Arsenal are preparing for a potentially season-defining Champions League clash against Bayern Munich on Wednesday as familiar doubts simmer over whether they can handle the pressure after their damaging Premier league defeat by Aston Villa. Sunday’s 2-0 loss brought back uncomfortable memories for Mikel Arteta’s side, who led the way for most of last season […]
The Federal governor of Nigeria under the administration of President Bola Tinubu has declared April 7 as National Police Day. This was disclosed by the Vice president Shettima on Monday night, in Abuja during the maiden award and commendations event organized by the police force. Shettima delivering the President’s speech titled, “Courage Under Fire: A […]
The Nigerian populace, already facing economic challenges, are now confronted with the harsh reality of diminishing purchasing power as essential food items become increasingly expensive. In recent months, the appreciation of the naira was anticipated to provide some relief for Nigerians, potentially reducing the cost of imported goods, including food items.. However, this expectation has […]
The National Identity Management Commission has announced that it is targeting the enrolment of 200 million Nigerians in the National Identification Number system by 2025. The Head of Corporate Communications at the commission, Kayode Adegoke, disclosed this on X Space on Sunday. “As of today, over 105 million NIN have been issued to Nigerians and […]
Foreign Direct Investments into Nigeria fell by $19bn in 10 years, from $22.7bn in 2014 to $3.7bn in 2023, it has been learnt. This was contained in a presentation made by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to top business leaders in Lagos recently. At the presentation, which was […]
The naira has continued its resurgence against the United States dollar, appreciating N1,136/$ at the official market and N1,050/$ at the parallel market at the close of trading activities on Monday. This was as traders predicted the dollar’s fall to below N1,000 before the end of the week. At the official foreign exchange market, data […]
Nigeria witnessed its sixth power grid collapse of 2024 on Monday, as electricity generation on the system collapsed from 2,583.77 megawatts at 2 am to 64.7MW around 3am before the grid was restored later in the day. Although the Transmission Company of Nigeria attributed the cause of Monday’s grid collapse to a fire incident, it […]
Aisha Galadima, a female politician and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, was reportedly arrested on Sunday by security agents believed to be operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). The arrest was said to be related to a negative social media post about the state governor, Uba Sani. According […]
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has warned members not to further escalate tensions with reprisals against Iran, saying that the Middle East is already “on the brink”. Speaking at the Security Council on Sunday, he said: “The people of the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict. Now is the time to […]
For the umpteenth time, Nigeria’s power grid experienced another collapse in the early hours of Monday, April 15, 2024, according to data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), between 2:00 am till the time of filing this report. The grid recorded an unprecedented zero Megawatts (MW) at the time and is currently generating […]
