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King of Boys: Charlyboy drops ‘Odudubariba’ after playing role in movie

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Nigerian Maverick entertainer and activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charlyboy has dropped his song, Odudubariba after playing the role in the movie, “King of Boys.”
The singer made this known in a statement released to newsmen on Tuesday.
“My people, the eagle has landed. I been tell una say, I no dey finish.
“The long awaited Odudubariba music film video has dropped today.
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“Watch out, it’s playing on all your TV channels.”
Recall that Charlyboy in the Netflix-adopted series ‘King of Boys’ directed by Kemi Adetiba played the role of ‘Odudubariba.’
‘Odudubariba’ is one of the elders on the round table who intends to take over the crown from Sola Sobowale and become ‘King of Boys.’
When asked why he accepted the role in King of Boys despite turning down other movie roles, Charlyboy said in an interview that he accepted the role because he’s a fan of Kemi Adetiba and it was an honour to be invited for such a role.

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UNGA: Buhari’ll teach world leaders how to manage economy during pandemic – Presidency

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The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari would teach world leaders how to manage their economy during pandemic.
Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, said world leaders would learn how to overcome economic recession during pandemic from Buhari.
Adesina, while speaking with Channels Television on Monday night, said his principal would address the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, meeting.
Adesina said some of the countries attending the meeting were yet to recover from the recession caused by the pandemic, unlike Nigeria.
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The presidential spokesman pointed out that not only did Nigeria recover from the pandemic-induced recession but the economy “recorded a GDP growth of 5.01. Buhari is going to teach the rest of the world how it was done.”
Adesina said the president “would talk about security. He would talk about the girl child, SDGs, and so many things.”
Buhari had on Sunday departed Nigeria for New York to participate in the 76th Session of the UNGA billed to open on September 14.
The theme for this year’s UNGA is “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to Needs of the Planet, Respect the Rights of People and Revitalise the United Nations.”

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EPL: Chelsea defender, Alonso to stop taking the knee before matches

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Chelsea defender, Marcos Alonso, has confirmed he will no longer take a knee before matches.
According to the Spaniard, the anti-racism gesture is “losing strength”.
Alonso says he will instead point to the ‘No Room for Racism’ badge on his sleeve.
“I am fully against racism and I’m against every type of discrimination, and I just prefer to put my finger to the badge where it says no to racism, like they do in some other sports and football in other countries,” Alonso said.
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Following the resumption of Premier League football after a COVID-19 enforced break last year, players, officials and staff have been taking a knee before kick-off to show support for the movement for racial equality.
When asked whether or not his decision to stop taking the knee had anything to do with politics, Alonso said: “I don’t know, I just prefer to do it this way.”
Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha became the first player in the English top flight to opt out of the gesture earlier this year.
Zaha explained that taking a knee is “degrading”.

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Nigerian govt will not expose sponsors of terrorism – Presidency

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Femi Adesina, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the federal government is not interested in exposing sponsors of terrorism.
Adesina stated this during an interview on Channels Television on Monday.
Last week, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) included six Nigerians on its terror list.
But when Adesina was asked if Buhari would comment on the issue of terrorism at the United Nations Assembly, following the naming of six Nigerians as “sponsors of terrorism” in UAE, Adesina said the federal government’s focus will be on prosecution of suspects.
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“Naming and shaming won’t be the motive. Rather, bringing malefactors to justice would be it. Nigeria is not interested in naming and shaming anybody. Rather, it wants to bring them to justice.
“You will see that the United Arab Emirates has given some names, and the attorney-general of the federation has responded to that matter, saying that in due course, all these people will have their days in court.
“Rest assured that these people will be dragged before justice and justice will have its way,” he said.

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CBN warns Nigerian businesses - " You must accept E-Naira"

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The Central Bank of Nigeria says the e-naira which is set to be launched on October 1, 2021, is a legal tender equal to the value of the naira and thus must be accepted as a form of payment by all merchants and business outlets.
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The CBN Director, Payment System Management, Mr. Musa Jimoh, said this during an interview on the ‘Business Morning’ programme on Channels Television on Monday.
 
Jimoh said, “Today, anywhere you present naira to pay, compulsorily it must be accepted because that is our fiat currency. So, the same way naira is accepted that you can’t reject it, is the same way e-naira must be accepted. Anywhere in this country where e-naira is presented, it must be accepted. So, merchants must accept e-naira as a means of payment.”
 
He advised Nigerians to open e-naira wallets which could be downloaded on their phones from October 1, adding that CBN bears all liabilities.
 
“The liability of the e-naira money is directly on CBN which is similar to the cash you hold. The liability of the cash you hold today rests with the CBN. So, it gives Nigerians the opportunity to bank with CBN,” Jimoh said.
 
On whether Nigeria was ripe for the e-naira due to the technological challenges in the country, Jimoh said he didn’t expect it to be a major problem.
 
He added, “E-naira is a journey. We don’t expect that on October 1, all business merchants in Nigeria will accept it. We don’t even expect that come October 1, all Nigerians will have e-naira. It is a journey. It will continue to grow.
“Remember there was a time in this country when you had to practically beg business outlets, merchants and others to accept POS transactions. But we have come to a point where traders now beg for POS terminals.
The CBN director added that e-naira comes with many benefits and would save the cost of printing more notes.
“Today the cost of producing the naira and coins is very high. It costs money to print naira in this country. Now, the minting of e-naira is electronic so it reduces cost,” Jimoh stated.
On why the CBN chose a foreign firm instead of a Financial Technology company in Nigeria, Jimoh said it had to do with capacity.
 
He said Bitt Inc which will handle the project, had done similar projects for other countries and already had the capacity and experience.
 
Jimoh added that the company would be registered and managed in part by Nigerians while the technological aspect would be handled by the foreign arm.
 
The CBN director stated, “The CBN digital currency is not what every country has implemented. We are blazing the trail in Africa. Nigeria is the only country in Africa that is doing it. And so many advanced countries are not doing it. You can only talk of China and the Bahamas that have tried to do something serious on central bank digital currency.
 
“So, the technology is not everywhere you need to be very sure. You cannot use Nigeria as a testing ground and say oh if it works, well, if it doesn’t work. You have to use entities that have actually done it, that are sure of it.
“What we did is to partner with an entity that has done it, that has that experience because we know that eventually the system is going to run in Nigeria. So, we also want to domicile some responsibilities here. So, the arrangement is such that you are going to have a Nigerian incorporated company, Bitt Nigeria, which will basically be running the system.”