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Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says petrol subsidy is “hurting the nation” and limiting the federal government’s ability to service debt. Different stakeholders in the economic sector on Tuesday, June 14, called for the removal of fuel subsidy for the benefit of Nigerians. They made this call at the launch of the Nigeria Development Update (NDU) report for 2022, by the World Bank. The World Bank, in its Nigeria’s Development Update (NDU), projected that fuel subsidy would gulp N5 trillion in 2022 — more than Nigeria’s N4 trillion subsidy budget. “With oil prices going up significantly, and with…

Georgina Rodriguez has shared new photos of herself, Cristiano Ronaldo, and their kids, including 7 weeks old Bella, jetting off on vacation. The 28-year-old took to Instagram to share photos of the group aboard a private jet with the caption: “My life .” She also offered a look at her seven-week-old daughter Bella Esmerelda as she cradled the newborn while sat alongside Cristiano Jr, 11, Eva and Matteo, five and Alana Martina, four. This comes weeks after they lost their newborn son, Bella’s twin.

A 43-year-old Nigerian man and his 41-year-old Malaysian wife have been arrested in Kuala Lumpur in connection with an email scam involving RM3.9mil in losses. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) Comm Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said police believed the suspects were responsible for the scam, better known as business email compromise (BEC). “We received a report on June 8 from a businessman based in Dubai, who was targeted by the scammers,” Comm Mohd Kamarudin said at CCID headquarters on Tuesday, June 14. “His company had dealt with a US-based company over the purchase of 41,000 tonnes of…

Lots of people are turning away from the news because it lowers their mood with depressing stories, new research has revealed. The Reuters Institute’s digital news report suggests that almost four in 10 (38%) say they often or sometimes avoid the news – up from 29% in 2017. The report found the number of people avoiding news over the past five years doubled in the UK (46%) and Brazil (54%) while 36% – particularly those under 35 said the news affected their mood. The research said news such as the Covid-19 pandemic, contributed to the increase in people avoiding news…

Heavyweight Boxing champion, Tyson Fury has made a dramatic U-turn over his boxing future and confirmed he is ‘100 percent going to fight again,’ if the price is right. Fury made the decision to retire his gloves after knocking out Dillian Whyte in front of a record Wembley crowd in April. Fury is expected to face the winner of Oleksandr Usyk’s clash with Anthony Joshua and says he would only fight if the money is right. The undefeated boxer also announced he is competing in an exhibition bout against Japanese MMA star Mikuru Asakura He told Queensberry Promotions: ‘We have…

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Burnley have confirmed the appointment of former Manchester City legend Vincent Kompany as their new manager. The defender left Belgian side Anderlecht last season and has now decided to take up the management job in the Championship after Burnley’s relegation from the top flight in 2021-22, and will be tasked with immediate promotion. He replaces Sean Dyche, who has been axed in the last campaign, after spending10 years at Turf Moor. Burnley announced Kompany’s arrival with a video showing a timeline of their previous managers dating back to 1894, before revealing Kompany as the new man in charge at the end of the clip. After officially…

Nigerian footballer and former Torino striker, Akeem Omolade, 39, was found dead in his car in Italy just days after complaining of pain in his legs. Emergency services found him unresponsive in a Peugeot in Sicily’s capital Palermo on Monday, June 13. Initial examination showed no obvious external injuries. Omolade’s family said the Kaduna-born player had complained of leg pains days before. The Nigerian represented the Maroons in Serie A, Italy’s top flight, between 2001-2003, making five appearances in total. Omolade also represented 11 other clubs in the country, including Treviso, Novara, and Reggiana before his retirement in 2017. Torino said…

Pope Francis has suggested Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was ‘provoked’ in a transcript of a conversation he had last month. The leader of the Catholic Church denied being ‘pro-Putin,’ saying Russian troops were brutal, cruel, and ferocious while praising the bravery of Ukrainian troops who have been fighting for their country’s survival since the invasion began in February. But in the text of a conversation he had last month with editors of Jesuit media and published on Tuesday June 14, he also said the situation was not black and white and that the war was ‘perhaps in some way provoked’. While…

Senators Enyinnaya Abaribe and Yahaya Abdullahi have formally resigned their positions as the minority and majority leaders of the Senate respectively. This was conveyed in their resignation letters which Senate President, Ahmad Lawan read at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday June 14. The lawmakers resigned following their defection from the political parties on which they were elected as senators. While Abaribe dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Abdullahi defected to PDP from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).