Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami will play host to Real Salt Lake on February 21 in Major League Soccer’s opening 2024 match under a regular-season schedule announced by the league Wednesday. The North American league’s 29th season will feature the earliest kickoff to any MLS campaign as eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi, who led Argentina to…
Vice president Kashim Shettima has challenged graduates to embrace their potential and contribute to building a brighter future for Nigeria instead of jolting out of the country in search of greener pastures. He gave the charge when the chief of staff to the president and former speaker of the House Of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila,…
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday night, killed two villagers in Chibok local government area of Borno State. The attack which reportedly took place at 7pm was said to have sent terrible fear through the headquarters of Chibok local government thus prompting villagers to flee into nearby bushes for safety. Sources in the community said…
The Federal Government, FG, has said ministries, extra-ministerial departments, and agencies (MDAs) have no excuse in speedy implementation of digitalization reforms in 2024. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, said this at a one-day retreat on digitalization for the Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries held on Tuesday,…
The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, says it recorded zero jailbreak and attacks in all the 253 custodial centres across the country in 2023. The spokesman, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Abubakar Umar, made this disclosure in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Umar said the government had taken comprehensive measures to strengthen the…
Life is a profound journey, filled with twists and turns that shape our existence. At the core of this journey lies the beacon of hope, a force that propels us forward even in the darkest of times. It is the unwavering belief that tomorrow holds the promise of a brighter day. Life, in its essence,…
A new report by the Ford Foundation and TechnoServe Explores has shown that although Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal are signatories to several international conventions against Gender-based violence, GBV, and have developed a legal framework that punishes offenders, there is still a low level of confidence in the protection offered by the law. The report which…
With the delivery of two million barrels of crude, the $19 billion Dangote Oil Refining Company is set to commence production of petroleum products paving the way for additional jobs and foreign exchange relief to the economy. This follows yesterday’s delivery of an additional one million barrels of crude oil yesterday to the refinery, two…
The Naira appreciated against the US dollar at the official foreign exchange market. Official data from FMDQ disclosed that it appreciated N844.85/$1 at the close of work on Monday. The figure represents 5.15 per cent increase compared to the N888.35/$1 quoted at the close of business on Monday. This is the second time the country’s…
THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso has said that the proposed banking recapitalisation was necessary to protect banks from macroeconomic risks and to enable them fund big ticket transactions. Cardoso stated this while speaking at the 2023 Nigeria Sustainability Summit organised by Access Holdings Plc in partnership with European…
Telecom providers in Nigeria have received a fresh instruction from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to block phone lines that are not linked with National Identity Numbers (NINs) by February 28, 2024. This most recent order was issued in response to the NCC’s order from April 4, 2022, which mandated that operators limit outgoing calls…
Chelsea boss, Mauricio Pochettino has called for patience with Christopher Nkunku after the summer signing finally made his debut for the Blues on Tuesday night in their Carabao Cup win over Newcastle United. Nkunku, who joined Chelsea from RB Leipzig, has been sidelined with a serious knee injury since pre-season. The 26-year-old finally featured in…
While Manchester United have had a difficult season so far, former Argentina striker Sergio Aguero has not given up hope on their title chances. Despite United being 11 points behind league leaders Arsenal, Aguero believes they still have what it takes to challenge Manchester City for the title. Aguero knows both Manchester sides well, having…
In Rivers State, an unfortunate incident occurred in which a police officer accidentally killed his colleague while responding to a complaint. Inspector Nelson Abuante and Inspector Monday Gbaramana, two colleagues, had been dispatched to the Taabaa Division of the Rivers State Police Command to investigate a complaint. As they went about their work, an unfortunate…
The International Organisation for Migration, IOM, says no fewer than 1,000 Nigerians have been deceived with unexciting job opportunities in the United Kingdom, UK. Laurent De Boeck, IOM’s Chief of Mission made the disclosure at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. According to him, some of the victims lost huge amounts of money as…
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, says he has put in place machinery to stop the moves by Shoprite, one of Nigeria’s prominent supermarket chains, to close its only branch in Kano State. The development came after ShopRite announced its decision to exit Kano in January 2024 due to a challenging economic situation….
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has confirmed that the police have taken into custody a lawyer named Ekere Ebong, who was seen in a viral video assaulting his wife. This information was given by the minister at a press briefing in Abuja following the weekend incident in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom state. Mrs Kennedy-Ohanenye stated…
The newly appointed board members of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPCL) have pledged their commitment to President Tinubu’s goal of increasing the country’s oil production to 2 million barrels per day by next year. In a briefing to State House correspondents in Abuja, the Chairman of the Board, Okokon Ekanem Udo, emphasized that the…
Resident doctors at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, have called on governments at all levels to take deliberate steps to address the plague of brain drain in the medical service delivery. The doctors made the call at the first Annual General Meeting and Academic Conference of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD),…
Real Madrid defender David Alaba will be sidelined for months after suffering a severe knee injury in his team’s 4-1 win over Villarreal on Sunday in La Liga. The Austrian centre-back went off hurt in the first half after attempting to challenge Villarreal forward Gerard Moreno. “After the tests carried out on our player David…
Unlike other states of the federation where the N2bn palliative fund as well as food items received from the federal government were already disbursed to citizens to cushion the effects of subsidy removal, residents in Bayelsa have waited endlessly for the prosperity government of Senator Douye Diri to roll out plans for distribution, to get…
The World Bank says only 1.5 million of the 15 million targeted helpless Nigerian households have received the Federal Government’s N25,000 conditional cash transfer. World Bank’s Lead Economist for Nigeria, Alex Sienaert, disclosed this during his presentation of the Nigeria Development Update, December 2023 edition, last week in Abuja. According to the figure, only 0.1…
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has stressed the need for motorists to change their attitude to avert crashes, particularly on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Anthony Uga, made this statement in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Ota, Ogun. 16 persons were killed in three…
Manchester United legend, Paul Scholes has insisted that striker, Rasmus Hojlund will be disappointed with his performance against Liverpool on Sunday. Scholes also said that he was delighted with the spirit Man United showed in their goalless draw with Liverpool at Anfield. Hojlund missed Manchester United’s best chance against Liverpool as both teams shared a…
Ghana’s premier chartered university, Valley View University, Oyibi, Accra Ghana has conferred honorary doctorate degree on Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state for delivering on good governance in the last one year. The vice chancellor, Prof William Koomsion at the university 30th convocation yesterday said the university reviewed the Governor’s antecedent as a businessman and…
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has spent not less than N6.6 billion on the payment of claims and compensation for 103,000 beneficiaries. According to the fund, these include 111 persons assisted to their feet with artificial limbs, apart from 11 others sent abroad for further medical treatment. This came as NSITF informed that…
Lagos, the economic centre of Nigeria, has been rated dual in the list of sinking cities that could disappear by 2100. According to the World Economic Forum, via World of Statistics, top on the list is Jakarta, Indonesia, which is sinking at a rate of 6.7 inches per year due to excessive groundwater pumping. Lagos…
Shooting Stars, are eager to return to winning ways when they square up against Abia Warriors at the Umuahia Township Stadium on Sunday (today). The Oluyole Warriors are winless in their last four league games. The Gbenga Ogunbote’s side are fired up to change their dwindling fortunes in the matchday 14 fixture. Shooting Stars are…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has recovered 1.5 million pills of tramadol and Rohypnol bound for South Africa at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. NDLEA arrested two suspects, Bada Akorede, and Amusan Sharafadeen, in connection with the consignment, which contained 1,050,000 pills of tramadol and 510,000 tablets of Rohypnol. Similarly, operatives of…
There are no festive lights strung overhead and no sign of the huge tree normally erected to celebrate the event that Christians believe took place on this spot 2,000 years ago: the birth of Jesus Christ. Outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, the throngs of tourists and pilgrims who normally…
The Senate has challenged the various revenue generating agencies owned by the Federal Government to surpass the N18.324trillion aggregate revenue target set for the 2024 fiscal year. This is as the Senator representing Niger East, Sani Musa, opined that a N100trn budget size for the nation was achievable if revenue leakages were plugged. Recall that…
