By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – MTN Nigeria has debunked media reports that IHS Towers has offered the company improved terms for the lease of 2,500 sites that match the terms of ATC, which recently won the contract following a highly competitive bidding process. “These reports are not...
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The police command in Anambra, has confirmed the killing of five persons after Sunday’s shooting at a nightclub in Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The state Commissioner of Police Aderemi Adeoye, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, on winning the CAF 2023 Men’s Player of the Year award. The President in a statement on Tuesday also celebrated the remarkable achievements of Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria’s Super Falcons,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigerian educator, Michael Chiangi Gbagir has won the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition’s Best Educator Award for his initiative ‘EcoPower Adventure’, which engages different communities through interactive learning activities, such as energy scavenger hunts. The Commonwealth Secretariat in a statement on Monday, announced...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has ordered full investigations into the reported cases of food poisoning at St James primary School B ,Owoope Osogbo The State Governor , Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke directed immediate action when the matter was reported to him by...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has commended Victor Osimhen, Asisat Oshoala, Chiamaka Nnadozie and the Super Falcons for scooping the major CAF 2023 awards in Morocco. Gusau in a statement by the NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire,...
In its efforts to tackle illicit financial flows and corruption in Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has begun the training of relevant stakeholders to build their capacity. The Acting Director and Division Manager, Policy Management at the African Development Institute of the AfDB, Dr Eric Ogunleye, said...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu will account for revenue from oil. Edun said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation to defend the 2024 appropriation bill. He said...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is excited about Nigeria’s impressive performance at the ongoing International Telecommunications Union (ITU)’s World Radio Communications (WRC) Conference 2023, holding in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where two Nigerians were elected into leadership positions, while...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday, remanded a man, Wasiu Oriyomi in Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old girl. Oriyomi, whose residential address was not given, is being charged for defilement. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justice Rahman...
By PAUL EJIME – ECOWAS leaders have resolved to set up a committee of three Heads of State to negotiate a “short” transition programme to democracy with the Niger Junta having failed to carry through with its threat to use military force to restore constitutional order in the country...
I do not know how to start this Tribute. Still, I have to do it; and it’s to Temitope Adeniran Ademakinwa who died on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. Ademakinwa died at the age of 62, leaving behind a 97-year-old mother, an elder brother and a daughter. During...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The President of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), the Wife of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Mrs Mariya T. A. Lagbaja, on Monday commissioned a 25,000-litre borehole to provide water supply for 60 families in Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. Mrs...
Spinach has been considered since ancient times as a food with functional properties that support health maintenance. It is of high nutritional value with large content of folates vitamins A, C, and K and minerals such as iron, magnesium and manganese. It paves way for a substantial contribution to their...
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The All Progressive Congress(APC)in Rivers, on Monday urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, to join the party in the state. Its Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony Okocha, made the remark while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt in reaction to the defection of the 27...
The Coordinating Ministry of Health and Social Development, Prof. Ali Pate, has assured that a decisive action will be taken to combat criminal activities in health practices. Responding to a newspaper investigation, titled “Inside Abuja’s Kidney ‘Market’,” Pate on his X page condemned the depravity and criminality revealed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the seats of the 27 lawmakers at the River House Assembly vacant, for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP National Publicity Secretary Mr Debo...
Niger Republic, Mali, and Burkina Faso are eyeing a political and monetary alliance, Niger’s military leader said on national television of a move that could mark a further break with the West African regional bloc. Niger’s General Abdourahamane Tiani did not give a timeline or details about the...
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of an FCT High Court on Monday fixed Jan 8, to deliver judgment in the enforcement of fundamental rights suit filed by the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. The judge fixed the date after listening to arguments canvassed for and against...