As a fallout from Nigeria’s latest friendly game against Mali, Moses Simon would have to be sidelined for the remainder of the season by his Ligue 1 club, Nantes due to an injury sustained during yesterday’s match where they suffered a 2-0 defeat. The Super Eagles winger got injured in […]
The military has released 230 persons suspected to have lies with terrorist group, Boko Haram made up of two hundred and nineteen males and eleven females after profiling them. According to a source within the military, the suspects were cleared after it was established that they were not terrorists but […]
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has today increased the benchmark interest rate by 200 basis points making it 24.75 percent. This was disclosed by the CBN governor, Yemi Cardoso in a communique after the second MPC meeting of his tenure in the federal […]
Senegalese opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become the country’s next president after his main rival today acknowledged his victory in the elections that came barely days after he was freed from prison. This win will make him Senegal’s youngest president at 44 years of age where he […]
The Federal Government has today insisted no ransom was paid for the release of the abducted Kuriga children in Kaduna State. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, while briefing State House Correspondents after the conclusion of the Federal Executive Council meeting saying the victims secured their […]
AFCON MVP, Nigeria’s Troost Ekong is expected to return to action in mid-May. The Super Eagles defender and vice-captain of the team William Troost-Ekong has shared a positive update on his recovery from recent surgery, indicating progress beyond expectations. In a statement he released today through his agency, The BFA […]
Concerned members of the Labour Party (LP) has today, staged a protest at the national headquarters of the party calling for the resignation of both National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure. Gathering at the Labour Party National […]
The Rivers State House of Assembly has overruled the Governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara to enact the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) Service Commission Law. The House took the decision today after convening an impromptu sitting. However this is not the first time this is happening as the […]
Russia has today announced that the country’s “LGBT movement” has been added to a list of extremist and terrorist organisations. This was in line with Russia’s Supreme Court’s ruling last November that ruled LGBT activists should be designated as extremists. They are now added to a list maintained by a […]
Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has today officially confirmed Vladimir Putin’s landslide victory in the presidential elections held from Mar. 15 to 17. This was disclosed by the CEC Chairperson, Ella Pamfilova at a press conference announcing the official results with a total of 76.2 million votes for Vladmir Putin, […]
