S/Court hears Atiku’s appeal against Buhari today
The Supreme Court will today hear the appeals filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 23…
No directive yet on new wage payment to corps members – NYSC
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Shuaibu, says the scheme has not yet got a directive from the Minister of Finance to commence payment of the N30,000 new minimum wage…
PHOTOS: Buhari, son, Kebbi gov on first day of Saudi summit
President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf, his son, and Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi state, were seen at the venue of the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII)in…
2 million jobs coming as CBN plans N100b textile funding
ABOUT two million jobs are to be created in the textile industry with the expected injection of massive cash to revive the comatose sector Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, said…
Chevron Quitting Nigeria To Focus On Shale Back Home
Chevron is divesting itself from oil fields in Nigeria for the shale fields in New Mexico and Texas. Sources told Reuters that it has started discussing with buyers to sell some of its…
Puma confirms kits contract with AFN
THE NationSport has exclusively confirmed from Germany-based sports apparel manufacturer Puma that it has entered into sponsorship deal with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria…
Governors seek variation of loan repayment plans
GOVERNORS on Tuesday sought the variation of the budget support loan repayment, which they said will compound the state governments’ burden. They rejected the proposed monthly…
Golden Eaglets qualify for Round of 16
NIGERIA last night defeated Ecuador 3-2 in their second Group B match of the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup to book a place in the Round of 16. Nigeria went ahead in the 5th minute through…
Customs seizes expired N2.7b rice
THE Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island Command has seized 54 containers laden with various contrabands, including expired rice and banned drugs. Thirty-three of…
Lagos Assembly approves Sanwo-Olu’s request for budget re-ordering
Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday at plenary approved the re-ordering of N93,742,530bn from the 2019 budget as requested by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu had…
Senate panel: 17 oil firms owe NDDC N17b, $273m
THE National Assembly Joint Committee on Niger Delta Affairs on Tuesday summoned 17 oil companies over N72billion and $273million owed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).…
Reps urge Buhari to suspend military’s Operation Positive Identification
House of Representatives Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the planned Operation Positive Identification (OPI) by the military. The decision…
Army deploys GOCs
The Army has approved postings and redeployment of senior officers across units and formations. The Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, said…
Lagos assembly speaker summoned by court over probe of Ambode
A high court in Lagos has summoned Mudashiru Obasa, speaker of the state house of assembly, over the ongoing probe of 820 buses procured by the administration of ex-governor…
Wizkid nominated for 2019 Soul Train Music Awards
Ace Nigerian music superstar, Wizkid, has been nominated for the 2019 Soul Train Music Awards scheduled to hold on Nov. 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S According to The Hollywood…
95 inmates still at large out of 122 prison escapees
The Service said 95 were still at large, as 105 of them stayed back following torrential rains and flood in the town which pulled down the Perimeter fence of the centre. The…
JUST IN: Lebanese PM Hariri resigns after week of protests
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has tendered his resignation and that of his government, after over a week of protests that paralysed the country, as the people accuse…
Emery speaks on Xhaka’s punishment after spat with fans
Unai Emery has urged Granit Xhaka to apologise to Arsenal fans – but insists no decision has been made over whether he will retain the captaincy. Xhaka clashed with his own…
WhatsApp fixes the notification badge on muted iOS chats
WhatsApp’s latest iOS update stops showing an unread notification badge on its app icon for messages you’ve muted. It’s a minor but welcome change that arrived with version…
Amazon set to challenge loss of $10 billion Pentagon JEDI cloud computing contract
If Amazon.com decides to fight the Pentagon’s decision to award a highly contested $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft, it could act as early as next…
Photo: “Marlians For Life” – Wizkid Declares As He Shares Picture With Naira Marley
Nigerian international singer, Wizkid shares a picture of himself and Naira Marley sketch by a fan. They took this picture during StarboyFest in 02 Arena, London. Starboy actually declares himself a Marlian. Congratulations Marlians,…
Senate directs UNIMAID to suspend fee hike for students
The Senate has directed the management of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) to stay action on the recent increment of tuition fees for students attending the institution. The…
I’d only play the important games – Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo revealed that he’d rather just play in the important games while explaining that he would “choose to follow those who are lucky.” CR7 spoke at length to…
South Africa returnee bags 38 year prison sentence for trafficking heroin
A South Africa returnee, Raji Issa Adio, has been convicted and sentenced to a 38 year prison term by a dcc Federal High Court for trafficking 5.10 kilogrammes of banned hard…