The Nigeria Football Federation has decided to pull the Super Eagles out of Tuesday’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya. This follows a frustrating 12-hour ordeal at Al Abraq International Airport in Libya, where the team has been stranded since their arrival on Sunday afternoon. It was reported that the Nigerian delegation was […]
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria is poised for talks with Dangote Petroleum Refinery between Tuesday and Wednesday to finalise agreements on the cost and lifting of petrol from the plant. It was learnt on Sunday that the Petroleum Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria had been asked by the $20bn Lekki-based refinery to […]
When the Federal Government announced in September that it would start paying the proposed minimum wage of N70, 000, with a promise to pay civil servants the areas from July and August, not many Nigerians were excited about the news. And the reasons were obvious, one of them being the recent hike in electricity bill. […]
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has appointed Professor Toyin Ogundipe as the new Chairman and Pro Chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State. Prof. Ogundipe before his appointment was the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Professor Ogundipe, gathered, replaces Pastor Ezekiel […]
Ayodele Fayose, a former governor of Ekiti State, has said the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi is currently the voice of the opposition and not his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar. Fayose, who spoke on Sunday during an interview on Channels TV, dismissed chances of his party, the […]
Parts of the residence of the Speaker, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon. Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki has been gutted by fire in Gusau, the State capital. The incident occurred over the weekend. No casualty was recorded but properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed. Parts of the residence of the Speaker, Zamfara State House of […]
Former Nigeria national team goalkeeper Peter Fregene is currently on life support at a hospital in Ohara, Delta State, battling for his life in a critical condition. This dire update comes from Nigerian legend Segun Odegbami, who shared the news on Wednesday, emphasising the urgent need for prayers and support for the ailing ex-international. “Peter Fregene […]
Donald Trump ruled out a second US presidential debate with rival Kamala Harris on Wednesday, hours after Fox News offered to host a candidate showdown later this month before election day on November 5. The Republican ex-president and Democratic vice president, locked in an excruciatingly close White House battle, have faced off just once, in […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Organised Private Sector have called for the immediate reversal of the hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Retail stations of NNPC raised the price of petrol to N1,030 from N897/litre in Abuja, and in Lagos it […]
Jigawa State Judiciary has inaugurated local government election petitions and appeal tribunals to receive and deal with election petitions arising from the local government poll held on 5th October, 2024. This was contained in a statement signed by Director, Protocol and Publicity of the State Judiciary, Abbas Rufa’i Wangara. According to the statement, “in Jigawa […]
