NRTC WEEKLY: 5 stories that made Nigerians discuss this week

In this week’s episode of NRTC WEEKLY , we’ll be highlighting and discussing five major of our published stories that made Nigerians discuss even amidst the economic, and political crisis in the country.

The stories will cut across major top five beats in our media organization NRTC[ your one-stop hub for rich and reliable content covering entertainment, sports, politics, business and more].

We[NRTC] know that weekends are usually thought of as a time for rest, relaxation, leisure activities, and otherwise doing whatever you want to do— there’s a need for you to get informed and get the latest gists that shaped the week.

The rundown

Sport: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo take part in the Saudi clash

The internet went agog on Thursday, 19th of January 2023, as Saudi Arabia All-Star of Cristiano Ronaldo took on Paris Saint-Germain F.C. of Lionel Messi in a friendly match at Riyadh’s King Fahd International Stadium.

Messi opened the net by giving his club a lead with Ronaldo’s scoring brace in his first game since signing for the Saudi Arabia club, Al Nassr to equalize in the first forty-five minutes of the game.

The two greatest of all time[GOAT] fans couldn’t hold their excitement seeing the two legends playing on the pitch since they couldn’t in the just concluded 2022 Qatar World Cup won by Argentina.

Numbers of fans were reported to be on view for the game that saw PSG of Messi lifting the trophy with the 37-year-old Portuguese striker winning the man of the match award.

The two legends after the match which ended 5-4 exhibition in favor of PSG took to their social media handles to celebrate each other by posting pictures of themselves with Ronaldo describing it[the match] as a reunion where he met old friends.

Their fans described their hugging before the match and Kylian Mbappe’s gesture towards the injury on the former Manchester United striker’s face as the best thing they have seen this year.

Entertainment: Wizkid announces joint tour with Davido

There was excitement in the air on Wednesday this week as Nigerian music icon, Ayodeji Balogun, known as Wizkid revealed a planned tour with his contemporary, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido once his ongoing More Love, Less Ego (MLLE) tour comes to an end.

To the fans of the two musicians, it looks like magic when Wizkid announced the development via his Instagram platform after earlier postponed the release of his 5th album ‘More Love, Less Ego’ following the loss of Davido’s son, Ifeanyi Adeleke.

The Social media was buzzing as users took their respective accounts to express excitement with Wizkid admonishing his fans to ‘save their coins’ ahead of the historic event.

Fans in their applause of the gesture stated they couldn’t wait for the repeat of 25th of December 2017 when the duos settled their supremacy rift on stage.Both artistes reconciled during Wizkid’s concert at the Eko Convention Center in Lagos which was the first time they would perform together.

With this new gesture it shows that the two singers had no existing age-long beef.

Read the full story here, Wizkid announces joint tour with Davido

Business: How I became Bank CEO at 34— Tony Elumelu

It’s no doubt that the throwback picture and achievement of the Nigerian economist, and philanthropist, Anthony Onyemaechi Elumelu shared on his Facebook depicted his rise to Chief Executive Officer [CEO] of Standard Trust Bank.

The founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation on Wednesday used the medium to admonish the young people that successes and failures always drove him to create opportunities for young people.

He said his age was not a barrier to becoming one of the youngest bank CEOs in Nigeria at thirty-four [34] years, saying his successes could be linked to hard work and luck, the inextricable factors in success.

The UBA boss added that prioritizing the youth, and supporting their dreams and aspirations is the way to create a sustainable future for the world, saying the greatest success in leadership is leaving a legacy and pathway for the next generation.

Elumelu disclosed that application to young African entrepreneurs which is an opportunity to impact the country and the continent is open on www.TEFConnect.com.

Read the full story here, How I became Bank CEO at 34— Tony Elumelu

Politics: CBN Governor arrest rumor

A few days ago, the news of the Department of State Services invading the head office of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in Abuja broke the internet but the battle may have been put on hold as Godwin Emefiele resumes duty on 17th of January, 2023.

Nigerians were eager to see his arrest news on trusted Television stations and Newspapers until he returned to office after spending several weeks in the United Kingdom and the United States.

His resumption was announced in a statement by the CBN Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Osita Nwanisobi.

The Department of State Services last year sought to arrest Emefiele, over terrorism charges which were rejected by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, Justice John Tsoho.

The suit was described as an illegal operation and plot to deceive the court into granting a frivolous order to help arrest and deprive an innocent Emefiele of his personal liberty.

Meanwhile, the Department of State Services in a release after the rumour went up this week denied invading the CBN head office in Abuja.

In a statement, DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, also said the secret police did not arrest the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele.

Dismissing media reports of the purported arrest, the DSS spokesman described it as fake and misleading.

Before DSS denial of the arrest, Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has said he was “flabbergasted” that President Muhammadu Buhari has not called the Department of State Services to order over its alleged case against Godwin Emefiele.

Read the full story here, DSS clarifies alleged arrest of Emefiele

Metro: Aproko Doctor recovering from brain tumour

Our fifth story that made Nigerians discuss this week was that of Medical practitioner and social media content creator, Chinonso Egemba, better known as Aproko Doctor.

On Tuesday, fans and lovers of the Aproko Doctor made the social media buzzing over when he[Aproko Doctor] shared the news about his successful surgery by Dr Tayo Ojo, a neurosurgeon in Nigeria after many begged him to leave the country and get the surgery done.

To his fans and other Nigerians on social media, it was a double celebration seeing a neurosurgeon who did not have japa and did a successful surgery as well as seeing Aproko Doctor getting well.

For the past years, brain drain syndrome hit the medical profession in Nigeria with several Medical Doctors and youths seeking greener pastures outside the country due to insecurity, poverty, bad leaders among others.

The doctor on his Twitter page, where he also detailed his near-blindness experience, the challenges he had during that time said throughout December of 2022, he was fighting for his life — went blind in one eye on the 3rd of December 2022, and the 5th was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Read the full story here, Aproko Doctor recovering from brain tumour

This is where we will be dropping the cotton for this week edition of NRTC WEEKLY and don’t forget to join us next week for another fantabulous edition.