Manchester United have kicked off what is expected to be a busy summer with the announcement of a new signing. The new player of arguably England’s most successful club is 21-year-old Wales international, Daniel James who completed his transfer from Swansea City in a deal worth £15 million ($19m) over a five-year contract. The pacy … Read more
Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party failed to win its first seat in Britain’s parliament as it lost out to the main opposition Labour Party in a crunch by-election, results on Friday showed. The poll in the eastern English city of Peterborough was triggered after the sitting MP, Fiona Onasanya, was dumped by voters … Read more
China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin hit back at US global economic dominance on Friday as they took the stage together at Russia’s showcase business forum. With China embroiled in a trade war with Washington and Russia under Western sanctions, Xi and Putin lashed out at “inequalities” in the global economic system and vowed … Read more
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the country recorded a total trade value of N8.2 billion for the first quarter of 2019, representing a growth of 2.50 per cent when compared to the previous quarter, (fourth quarter, 2018). The NBS said this in its Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics for First Quarter of 2019 … Read more
The Nigerian Gas Marketing Company (NGMC) has announced a profit after tax of N12.476 billion for the year ended December 31, 2018. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja on Friday. Mr Ughamadu disclosed that the NNPC … Read more
Some senators-elect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Young Progressive Party (YPP), have on Friday, declared support for Sen. Ahmad Lawan’s Senate Presidency ambition. The opposition parties’ senators-elect at the occasion include Clifford Odia (PDP-Edo), Mathew Urhoghide (PDP-Edo) and Gershom Bash (PDP-Cross River). Others were Abba Moro (PDP-Benue), Lawali Anka (PDP-Zamfara) and Ifeanyi Ubah … Read more
Sen. Kabiru Gaya (APC-Kano), has maintained that he is still in the race for the Deputy President of the ninth Senate. Gaya, who made this known while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said though the All Progressives Congress (APC) had not made its position known on who to endorse for the position, he was … Read more
In a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, on Friday in Abuja, Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has frowned at the suspension, on Thursday of AIT and RayPower FM broadcast licence by National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). He said that the suspension of the licenses of the DAAR Group and shutting down of … Read more
Nigerian Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday while inaugurating a landmark LPG cylinder manufacturing plant, built at Ajah, near Lagos by Techno Oil Limited said that the Federal Government has put measures in place to ensure that up to 13.8 million households in Nigeria embraced usage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for their cooking … Read more
Sky, a United Kingdom’s leading cable TV platform, has barred the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) from its platform indefinitely. A message on Sky’s website read in part, “794: NTA International; currently temporarily removed from EPG (Electronic Programme Guide).” The suspension of NTA International came to public knowledge barely 24 hours after the National Broadcasting Commission … Read more
Shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with state governors and security chiefs in Aso Rock, Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi while speaking with State House Correspondents made it known that the details of the meeting bothered around insecurity and creation of State police. He said … Read more
Shortly after Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Okorocha the Certificate of Return as Senator-Elect for Imo-West. The Immediate past Imo Governor says that he has forgiven the returning officer for the Imo West senatorial election in the 2019 general elections, Innocent … Read more
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, says governing Lagos state is not a tea party, as the experience and challenges are real. Sanwo-Olu made this known while speaking with State House correspondents after a private meeting with Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, shortly after the expanded security council meeting on Friday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Friday reacted to the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja which ruled that Rochas Okorocha be awarded his certificate of return as a senator. INEC, in a statement signed by the National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Friday, said given the … Read more
A teenager, Sodiq Salawu, who allegedly stole a phone inside a mosque, on Friday has appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Salawu, 19, is facing trial on charges of conspiracy and stealing. He was prosecuted alongside one Ifeanyi Ominoyi, charged with receiving the stolen phone. The duo, however, pleaded not guilty … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office on Friday, prosecuted one Moses Peter Adoga before Justice Simon O. Aboki of the Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Adoga was arraigned on a one-count charge for converting the sum of N19,765,200, being a Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) grant to … Read more
Cultists have been reported to have stormed Ikorodu area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria wiping out a family of three. It was gathered that the cultists struck at Ojuirowo area of Ikorodu and assassinated a family of three-father, mother and child on Friday morning. The cultists were said to belong to the Eiye cult group who … Read more
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has condemned the closure of AIT and RayPower FM by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC giving it 24 hours to re-open the stations. The statement signed by the President of NUJ, Chris Isiguzo and union’s National Secretary, Shuaibu Usman Leman reads; “The Nigeria Union of Journalists is alarmed at … Read more
Two Federal Road Safety Corps officers serving in Onitsha, Anambra State have allegedly strangled their colleague, one Emeka Ojei, to death for whistleblowing. It was gathered that the deceased had a damaging corruption allegation against one of his assailants which he wanted to submit to the headquarters of the corps. The suspect, had appealed to … Read more
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has disclosed its plan to close the Murtala Muhammed International Airport’s Apron Gate 1 and some sections of Taxiway F to human and vehicular traffic for six weeks. The agency said the directive, which became effective on Friday, would enable contractors working on the new terminal to link it … Read more