The management of the University of Ibadan has elevated Ekiti First Lady Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji to the rank of an Associate Professor in the Department of Education Management.
The promotion, according to the management of the institution, is backdated to 2022.
The First Lady is due for the rank of full fledged Professor in 2025.
Reacting to her promotion, Dr. Oyebanji, in a statement on Thursday by her Senior Special Assistant on Media, described the feat as a “milestone, though long awaited which marks a significant step in her academic journey.”
She said: “I am thrilled to announce that I have been promoted to the position of Associate Professor of Educational Management at the prestigious University of Ibadan, effective from 2022.
“This milestone, though long-awaited, marks a significant step in my academic journey. I am grateful for the support from my faculty, department, and the recognition from the University of Ibadan.
“A heartfelt thank you to my wonderful husband, His Excellency Governor Biodun Oyebanji, and my children for their support. I also dedicate this promotion to all the women of Ekiti State and beyond who inspire me every day.
“Onward to even greater achievements as I graciously await the announcement of my Professorship next year by God’s grace!”
There was confusion in Ile-Ife on Thursday when two yet-to-be-identified construction workers died inside a well.
The Nation gathered the incident occurred around 1:16PM opposite Ilesa motor park along Ife/Ilesa road when one of the workers was fetching water at the well.
An eyewitness said: “One of the workers was fetching water but accidentally the fetcher fell inside the well, while attempting to retrieve it, he was trapped.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) hub in Ekiti State.
Vice President Kashim Shettima stated this on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti while declaring open the Third Expanded National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Clinics in the state capital.
During his visit, he also commissioned the Ekiti MSME fabrics hub, Adire Ekiti Hub and the Omisanjana-Shepherd road projects of the administration.
Shettima said the hub, which is expected to be completed within 90 days, would serve as a veritable platform to harness the potential of youths from the state in the technology space.
The Vice President added that President Tinubu was irrevocably committed to the empowerment of youths and business owners through government policies and programmes that would enhance sustainable economic growth and development.
He assured business owners and entrepreneurs in the state that the Federal Government through Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has entered into partnership with relevant institutions toward rendering financial and technical support for expansion of their businesses.
The Vice President, who lauded Governor Biodun Oyebanji for his commitment to the welfare of the people, added that the administration of President Tinubu would continue to initiate projects that would impact positively on citizens.
Empower New Energy, in collaboration with its technical partners, Powercell Limited and Huawei Digital Power, announces the commissioning of a pioneering rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) plant and battery energy storage system (BESS) for Justrite Superstores, the leading neighborhood retail supermarket chain in Nigeria.
“Power is the foundation of industrial and commercial development in Nigeria. Renewable energy such as photovoltaic has ushered in the best development era. Huawei Digital Power’s unique value lies in its long-term R&D investment in digital and power electronics technologies, and always putting quality and safety first.
Justrite, Empower, Powercell and Huawei jointly build the first green superstore in Nigeria and even in West Africa. Huawei provides the high-quality, high-reliability, and high-security smart PV and energy storage system solutions, which will help many enterprises greatly reduce the cost of fuel and improve the stability and safety of electricity production,” said Chris Lu, Huawei Nigeria CEO & Chairman.
Huawei has launched a one-fit-all C&I solution of optimizer, smart PV inverter, ESS, and cloud management system with safety and reliability as the core, optimal electricity cost, and smart O&M. What are the business values and advantages of Huawei’s industrial and commercial smart PV and energy storage solutions?
Over the past decade, Huawei has shipped more than one million inverters worldwide, with an annual failure rate of less than 0.5%. Huawei inverters have the highest L4 intelligent arc protection and can shut down within 0.5 second after DC arc detection. Reliable and safe inverters are the important guarantee for sustainable power generation.
Optimizer enables zero voltage quick shutdown and Component-level optimization increases power generation by up to 30%
Those technologies protect the safety of the roof and ensure the safety of people and property.
Safety is always the main concept in design and manufacturing. For smart string energy storage system, the selection of high-quality cells requires a complete eight-month reliability test, including strict extreme tests and environmental tests etc., to ensure that all cells pass 100% safety and reliability checks. The energy storage system implements cell-level monitoring and AI-based data analysis to identify risky cells and ensure rack isolation. It also provides string-level monitoring and protection and special structural safety design.
Huawei always puts safety first, because safety is the guarantee for long-term system operation, the basis for the commercial value of PV and energy storage systems, and the foundation for personal and property safety.
About Justrite Superstores
Justrite Superstores, founded in 2001 by Dr. and Mrs. Aderinwale and Mrs. Omoboye, is Nigeria’s leading family-owned retail department store chain.
Serving the Southwestern Region of Nigeria with 18 stores, Justrite offers a wide range of everyday essentials to consumers in underserved neighbourhoods, supporting local products and domestic agricultural value chains.
Read more: https://justriteonline.com
About Empower New Energy:
Empower New Energy is a renewable energy financier and co-developer that finances, builds and owns solar power plants for commercial and industrial energy users across Africa.
The company is supported by Norfund and CFM’s Climate Investor One blended finance facility, co-funded by the European Union, which significantly enhances the company’s capacity to advance sustainable energy solutions across the African continent.
Read more: www.empowernewenergy.com
About Powercell Limited
Powercell is a leading privately-owned power systems company established in 2005 in Lagos, Nigeria, and the foremost renewable energy solutions provider in Nigeria.
Read more: https://powercelllimited.com
About Huawei Digital Power
Huawei Digital Power is a leading global provider of digital power products and solutions. We are committed to integrating digital and power electronics technologies, developing clean power, and enabling energy digitalization to drive energy revolution for a better, greener future.
Huawei Digital Power continues innovating through open collaboration with global partners to promote carbon neutrality and serves more than three billion people across more than 170 countries and regions.
Read more: https://digitalpower.huawei.com/za/
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Real Madrid attacker Kylian Mbappe has said “things and people made me unhappy” at Paris Saint-Germain before he signed a five-year deal with the Spanish club.
France’s Mbappe, 25, will join the La Liga champions for next season in a long-rumoured move having spent seven campaigns in the French capital.
During PSG’s tour of Japan and South Korea last summer, the club’s management threatened to ban Mbappe from playing after he had told them he was planning on leaving the Parc des Princes this year.
“I was told that, I was made to understand that, I was spoken to violently,” Mbappe told reporters ahead of Les Bleus’ friendly with Luxembourg.
“At PSG I wasn’t unhappy, that would be biting the hand that feeds you, and spitting in the face of all the people who defended me, but things and people made me unhappy,” he added.
Mbappe left PSG at the end of the season having lifted the Ligue 1 title and the French Cup under Spanish coach Luis Enrique and advisor Luis Campos, who he also worked under while playing for Monaco.
Despite the domestic success he failed to guide his hometown club to a Champions League crown, a major ambition for Qatari-owned PSG and their president Nasser al-Khelaifi.
“The people who saved me are Luis Enrique and Luis Campos,” Mbappe said. “Without them I would not have put a foot on the field again.”
Madrid announced Mbappe’s arrival two days before Les Bleus’ game against Luxembourg in the northern French city Metz, their penultimate match ahead of their Euro 2024 opener against Austria on June 17.
“I have a responsibility as captain. I think it overshadowed the national team,” Mbappe said. “I will only answer questions about the national team, I wish to protect them.
“We have a big summer ahead of us,” the 2018 World Cup winner added.
Novak Djokovic pulled out of the French Open ahead of his quarter-final against Casper Ruud due to a knee injury suffered in the previous round, tournament organisers have announced.
“Due to a torn medial meniscus in his right knee (discovered during an MRI scan performed today), Novak Djokovic… has been forced to withdraw from the Roland Garros tournament,” organisers said in a statement.
World number one and 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic was due to play Ruud today for a place in the last four. Djokovic defeated Ruud in last year’s final at Roland Garros.
As a result Ruud will go on to face fourth seed Alexander Zverev or 11th seed Alex de Minaur in the semi-finals on Friday.
The 37-year-old Djokovic had cast doubt over his fitness following Monday’s five-set win over Francisco Cerundolo, admitting he needed anti-inflammatory drugs to get through the match.
Djokovic blamed the “slippery” Philippe Chatrier court for the injury he sustained early in the second set of his 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Cerundolo.
“I don’t know what will happen tomorrow or after tomorrow if I’ll be able to step out on the court and play. You know, I hope so. Let’s see what happens,” Djokovic said after the match.
“For the last couple weeks I have had, I would say, slight discomfort, I would call it that way, in the right knee, but I haven’t had an injury that would be concerning me at all.
“I was playing a few tournaments with it, and no issues until today.”
Djokovic’s withdrawal from the French Open means that Jannik Sinner will become Italy’s first men’s world number one next week.
The Serbian star arrived at the tournament with his status at the top under threat from Sinner, who was guaranteed to supplant Djokovic if the latter failed to reach the final in Paris.
Djokovic has spent a record 428 weeks at the top of the rankings.
His injury extends his worst start to a season since 2018, when he didn’t win an event until claiming the Wimbledon title.
Adding to his problems, he was accidentally hit on the head by a metal water bottle in Rome last month before suffering stomach problems in Geneva.
Djokovic last pulled out of a Grand Slam during the 2019 US Open, when a shoulder problem forced him to quit against Stan Wawrinka in the last 16
A Nigerian, Vincent Macaulay-Razaq, has been named on the Board of Directors of Propel Sports Africa, the United Kingdom based broadcast streaming partner of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).
Macaulay-Razaq flew into the country with Basil Kabbani, the company’s Executive Chairman, to attend the Troost Ekong Foundation charity match that was held in Uyo on Sunday, June 2.
The charity match that featured some Super Eagles players and celebrities was produced by Propel Sports Africa and streamed live free of charges on the NPFL-Live app
Presently based in Germany, Macaulay-Razaq who is a brother to Kwara State governor, Abdulrahman Razaq, grew up in Lagos and attended the famous St Finbarr’s College, Akoka before completing his studies in the UK as a graduate of the London International Film School.
He returned to Nigeria to begin a television production career, which included making TV commercials and documentaries for many years. He would later return to England to embark on a sporting career as a basketball coach, founding the London Lions Basketball Team as a legacy of the 2012 Olympics.
Now, Coaching in Germany, Macaulay-Razaq joins the Board of Directors of Propel Sports Africa as an Executive Director to bring his many years of experience to bear on an exciting project in partnership with the NPFL Live platform.
On his joining the Propel Sports Africa board, Macaulay-Razaq said, “being able to give back to my homeland has me fired up. I can’t wait to create a truly global offering that will see Nigerian talents exposed at the highest level to the most amount of people worldwide in a game we all love.”
Kabbani said the group is excited not just to have a Nigerian on its board, but one who is bringing lots of experience, value and the domestic business intelligence and networking.
Only two clubs from the country’s elite division can reach the semi-finals of this year’s President Federation Cup competition, with two of the surviving trio, Sunshine Stars and Kano Pillars, going headlong against each other in one of the quarter-final duels scheduled for the Federal Capital, Abuja on Wednesday.
The venue to be is Area 3 Stadium, where one of the NPFL teams must bite the dust, paving way for the other to progress to the last four.
The other NPFL side, Abia Warriors, are up against giant-killers Sokoto United at the NFF/FIFA Goal Project field inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium Complex. Sokoto United eliminated two-time CAF Champions League winners Enyimba FC in the Round of 16.
El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri will confront surprise packets Inter Lagos at the FCT-Bwari ground, while two surprise qualifiers, EFFC FC and Kebbi United tango at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.
MEN’S QUARTER-FINAL FIXTURES
EFCC FC (FCT) Vs Kebbi United (Kebbi) – Kano – 4pm
El-Kanemi Warriors (Borno) Vs Inter Lagos (Lagos) – FCT-Bwari- 4pm
Abia Warriors (Abia) Vs Sokoto United (Sokoto) – FCT-Goal Project –4pm
The upcoming Oriental Derby between Enugu Rangers and Enyimba has taken on even greater significance, as Remo Stars lie in wait, hoping to capitalise on any slip-up by the two frontrunners.
With Rangers leading the table with 61 points and both Enyimba and Remo Stars tied on 59 points, a draw in the derby could propel Remo Stars to the top, provided they secure a victory in their away match against Lobi Stars.
Both games will air live on Beta Sports channel 244 on StarTimes on Sunday, June 9.
Remo Stars have been a formidable force this season, demonstrating their title credentials with consistent performances at home. They currently sit in third place due to an inferior goal difference compared to second-placed Enyimba, but their away from lacks a glimmer of hope. They have only won two away games, Enyimba and Bayelsa United, drew four and lost eleven away games this season.
For Remo Stars to claim the title, a specific set of circumstances needs to unfold. Firstly, Enugu Rangers and Enyimba must play out a draw, ensuring neither team gains an advantage. Secondly, Remo Stars need to win their match against Lobi Stars by a significant margin of seven goals to surpass Rangers’ goal difference and secure the top spot.
A historical opportunity beckons. Remo Stars’ coach, Daniel Ogunmodede, fuelled by the team’s consistent improvement over the past two seasons, believes this could be their year to clinch the elusive NPFL title. Finishing third two seasons ago and second last season, the team has shown steady progress, and the coach sees this as their golden opportunity to reach the summit of Nigerian football finally.
It will be a weekend of high stakes and endless possibilities.
The Enugu Rangers vs Enyimba Oriental Derby holds the key to the championship race, with Remo Stars eagerly anticipating the outcome.
The fate of the title hangs in the balance, and this weekend promises to be a rollercoaster of emotions for fans and players alike. Both games will air live on Beta Sports channel 244 on StarTimes on Sunday, June 9.
To ensure that runners in this year’s Lotus Bank Abeokuta 10 km race are well hydrated, organisers of the race, Nilayo Sports Limited has signed a partnership deal with FEBBS Premium water as official suppliers of water at the event.
In an impressive signing ceremony held at Nilayo’s Corporate Headquarters at Magodo Estate, Lagos both companies announced that the deal which will be for an initial two years is subject to renewal.
Making a presentation of what the company intends doing at the marathon, the Brand Manager of FEBBS Premium water, Tosin Kayode explained that her company decided to be part of the race in order to enhance the hydration experience at the marathon positing that their unique approach and premium quality dedication will set them apart from previous hydration partners.
She also announced that the company will on the day of the marathon, mobilize enthusiastic volunteers who will be cheering on runners to create a positive and motivating environment while they’ll also produce live music booths at key hydration points to keep the energy of runner’s high even as she stated that there will also be obstacle games aimed at making spectators have a fun filled day as the race last.
”Apart from ensuring proper *hydration* of runners, we plan to have music booths at key hydration points. There will also be interactive games like water balcony challenge where participants must carry a bottle of water while navigating an obstacle course and those who complete the game could win prizes such as branded water bottles and hydration packs.
”FEBBS Water will also collaborate with local artists to create water themed- murals or installations along the race route offering visual entertainment and photo opportunities for participants and spectators leveraging on the company’s block chain technology.”
The Brand Manager further explained that the company will also provide customized branding opportunities such as personalized water bottles featuring the logo of the event and motivational messages on health and safety measures.
In his remarks, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Olasegun Dada noted that FEBBS is out to help make the marathon a memorable one just as he expressed confidence that the partnership will change the face of athletes’ hydration during long distance races in the country
Speaking at the occasion, an excited Managing Director of Nilayo Sports Limited, Chief Bukola Olopade described the company as an organisation that’s well equipped with humane strategy on how to hydrate people.
” I’m highly excited that we’re going into partnership with a company that’s humane and equipped with a strategy on how to hydrate the people and I believe that this relationship will drive growth and improve the business of our partners.
Olopade while stating that Nilayo Sports thrives on changing the live styles of the people and having relationship that can create sustainability expressed hope that the partnership will achieve its objectives.
“At Nilayo Sports, we insist on relationships that can create sustainability and improve the business of our partners and am happy that the feedback we’re getting from our automotive partners, FMCG’s and financial institutions is that when they partner with us, things improve and I hope the same thing will be applicable in this particular partnership,“ he concluded.
