Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan on Monday failed to overwhelm visiting Rivers United Football Club of Port Harcourt for both sides to part goalless. In their 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Match Day 27 fixture at the Lekan Salami Stadium, both sides huffed and puffed but...
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The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi, says its Operation Whirlwind intercepted 245,370 liters of Petrol with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of NGN238.1 million in less than three months. Adeniyi made this known on Monday at a news conference in Lagos convened because of the recent petroleum products...
Head Coach of Rivers United Football Club, Finidi George, on Monday acknowledged that his team faced a quality team in the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan. George, while speaking after their goalless draw outing, admitted that it was difficult for his team to pick a point against...
There have been growing concerns about the obnoxious increasing trend of of ritual killings across Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the heightened situation of ritual killings is driven by the quest for quick wealth, poverty, unemployment, and lack of effective legislation. There have also been...
The Conference of Professionals in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), a political support group has called for the support of party leaders, members and other stakeholders to rescue the party from imminent collapse. The group made the call in Abuja on Monday in a statement issued by its Protem...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has approved the appointment of key officials for the newly established Borno State Hajj Commission. In a statement by his spokesperson, Dauda Iliya, the governor stated that Alhaji Mohammed Dawule Mainok has been appointed as the Executive Chairman,...
Dangote Cement has reported a 62.2 per cent revenue growth, reaching N3,580.6 billion in 2024. The company’s Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortisation (EBITDA) also grew by 56.0 per cent to N1,388.2 billion, with a 38.6 per cent margin. Arvind Pathak, Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Director...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that he is not willing to discuss peace, emphasising that time is not on Kiev’s side. This was confirmed by U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on Monday. “Success looks like President Zelensky sitting down and discussing the terms of peace, including what...
The impeached Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, is holding a meeting with the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda and 34 other lawmakers, at the assembly complex. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also present at the meeting is the Lagos State Chairman, All Progressive Congress (APC),...
The Ogoni Dialogue Committee, tasked with discussions on the proposed resumption of oil extraction in Ogoniland, has said it would soon present the people’s unified demand to the Federal Government. Ignatius Katty, Archbishop of Niger Delta North, Anglican Church of Nigeria, and Co-Chairman of the committee, disclosed this in...
Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, has urged Nigerians to use the 2025 Lenten Season to seek true repentance and shun evil. Onaga made the call in his Lenten message to Nigerians on Monday in Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that lent is...
A clergyman, Rev. John Hayab, has called on well-meaning elders to intervene in the feud between the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central. Hayab, who is the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the...
The Job Creation and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Secretariat (Office of the Vice-President) has announced that the overall winner of the 2025 MSMEs Award will receive a car, a house, a shop, and a cash prize worth N220 million. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its third meeting of the year on Monday, approved the completion of four road projects inherited from the previous administration, after a rigorous review. Minister of Works, Chief David Umahi, said this while addressing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting. He said...
The Speaker of the Lagos Mojisola Meranda, has resigned from office. Meranda announced her resignation at plenary on Monday in Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that Meranda became the first female speaker after Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the former speaker ,was impeached by his colleagues for alleged misconduct. The...
The Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced one Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso, 47, to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl. Akingbaso was first arraigned in September, 2022 before Justice Blessing Ajileye on a two-count charge of rape and coercion. Delivering her judgment, Justice Ajileye said, “in...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has vowed that governance will prevail despite the opposition in the state. Governor Fubara made the remark while inaugurating the Government House Staff Quarters newly built by his administration in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to him, the course of governance is irreversible despite...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have reinstated Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker, ending 49 days of the speakership crisis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obasa returns as the Speaker following the resignation of the former speaker, Mojisola Meranda, during Monday’s plenary. The former...
Conference of United Political Parties (CUPP) has said that the ongoing feud between Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi) and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, can lead to a significant loss of public confidence in the National Assembly. National Secretary of CUPP, Mr Peter Ameh, who stated this in an interview...
Here are the winners in key categories for the 97th Academy Awards, which were handed out in Hollywood on Sunday. “Anora” was the big winner of the night, with five Oscars: best picture, best director, best actress, best film editing and best original screenplay. Full list of winners below:...