Oil magnate Aliko Dangote has decided to distribute petrol and diesel directly to filling stations free of charge all over the nation to reduce the pump price.

The development has sent jitters all over the market as this is seen as a threat to oil marketers who had been benefiting from a manipulation of oil prices in the past and who have been struggling to keep up the price of petroleum for their profits.

This move will signal a change for the better in respect of consumers' convenience in the industry, which is expected will benefit from the decision, but will signal a lot of loss to marketers.

The date for the takeoff of the program is Aug.15th, 2025. The new Dangote delivery service is expected to involve 4000 trucks and another set of trucks for gas.

All the trucks are expected to be CNG-powered. This development is expected to be a game-changer in the industry as everyone now has direct access to fuel. 

What do you know about the new tax reform law?

It could not be more SME friendly. All the bottlenecks have been resolved, and most of the loopholes that tax officials exploited to take bribes have now been taken care of. Businessmen must take steps so that their ignorance will not be taken for granted.

The political issue has also been resolved.

The political issue centered on the sharing formula among the three tiers of government, namely the federal, state, and local governments.

Making the clarifications recently, a senior special assistant to the president, Abdullai Tanko Yakassai,  cleared all misunderstandings.

The tax will now be shared as follows. 50% of the tax accruing to states will all be shared equally among the states, and 30% according to the percentage of contributions from each state, and the remaining 20% will be shared based on population.

The greatest attribute of the new reform is that small and medium-scale businesses whose turnover is 50 million naira and below are all exempted from paying taxes.

Also all taxes will be paid centrally, and there is therefore not going to be room for multiple taxation.

And the individual level only, anyone earning up to 800,000 naira monthly will be eligible to be taxed. Well, if all these are not worth celebrating, what is?

Chelsea has shot into the lead through Winger Neto with a Jackson assist. The goal came about 2 minutes to half time.

Iran ardently supports Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis with everything to make them persistent in their attacks on Israel.

And they consistently embark on the development of a nuclear program which will take the whole world to convince Israel that it isn't for nuclear bomb development or enrichment and that they would not use it to attack Israel.

Since Oct. 7th, when Hamas undertook a surprise attack on Israel and killed 1195 people, most of whom were civilians, there has not been peace in Gaza.  Israel wants the 251 people taken hostage released, regardless of whether they are alive or dead.

For reasons best known to them, Hamas has prolonged the process of releasing the hostages. A decision that has led Israel to engage in a devastating war against Hamas and the Gaza Strip. Houthis and Hezbollah are also drawn into the war, with Iran allegedly accused of being their backers.

Invariably, Iran had to send missiles into Israel when Israel did not heed Iran's warnings that Israel should stop the bombing of Gaza, as it affects the civilian population.  Israel feels Iran was more interested in the Hamas warriors hiding behind the civilians than the civilians themselves.

The series of actions that followed led invariably to the open confrontation that is now engulfing the Middle East presently because Iran's development of the enrichment plant to process its nuclear weapons has become a treat according to Israel, to their very existence and they therefore embarked on a comprehensive bombing of Iran to destroy the areas the nuclear factories are located and Iran has since retaliated which has now led to an open confrontation that may see other nations join the conflict.

Why is Iran developing nuclear weapons at this point, and why do they want to annihilate Israel?

Some people think that behind all these imbroglios is a religious undertaking to wipe out any trace of evidence or belief about Jesus as the messiah.

Otherwise, why is it such a problem for them to live side by side in peace in that area?

We constantly need to improve the health of our hearts regularly because a healthy heart is a healthy body.

We can't afford to wait until there's a problem before we start running up and down. If we make it a habit to pay attention to our hearts, we will lessen the burden of heart issues.

The first thing is to exercise at least 20 minutes a day. It shouldn't be too difficult to walk briskly around our house for 20 minutes. This will help to free our veins and help the heart to work more freely with fewer burdens. The second thing is to eat a healthy diet.

To keep our hearts healthy, the second thing we need to do is we must eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, plus healthy fats like fatty fish. We need a well-balanced and nutritious diet.

These will go a long way to keep our hearts healthy. The third step is to do regular check ups on our blood pressure and our cholesterol levels.

When they are high, they affect the health of the heart, and we need not allow it to get to this level before we act, but keep it in check by taking medication and abiding by the advice of health professionals.

Keeping your blood levels in control reduces the heart from being belaboured and keeps the cholesterol level low. These will protect your arteries from bursting or from damage.

Abstain from smoking and alcohol intake because they contribute immensely to the damage to the health of health.

They cause inflammation of the arteries and can raise blood pressure.

Live a stress-free lifestyle and take good rest by sleeping adequately and undertaking leisure activities.

Former Manchester United and Three Lions Captain Sir David Beckham has been knighted by King Charles 3rd at a ceremony on Saturday to mark the king's birthday.  It was in honour of his outstanding contributions to sport and charity.

Beckham played an impressive 115 times for the English National team, scoring 17 goals and making numerous assists. 

Not a stranger to controversies, Comrade Senator Oshiomole has given his side of the story in the Airport saga between him and the staffers of Airpeace airline on Thursday morning. 

Oshiomole is being accused by Airpeace staff of conduct unbecoming of a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a former governor of Edo State.  They claimed he got to the airport late and insisted on boarding his flight, which is against the rules, which is that whoever got to the airport late would not board and would not travel at that time, but would have to make another arrangement.

But Senator Oshiomole insisted that he came on time and had been checked-in previously online but that the airline staff were insisting on a 40 minutes boarding time before departure instead of the common boarding time of 30 minutes before departure and that they resell the flight tickets of those who failed those 10 minutes at an exorbitant price to those who can pay and that the staff tried to cover up by inviting him to be given a privileged treatment which he rejected because many others were suffering the same fate like himself.

He claimed that people accused the government of everything that happened, whereas the staff of an airline caused this one.  He said he can't stand around and watch people denigrate the government he suffered so much to bring to power. He said it was for the reason of the government that he was maliciously removed as the chairman of the APC. And that he is an Asiwaju supporter, and he could not leave the people suffering injustice at the airport because he has the privilege to do so.

But in a sharp refutation, the airline has accused Senator Oshiomole of lying and claimed they had to depart on time, and they could not succumb to the privilege the Senator was asking for, as they operate on timely schedules. 

Yellowstone actor Kelvin Costner has had his name used to scam people. The writer, actor, and director of Horizon, an American saga, had to put up a disclaimer to the effect that scamming is not his line of business. 

  An Illinois woman was scammed out of up to $62000 by someone pretending to be Kelvin Costiner on Telegraph by offering her business deals and posing as a celebrity. 

The police have confirmed that the woman was involved in the latest scamming procedure after she was allegedly and flirtatiously chatted up by someone posing as the celebrity Yellowstone actor to swindle her in cryptocurrency and gift cards, and unsurprisingly, such money cannot be traced.

Innocent people are being defrauded of their hard-earned money daily by a ring of scammers using the profiles of celebrities.

Therefore, people have been warned to be vigilant and not fall into such cheap traps. While Costiner was not involved in the scam, he's not the only celebrity whose profile has been used in the scam to swindle the unwary public.

Costner has been in the news recently in more positive ventures, having withdrawn from the Yellowstone series and now working on the continuation of his new project, the 'Horizon: An American saga', and he has not been known to be a scammer. 

The most successful Nigerian singing duet, the sensational Afrobeat group, the P-SQUARE, must listen to their fans to bury the hatchet and come to the reconciliatory table because of their fans.

They have been embroiled in a quarrel that doesn't seem to be coming to an end.  And every day the matter seems to be getting worse and recently, Afrobeat legend DBanj urged well-meaning Nigerians to intervene.

The group has been the pride of the Nigerian music scene.

 It will be recd that Peter fell out with his twin brother and music partner, Paul, and their brother  Jude, who had been the manager of the group, over the sharing of the proceeds from the sale of their music.

Today, the matter has become a matter of litigation when Peter took his two brothers to court. And there seems to be no way back for arguably Nigeria's most successful singing partners 

Vinicius's goal on Tuesday morning sent the more than 40000 Brazilian fans at the Corinthians arena wild with joy and set Brazil on the path of qualification for the 2026 World Cup competition. 

In a tension-soaked match against Paraguay, Brazil had to wait until a minute before halftime before Vinicius produced a stunning tap-in for the Selecao goal. 

Real Madrid's men's goal has taken the samba boys, who are five times winners of the tournament, to third place on the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers table, and have therefore secured a place in the World Cup final to be played in the US.

Six Zones are hosting the qualification series, and we have had some countries qualify from the different zones.

Africa- none. 

Europe-none. 

North/Central America- Canada, 

Mexico and the USA. (These are the host countries)

Oceania- New Zealand 

South America- Argentina, 

Ecuador and Brazil 

Asia- Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, and Uzbekistan