ISRAEL AND LEBANON AGREE TO EXTEND US-BROKERED CEASEFIRE BY 45 DAYS, STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS. (PHOTO).

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 Israel and Lebanon agree to extend US-brokered ceasefire by 45 days, State Department says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a U.S.-brokered ceasefire by 45 days, according to U.S. officials, in an effort to allow further progress in ongoing negotiations aimed at reducing hostilities along their shared border. A State Department spokesperson said the April 16 cessation of hostilities would be extended by an additional 45 days following what officials described as “highly productive” talks held in Washington on Thursday and Friday. The two sides are expected to resume negotiations on June 2 and June 3. The discussions mark the third round of meetings between Israel and Lebanon since renewed fighting escalated earlier this year, including Israeli airstrikes following missile fire from Hezbollah and subsequent Israeli ground operations in southern Lebanon. While the conflict has continued in parallel with broader regional tensions, officials said violence has largely remained ...

MEET NIGERIAN BUSINESSMAN WHO OWNS A FOOTBALL CLUB IN PORTUGAL. (PHOTO).



Meet Nigerian businessman who owns a football club in Portugal


Not everyone will know him but his name will ring a bell in the ears of sports lovers.

Kunle Soname is a Nigerian politician, entrepreneur, sports enthusiast and chairman of Bet9ja, a betting website he founded in 2013.


He is the first Nigerian to acquire a European club C.D. Feirense which he bought in 2015.


Remo Stars Football Club previously known as FC DENDER was founded by Soname in 2004.


The club relocated from Lagos State to the Remo area of Ogun State and is playing in the Nigerian Premier League’s Top Division.


He is the founder of the private Nigerian airline ValueJet.


Soname studied Estate Management at Obafemi Awolowo University where he graduated in 1988.


He ventured into politics in 2003 and was elected as the Executive Chairman of Ikosi-isheri Local Council a post he held till 2011.


In 2022, he was inducted as a patron at the University of Lagos for his philanthropic activities.


Soname is married to Kemi Soname and they have a daughter Erioluwa.

 

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