•Teco Benson A-list movie producer cum director, Teco Benson, MFR, has decried the rate at which what he calls ‘commercialisation of awards’ are currently sweeping across the Nigerian entertainment industry, urging the practitioners to frown at the ugly trend. The filmmaker raised this alarm in a commentary titled “Merit-Based Jury Award...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has awarded a cash prize of ₦2.5 million to the overall best graduating student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye. The award went to 19-year-old Aishat Anuoluwapo Dauda from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, who achieved a 4.87 Cumulative Grad...
•Prof Niyi Akingbe The National Industrial Court in Akure has ordered the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), to pay N40 million to Professor Niyi Akingbe, the former Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts, for wrongful dismissal. The court found that Akingbe’s termination in 2018 was unjust and based on unfounded allegations of plagiarism, rep...
•Stranded Nigerian players in Libya The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded three points, and three goals to Nigeria for the missed Libya game. The development comes after the CAF president, Patrice Motsepe, said a thorough probe was ongoing following the recent controversy surrounding Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier ...
Justice D.U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has awarded a N5 million damages against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for wrongfully parading a photographer named Nasiru Saidu Ali (Kozzo) as a fraudster. The incident happened in May 2019 when the photographer was wrongfully arrested from his Abuja home and his phot...
•PHOTO: (from left) Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, US actress Emma Stone, US actor Willem Dafoe, US actor Mark Ruffalo and US actor Ramy Youssef. Here are the winners of the 81st Golden Globe Awards, which were handed out on Sunday.“Oppenheimer” was the big winner with five awards including Best Drama Film, actor, Supporting Actor, Director ...
•Nigerian winners and officials at the CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco Nigeria has been gripped by a euphoria by the success of its footballers at last week’s African Footballer of the Year Awards held in Marrakech, Morocco. At the Awards gala held on Monday, Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala were named Africa’s Footballers of [&hel...
•Nnadozie, Osimhen, and Oshoala The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has congratulated Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala on their emergence as the 2023 African Players of the Year, in the men and women categories respectively. The former Anambra State Governor also celebrated Chiamaka Nnadozie who bagged the 2023 Confederation o...
•Osimhen (left) and Oshoala (right) Victor Osimhen has been named the African Player of the Year in the 2023 CAF awards held yesterday at the Palais des Congrès, Movenpick, Marrakech, Morocco. Despite going head-to-head for the 2023 CAF Africa Player of the Year award with Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, the Napoli striker became [&he...
•Asisat Oshoala and Victor Osimhen Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have been named in the CAF Player of the Year final three-man list for the men and women categories, respectively. Osimhen who finished as the top scorer in the 2023 African Cup Nations qualifiers will battle Egypt’s Mohammed Salah, Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, and Alge...
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