Julian Brandt
16 Apr 2024
Borussia Dortmund fought back to beat Atletico Madrid 4-2 in their quarter-final second leg on Tuesday, securing a 5-4 aggregate victory and a first Champions League semi-final since 2013.
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on his fresh term in office. Aiyedatiwa, who succeeded former Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, was sworn in on Monday in Akure, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s spokesman, said in a statement. Tinubu urged the governor to use his mandate to serve the people of the…
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Barely four months after introducing the tax reform bills and sending them to the National Assembly for consideration and passage, President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to give him workable laws from the bills. During the first day of the two-day public hearing on the bills, there were no dissenting voices, unlike at the…
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Monday, said he has proven to be a crisis manager with an eye on public peace and prosperity in the face of provocation by the opposition All Progressives Congress over control of local government areas in the state. He said the sustenance of peace across the state, "despite the…
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Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) and Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on his inauguration as the seventh democratically elected governor of Ondo State. Abiodun, who described the inauguration as a new chapter in a glorious dawn for the people of the Sunshine…
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said that Nigeria's capital market has been repositioned for better foreign investment inflow through the closing of the arbitrage between the parallel market and the official market. Oba Ogunwusi made this disclosure in Abuja while hosting a 30-man delegation from the Republic of Kazakhstan, comprising business…
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The Southwest Zone of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) on Monday threatened to shut down its operations across the region if the 30 tankers arrested by the Lagos State government were not released. The Chairman of IPMAN Western Zone, Chief Joseph Akanni, stated this while speaking with journalists in Ibadan, the capital city of…
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The Vice Chancellor of MacPherson University, Professor Francis Adegbaye, on Monday described the non-inclusion of private universities as beneficiaries of the Tertiary Education Fund (TetFund) as unfair. He argued that it was imperative for the Federal Government to allow private universities to benefit from accessing funds from the federal agency to address their infrastructural challenges…
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The family of the late sage, Dr. Olatunji Braithwaite, has criticised a former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, over his snide remarks about the late Dr. Braithwaite at the IBB book launch in Abuja last Thursday. Chief Obasanjo, during the event, referred to Dr Braithwaite as “such a character,” which his family considered offensive…
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Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand, has said the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) needs more respect Ferdinand said this after Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher, insinuated that AFCON is not a major tournament. Carragher belittled the tournament while speaking as a pundit on Sky Sports, during Liverpool's 2-0 win against Manchester City in the Premier League…
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Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the governor of Ondo State, has appointed Dr. Taiwo Fasoranti, son of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, as the Secretary to the State Government. The new SSG, who was the chairman of the Ondo State Hospitals Management Board, was appointed shortly after the governor's inauguration. According to Ebenezer…