Nigeria has now been paired with 5 times world cup winner, Brazil in Group D of the 2023 U-20 World Cup, following the draw for the competition held today in Zurich, Switzerland. The flying eagles being one of the African four African contestants have also been drawn with Italy and […]
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has today announced a 13-man Presidential Inauguration committee to plan a week-long presidential inauguration event that will usher him and his VP-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima in as the President and Vice-President of the country. This development was contained in a letter addressed to the Secretary […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has granted Nigerian citizenship to 385 foreign nationals residing in the country. According to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, the FEC granted the approval on Wednesday adding that 317 applicants got their citizenship through naturalisation while 68 others received theirs through registration and that […]
Only students from Nigeria secondary schools, either private or government-owned, who are 17 years or below are the only ones eligible for prizes to be awarded to winners of the 5km Student Race in the Abuja International Marathon slated for April 29, 2023. Speaking to the media in Abuja on […]
English premier league clubs, Tottenham and Brighton have now been fined £100,000 each following the touchline brawl between the two benches in their recent Premier League game. The game saw interim Spurs boss, Cristian Stellini and Brighton head coach Roberto De Zerbi clash before kick-off then flared up in the […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has today reinstated Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume as non Executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Presiding judge, Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo voided President Muhammadu Buhari’s dismissal of the senator on January 17, 2023 on the ground that the action […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has now ordered the withdrawal of the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, Mohammed Barde from the state with immediate effect and also ordered that the Commissioner of Police in charge of Gombe State, CP Etim Equa immediately proceed […]
The Lagos state government has announced the suspension of all development plans on Banana Island in Ikoyi area of Lagos state after the collapse of a seven-storey building under construction on First Avenue. This was disclosed by a statement signed by Lagos state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, […]
The governor of Benue State and the chairman of the Middle Belt Forum, Samuel Ortom have called for the postponement of the 2023 census until Internally Displaced Persons (IPDs) in the North Central zone are resettled. The governor made this known when he hosted the Middle Belt governorship Forum who […]
A malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University in Britain is to be used in Ghana as the first place it has received regulatory clearance anywhere in the world. The university made this known in a statement saying “The vaccine has been approved for use in children aged 5-36 months, the […]
