The International Monetary Fund has warned the Nigerian government to remove what it called implicit fuel and electricity subsidies. In a report published recently by the IMF, the organisation told Nigeria that the subsidies would guzzle three per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product in 2024 as against one per cent in the year […]
The Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in charge of Edo, Delta and Ondo states, Effa Okim, has revealed how underage Internet fraudsters, commonly called Yahoo Boys, declare false age to obtain driving licence, which they then use to open bank accounts for warehousing illicit funds. The zonal director revealed this during […]
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday, declared that Plateau State will experience permanent peace and regain its lost glory, saying that darkness cannot comprehend light. Adeboye, who disclosed that he was last in Plateau State seven years before, said the devil kept him away, knowing that […]
Internet connectivity was disrupted in several East African nations on Sunday due to faults reported on the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and SEACOM cables, Internet monitoring groups said. NetBlocks, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stated, “Network data show a disruption to Internet connectivity in and around multiple East African countries.” It […]
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has insisted that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress have forfeited their positions in the legislative body. Twenty five lawmakers loyal to the former governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, […]
Prince Harry on Sunday in Lagos joined in the training sessions of young basketball and wheelchair basketball players at Ilupeju Grammar School, to the delight of the kids. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex respectively, participated in a basketball clinic and will support the construction of a new Giants […]
Amateur fighters are jostling for the available slots as Nigeria continues to prepare their contingent with the maiden Mixed Martial Arts National Amateur Championship which will be used to select the country’s team for the 2024 MMA World Championship 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia by December. The series saw fighters from the northwest and central zones of […]
A total number of 22 teams have arrived in Benin City for the 2024 phase one of the Ardova Handball Premier League which begins on Monday (today). The top tier league, the biggest handball event in Nigeria, was initially scheduled for April 28 to May 11 but was shifted to afford the participating teams adequate […]
Super Eagles forward, Samuel Chukwueze, has emerged as a doubt for Nigeria’s World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Benin Republic, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Eagles are scheduled to host Bafana Bafana at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on June 7 before travelling to Ivory Coast where they face the Squirrels four days later. […]
Nigerian Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has hinted at quitting music. He was reacting to the recent pictures and videos doctored against him by some blogs. In a post via X on Thursday night, the singer claimed that some persons desperately want him out of the music industry. Davido said he would […]
