The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has asked President Tinubu to solve hunger and electricity problems in the country in order to avoid an impending massive protest that will affect every sector. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele revealed that if there is no solution […]
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Chief Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has appealed to Nigerians not to give up on the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), appealed while speaking with journalists in Osogbo on Sunday, according to NAN report. He described Tinubu […]
Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris, has directed the Ministry of Animal Health, Fisheries and Husbandry to collaborate with the Ministry of Land in the state to revoke the encroached land by a Rice Mills company in Birnin Kebbi. The governor stated this on Monday during a tour of ongoing projects in the State […]
Recent conflicts in Sudan and Gaza have pushed the number of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) worldwide to a record 75.9 million at the end of 2023, an NGO monitor, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said on Tuesday. The IDMC said the figure was a new end-of-year high by its count, with the number of people […]
World record holder in women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan has fired a note of warning to her track foes following her imperious form this season, The PUNCH reports. On Sunday, the 27-year-old set the world-leading time this year by running a blistering 12.40s (0.9) at the Jamaican Athletics Invitational in Kingston on Sunday. The race […]
London-based boxer Sherif Lawal has died after he collapsed in the ring during his professional debut on Sunday. In the opening bout of a four-fight card promoted by Costakis Evangelou, 29-year-old Lawal took on Malam Varela in a bout scheduled for six rounds at Harrow Leisure Centre. In the fourth round, a right hand from Varela […]
Finidi George was officially confirmed as Nigeria’s new coach on Monday — becoming the 10th indigenous coach to manage the Super Eagles in two decades. The former Ajax and Real Betis player has agreed to take over the team currently third in Group C of the African World Cup qualifiers having missed out on the last […]
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, has assured that newly appointed Super Eagles coach, Finidi George, will be provided with a house in the area of his choice and a driver to ensure smooth operation of his job, The PUNCH reports. Gusau made these promises during the official unveiling of Finidi as Eagles […]
The 15th edition of the annual Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange is set to be held between July 13 and July 27, 2024. The edition, coincides with the 90th birthday (July 13) of the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, whose exceptional life story and illustrious career as a quintessential artist and global humanist, inspired the […]
The National Assembly is seeking amendments to the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 to bar top officials of the apex bank from partisan politics. Championed by the ex-lawmaker representing Abia Central Senatorial District, Darlington Nwokocha before he was sacked from office by an Appeal Court sitting in Lagos in 2023, the amendment seeks to […]
