Nigeria’s shot put thrower, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, will continue his quest for a second successive Olympics ticket at USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix at Drake Stadium, UCLA, on May 18. The 31-year-old, who made his Olympics debut at Tokyo 2020, fell short at Tucson, Arizona over the weekend with his 20.97m effort, a far cry from the […]
President, Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Tonobok Okowa, is confident that Nigeria will secure the complete relays Olympic tickets. Buoyed by the country’s sterling outing at the World Relays in the Bahamas, Okowa says there are enough competitions for the women’s 4x400m relay team to also punch their ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics and complete […]
Togolese striker Franck Mawuena scored the winning goal after providing the equaliser as Remo Stars came back from a goal down to beat Rivers United 2-1 in Ikenne on Monday to cut the gap on leaders Enugu Rangers to one point in a rescheduled Nigeria Premier Football League game. It was Remo’s first win over […]
Aruna Quadri will faceoff with South Korea’s Cho Dae-seong in the men’s singles round of 16 of the World Table Tennis Saudi Smash 2024, taking place in Jedda, The PUNCH reports. The Nigerian once again showed character as he came from behind to edge Lee Sang Su of South Korea 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11, 7, 11-1, […]
Nigerians on Monday rejected the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s reduction of the tariff payable by Band A customers from N225/kWh to N206.8/kWh. The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, electricity consumers and civil society organisations. The new tariff announced on Monday came 33 days after […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested six senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over alleged N6bn fraud. The senior officers are currently being grilled by EFCC interrogators at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, Though details of the probe are still sketchy, our correspondent gathered that the NSCDC officers were […]
The Indian Consulate-General to Nigeria, Shri Chandramouli Kern, has expressed his beliefs for flourished bilateral relations between India and Nigeria in the provision of quality healthcare services. Kern disclosed this at the unveiling of StarCare International Hospital, a leading provider of primary and speciality care operations in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Monday, while assuring India’s commitment […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, on Monday, directed banks and other financial institutions to start charging a cybersecurity levy on all banking transactions. According to the circular, the implementation of the levy would start in two weeks. The circular read in part, “Following the enactment of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) (amendment) Act 2024 and […]
In pursuit of securing a new $750m loan from the World Bank, the Federal Government may reintroduce previously suspended telecom tax and other fiscal measures. This is according to the Stakeholder Engagement Plan for Nigeria – Accelerating Resource Mobilisation Reforms programme between Nigeria and the World Bank. A copy of the plan’s document posted on […]
Law students from the Lagos State University have emerged winners of the National Inter Faculty Competition. The competition which attracted participants from universities across the country, was organised by the Redeemers University in Osun State. This was revealed by the LASU handle on X on May 4, 2024, tweeting as @LASUOfficial. The competition which was […]
