Cristiano Ronaldo has been named as the highest paid celebrity on Instagram beating the likes of Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar and Ronaldinho.

The 34-year-old earned a staggering £38million on the social media platform last year which doubled that of his long time rival Messi.

A recent study shows that out of the major celebrities around paid to promote products on Instagram, Ronaldo has been the highest earner by far.

A number of posts from last year was looked at by the authors of the study Buzz Bingo, and it proved that Ronaldo’s 34 sponsored posts earned £38.2m making it £780,000 per post.

While Messi’s 36 posts on the social media platform earned him £18.7m in total resulting to £518,000 in every posts made.
Reality TV star Kendall Jenner is the third with £12.7m at £489,000 per post while retired footballer David Beckaham is ranked fourth.

The Governing Body for International Football has released a shortlist of 20 man footballers Under-21 Years for the prestigious Golden boy award.

The list Contains Barcelona’s youngster Ansu Fati, Arsenal’s Matteo Guendouzi, Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior and other Amazing Young talents.

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Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus, Holland)
Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich, Canada)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan, Italy)
Ansu Fati (Barcelona, Spain)
Philip Foden (Man City, England
Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal, France)

Erling Haland (RB Salzburg, Norway)
Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid, Portugal)
Dejan Joveljic (Eintracht Frankfurt, Serbia)
Moise Kean (Everton, Italy)
Kang-in Lee (Valencia, South Korea)

Andrij Oleksijovyc (Valladolid, Ukraine)
Danyell Malen (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Mason Mount (Chelsea, England)
Rodrygo (Real Madrid, Brazil)
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund, England)
Ferran Torres (Valencia, Spain)

Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid, Brazil)
Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma, Italy)
The 2018 Edition was won By Former Ajax Captain and Defender, Matthijs de Ligt.

– Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), accuses Governor Godwin Obaseki of being jealous of his rising profile

– Oshiomhole claims that Obaseki is the one attempting to cause political tension in Edo state so he would dump the APC for another party

– The former governor says he is scared because he does not understand his successor’s next move As the rift between Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Godwin Obaseki of Edo rages, the former governor has accused his successor of jealousy.

Oshiomhole, who said Obaseki was not happy about the national chairman’s rising profile, added that the governor was planning to destroy the APC in Edo state and then move to another party ahead of his second term bid.

Oshiomhole’s claim is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Simon Ebegbulem. “The governor should stop being jealous of Oshiomhole’s popularity in Edo state. He is a man that is at home with his people having performed creditably well as governor of Edo state.

“It is sad that the governor in his usual style to blackmail the APC chairman now refers to the hardworking youths of Edo state as thugs, forgetting that these same wonderful youths supported him during his election as governor,” the statement said. The statement insisted that Oshiomhole had always being on the side of the people since his period with the organised labour.

While accusing the governor of attempting to plunge the state into security crisis, the statement added: “Before that incident, state government-sponsored thugs have been harassing, intimidating APC members across the 18 LGAs because the APC leaders refused to adopt his second term aspiration.

People are being sacked from their jobs every day in the state. “And we have it on good authority that the governor intends to create disaffection and crisis in the state APC and probably dump the party for another party.” Oshiomhole urged the governor to stop blackmailing him and face governance for which he was elected.

We are even more scared now that the governor is making every effort to coerce the national chairman into giving him details of his movement in Edo state. Who knows what he is plotting again. “

But every evil plot against Oshiomhole will fail. He has not hurt anyone and no man except God can hurt,” the statement said.

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 52-year-old herdsman, Abubakar at a Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly stealing 15 cows valued at N800,000.

Abubakar, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count of stealing and breach of the public peace, to which he pleaded not guilty.

The Prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police Akpan Nkem told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometimes in 2016 at Ajara Avovipe area of Badagry.

Nkem said that the defendant stole 15 cows valued at N800,000, belonging to one Mr Yayi Adetunji, the complainant.

“Abubakar also conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the public peace by refusing to produce the cows on request by the complainant, ” he said.

The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 287 and 168 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Segun Aka-Bashorun, admitted the defendant to bail of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

Aka-Bashorun adjourned the case until October 29, for mention.

(NAN)

The Federal High Court in Lagos has awarded a punitive cost of N5 million against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for freezing the bank account of one Mr Charles Aiyeyi since December 2018.

Aiyeyi had stood as a surety for one Chief Jerome Itepu, who was being investigated by the EFCC.

According to the court, after the EFCC released Itepu to Aiyeyi on administrative bail, the suspect jumped the bail and refused to honour further invitations by the EFCC.

In December 2018, the EFCC placed a restriction on Aiyeyi’s account. When the surety went to the EFCC office to ask questions, he was arrested and detained for 12 days. He was later released on bail.

The surety, through his lawyer, Mr J.A.K. Akhigbe, approached the Federal High Court in Lagos for the enforcement of his fundamental rights.

He urged the court to declare that his detention and the freezing of his bank account amounted to a breach of his fundamental rights under sections 34, 35 and 44 of the Constitution.

He urged the court to award N500m as exemplary and aggravated damages against the EFCC.

But the EFCC filed a counter-affidavit in opposition to the suit.

The anti-graft agency said it froze Aiyeyi’s account because it traced part of proceeds of crime into it, adding that it had charged the surety with the offence of justice obstruction over Itepu’s disappearance.

But the court, in a judgment by Justice Nicholas Oweibo, faulted Aiyeyi’s arrest and the freezing of his account.

The judge held, “The arrest and detention of the applicant because he could not produce a suspect he stood surety for is not a crime known to law.

“The only liability for the applicant for failure to produce the suspect is to show cause or forfeit the sum of N18m bail bond.

“The non-production of any valid court order authorising the freezing of the applicant’s bank account makes it unlawful and unconstitutional.

“Taking into account the status of the applicant, the time it took the applicant to prosecute the case including the effect of the freezing of the account on his family, the court awarded the sum of N5m  as compensation in favour of the applicant in the case.

“The Cost of N30,000 is also awarded in favour of the applicant against the respondent.”

Earlier today, the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H.E. Chief Timipre Sylva, received the Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Engr. Chidi Izuwah and the very top Management of the Organization in a duty visit.

Engr. Izuwah affirmed his optimism that the unrealized potential of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector will be realized while name-checking the robustness of the key priority areas of H.E. Sylva. He also applauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s championing of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline Project.

Engr. Izuwah further outlined ICRC’s involvement in the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline and the financing options available for the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline while noting that the next level is envisaged to ensure an industrialized, wealthy and prosperous Nigeria.

H.E. Sylva opined that commercially viable projects as the aforementioned are better funded from private project financing options and supported ICRC’s perspective on collaborative funding models. He also applauded the work that ICRC has done in supporting the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit.

H.E. Sylva reiterated his well-known position on the need to change the narrative from problem diagnosis to proffering sustainable solutions while decrying the attendant paralysis by analysis that can occur when a solution-based focus is not emplaced.

The prolonged crisis between the inspector general of Police, Muhammad Adamu, and the Police Service Commission (PSC) has brought a division among lawmakers in the ninth Senate.

Guardian reports that the Senate committee on federal character principle promised to expose all those involved in the Police recruitment crisis.

Speaking on the issue, the chairman of the committee, Danjuma La’ah, the ninth Senate will not be concerned over who have been given slots or who allowed slots to candidates applying for positions of constables in the Nigeria Police.

La’ah said those involved in the recruitment racketeering would be apprehended and prosecuted by appropriate authorities. Stating that no recruitment slots have been given to the Senate as widely spread, La’ah said his committee would launch a probe into the involvement of some agencies listed to have been part of the process. He said,

I am not aware that any agency gave out employment slots to the Senate. The leadership has not told us that they received any slot. So, who did they give?” However, another lawmaker who spoke under anonymity claimed that some of the slots for the recruitment of Police officers have been shared among leaders.

The senator said there is information that one of the leaders within the ninth Senate shared 26 slots to the people of his constituencies while other lawmakers could not even boast of one slot. Condemning the process, the lawmaker said it will be difficult to recruit the right brains to do the job of policing the society.

Meanwhile, equity news previously reported that the minister of labour, employment and productivity has linked unemployment to the insecurity menace by Boko Hara terrorists in the northeast. Chris Ngige said the federal government is worried by the increasing rate of unemployment in the country.