management Committee, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a tour of the park with some Catholic Church Bishops. Recall that gunmen had on June 5, 2022, attacked St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo and killed 41 worshippers and injured 81…
Nigeria’s Secret Police are likely to approach the court on Tuesday to obtain an order to keep the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, in its custody for as long as his interrogation will last. A source in the DSS confided in SUNDAY PUNCH’s correspondent that the secret police would likely approach the court to obtain an order to detain the suspended CBN boss for an indefinite period to allow for unfettered interrogation. President Bola Tinubu had on Friday suspended Emefiele from office with immediate effect. This was sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office…
Mr Dele Alake, Special Adviser on Media and Communication of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), has assured that Nigerians in the Diaspora will be carried along in President Bola Tinubu’s administration. He gave the assurance at a Pre-Democracy Day world news conference where he represented President Tinubu on Saturday in Abuja. Nigeria’s Democracy Day is June 12. It is a day set aside to commemorate the restoration of democracy in the country in 1999, the day the military handed over political power to an elected civilian government. May 29 was initially the official democracy day until it was…
***Asks Tinubu to probe INEC, Yakubu By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau The leadership of the Labour Party, the most outspoken opposition party in Nigeria, is disturbed by the decision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to suspend and sack the Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, albeit unconstitutionally without seeking the permission of the National Assembly (NASS), insisting that the action was not in good taste and sounds punitive. In press statement signed by Comrade Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party and made available to journalists in Abuja on Saturday, Tinubu has no power to sack the CBN…