England have been awarded the women’s 4×100 metres relay gold from the 2022 Commonwealth Games after race winners Nigeria had their result expunged. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced this on Friday. England finished second in the race at the Games in Birmingham in August. However, the Athletics Integrity...
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The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Iyiola Omisore, says he is optimistic that Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, will soon return to the state to continue attending to the developmental needs of the people. Omisore said this on Friday in Akure in what he called...
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has presented cheques worth N535.6 million to 68 families of officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Presenting the cheques to the families on Friday in Abuja, the I-G said the money was from the Group Life...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered the release of a former Kano State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Malam Idris Wada-Saleh, from detention pending the determination of the originating motion. Wada-Saleh was on July 4, arraigned by the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission...
The Naira on Friday depreciated against the dollar, exchanging at N803.90 at the investors and exporters window. The Naira decreased by 7.72 per cent when compared with N746.28 for which it exchanged for the dollar on Thursday. The open indicative rate closed at N763.36 to one dollar on Friday....
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to protect Benin artefacts returned to the country from different parts of the world as a way of archiving the history of the people. Tinubu made the commitment on Friday in Abuja when he received the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Friday sworn in the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Bukar Tijani, 3 Special Advisers and one Permanent Secretary at the International Conference Hall of Usman Musa Secretariat Maiduguri. He said the appointment of the...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on international boundary dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon on Thursday called for swift action to be taken to prevent the loss of another Cross River State territory to Cameroon like Bakassi. The Danare and Biajua communities and about 7,000 to 10,000 hectares...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) FT-7NI trainer aircraft has reportedly crashed on Friday while on a routine training exercise in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the crash...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu is set to travel to Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday July 15, to participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. ...
Police in River State have arrested one Michael Charles alias Thankgod Ekwueme for allegedly selling his three children. This follows the Command’s busting of a child trafficking ring operating in the state. Parading the suspects within the Old GRA Police Station, Head Office of the CP Monitoring Unit,...
Another Abuja High Court has voided the arrest and detention of the Suspended Central Bank Governor, Mister Godwin Emefiele, by the Department of State Services. Delivering Judgement, Justice Bello Kawu held that the arrest, detention and interrogation of Mister Emefiele, is in violation of the subsisting judgment and orders...
The 8th Edition of the Big Brother Naija Television Reality Show is to premiere July 23 as an “All Star” show, with housemates from the 7 previous editions. Dr Busola Tejumola, Executive Head, Content & West Africa Channels, MultiChoice Nigeria disclosed this during a media briefing held in Lagos...
No fewer than 80 suspected cultists have been arrested between April and July 14, 2023 in Lagos State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN recalls that in April, 42 suspected cultists, allegedly belonging to different groups were arrested at different places within the state, while 17 others...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Abdulkarim Chukkol, has described investment, Business Email Compromise, BEC, and forex scams as well as land and property fraud as some of the most prevalent financial and economic crimes in the Lagos...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Operatives of The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command, have arrested an ex-cybercrime convict and 54 other suspects for alleged internet fraud in Oyo town. The EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday...
One of the most exciting teachings I received during my formative years was the lessons on prophecy. It was during my catechism class as a Catholic Christian, and prophecy as a topic posed a huge but thrilling challenge to me. On that day, at that time and in that...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday disbursed scholarships to 10 indigent students studying different courses in Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto (UDUS). The UDUS Branch Chairman of ASUU, Prof. Nura Almustapha, said that the national body of ASUU introduced the scheme by selecting a beneficiary for N100,...
A graduate of Lead City University, Ibadan, Ebimotimi Freeborn, who was beaten to death in Yenagoa, Bayelsa for allegedly stealing a loaf of bread had mental issues, family sources have revealed. The sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Yenagoa that Freeborn, a graduate of...