The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja urged stakeholders in the Nigerian football family to remain calm and abide by a Sept. 15 order of the Federal High Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had scheduled Friday in Benin for the...
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N27 billion for the rehabilitation of a 27km road linking Ondo and Edo. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed revealed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Wednesday, revoked the N100 million bail granted to the Briton, James Nolan, a director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID). Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, issued a bench warrant against Nola. Justice Mohammed ordered that the British national should...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC)has approved N580.5 million for the procurement of four armoured vehicles to fight dangerous and illicit drugs by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami made this known to State House correspondents at the...
Visa, a digital payment service firm, ahead of the global football tournament in Qatar, has announced its FIFA world cup promo campaign to reward customers for transactions performed with their visa cards. The company made this known in a statement signed by Mr Andrew Uaboi, Vice President, Visa West...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Chairman of Gender Based Violence Response Team (GBV-RT) Rabiu Bello Gandi has decried that unnecessary delay in dispensing cases of Gender Based Violence, (GBV) Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Harmful Practices (HP) is an obstacle to achieving the needed milestone...
A Zimbabwean woman who lied about a man having unlawful carnal knowledge of her has confessed, stating that she was under pressure. The man identified as Simbarashe Chadiwa was handed a 20-year sentence for the r#pe of a 10-year old minor. Chadiwa who has been in prison for eight...
…..Directs INEC to publish his name By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – The Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State Capital has declared Bashir Sheriff Machina as the APC’s authentic senatorial candidate for Yobe North in the coming 2023 National Assembly elections. The court also directed INEC to accept...
Congo Army spokesman on Wednesday confirmed the death of 22 people after two Ugandan military helicopters crashed in East DRC. Uganda had sent troops to its central African neighbour in December to help fight a violent rebel group known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). “The Uganda People’s Defence...
Dr Danladi Bako, Co- Director, Strategic Communication, APC Presidential Campaign Council, says the Tinubu/Shettima media team will mobilise Nigerians across the country to vote for the party in 2023. Bako said in a statement on Wednesday, in Abuja: ”Without doubt, this team has not only the capacity , capability...
Mr Lekan Folorunso, a father of two told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan that he sold marijuana to provide for his two children and wife. Folorunso made the confession on Wednesday in his counter argument against his wife’s allegation of being irresponsible. ”I also beg on...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Labour Party and its supporters not to converge at the Lekki toll gate for its #Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally billed to hold on the 1st of October, 2020. The court also directed the Inspector General of Police and the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja charged the National Council on Climate Change to formulate appropriate policies toward achieving green growth and sustainable economic development for Nigeria. Inaugurating the Council before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting, the President said it marked the commencement of the...
An economist, Prof. Evans Osabuohien says the increase of Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will further put pressure on already pressured private sector. Osabuohien made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota,...
Tite has slammed Dylan Bronn’s challenge on Neymar during Brazil’s win over Tunisia on Tuesday, claiming it was “a move to take a player out of the World Cup”. The Selecao completed their preparations for the Qatar World Cup with a commanding 5-1 victory in Paris, with Neymar among...
Bayern Munich forward Sadio Mané has been backed by sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic to rediscover his form. The Senegal star made a strong start to his Bayern Munich career after moving from Liverpool in June but has now gone five games without a goal. The German champions, looking to...
A Federal High Court in Sokoto on Wednesday ordered that a Director in the Sokoto State Commodity Board, Hassan Bello, be remanded in correction centre for alleged N1.3 million employment scam. Justice Ahmad Mahmud, gave the order following a not guilty plea to advance free fraud entered by Bello....
Showmax, an online movie streaming platform, has showcased its first original Nigerian series titled ,”Diiche”, to be premiered Sept.29. The media screening of the series held in Lagos on Tuesday, with attendance of some the creative industry’s big wigs, actors and some of the evicted housemates of the ongoing...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, mourned the death of a son of their colleague, Bala Ali, who represents Dass Constituency, who was killed by suspected kidnappers. The Spokesperson of Abubakar Suleiman, the Speaker of the House, Abdul Burra told...
One recent occurrence that typifies the nations’ education sector as an area in urgent need of help is the current shoddy state of Ologbo Primary and secondary schools, Ologbo, Obarentin community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo state, formerly called Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria Primary and Secondary...