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The Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has charged the new Head Coach of the National Football Team, the Super Eagles, Rivers-born ex-international and winger, Finidi George, to be a good ambassador of the state.…

Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun says he has not taken any loan since his assumption of office on Nov. 27, 2022. The governor said this at the second edition of “Ipade Imole”, a forum where he gave stewardship to the people…

The Nigerian passport is ranked 191st in the world as of April 2024. This is according to VisaGuide.World passport index that evaluates and ranks the passports of 199 countries and territories based on various factors…

When one considers the history of the legal profession anywhere in the world, it is not unusual to have family members heavily present in the practice whether as lawyers or as judges; after all, it is a noble profession…

Two men have been charged with criminal damage over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, one of the country’s most photographed trees that used to stand next to the Hadrian’s Wall UNESCO World Heritage site in…

• Fuel scarcity worsens economic hardship• Black marketers hawk PMS at N2000 per litre• Motorists abandon cars at fuel stations, fares soar• ‘Petrol loading begins, queues to ease soon’• Oyo NUJ condemns fuel scarcity,…

The Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos remanded Ogwuche Desmond, 29, on Tuesday for allegedly using the bet9ja platform to bet N40,000 on credit. The magistrate, O.O. Otitoju, ordered the defendant remanded in…

The Nigerian Naira closed the month of April in a steep decline, closing at N1,390.96/$1 in the NAFEM, where the exchange rate trades officially. This rate represents a 5.8% depreciation from the month’s opening rate of…

Real Madrid forced another away draw as they seek a 15th UEFA Champions League title, drawing 2-2 away to six-time UCL Champions Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Real scored first and then went down to two quick second-half…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, has thrown out former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s request to relist an earlier terminated N1 billion defamation suit against Punch newspaper. The judge, Modupe…

The Federal Government has approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salary Increase for Civil Servants on the remaining six Consolidated Salary Structures The Salary…

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to establish adequate anti-money laundering protections. Zhao,…

Commercial, merchant and non-interest banks are jostling to meet the new capital requirements announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria…

                Recent  reports indicate Nigerians have emerged as the predominant nationality seeking refuge in Ireland.  Sinn Féin President of the Irish political party, Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald, highlighted the surge in…

The NGX All-Share Index experienced a significant decline in April, losing N3.57 trillion in market value.   This downturn represents the first monthly decline for the NGX this year, contrasting with gains of 17.7%,…

The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) has concluded plans to take delivery of eight vessels containing over 300m litres of fuel to address the current fuel shortage. Chairman of MEMAN, Huub Stokman,…

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has appointed himself as the Commissioner for Lands, Survey, and Physical Planning in the state. The governor made the announcement on Tuesday during the inauguration of new commissioners…

…As Q1 revenue rise by 20.1% to N122.7bn   Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) has unveiled plans to produce 700,000 metric tonnes of refined sugar…

A teenage boy died on Tuesday after a man wielding a sword stabbed the youth, two police and two other people, in a street attack in east London, police said. The man used what appeared to be a Samurai-type sword in the…

Rear Admiral Ibikunle Olaiya (Retd) has protested the illegal sale of green areas near Block 113, Lekki Phase 1 by unscrupulous officials of the Lagos State Government against the original master plan that reserved the…

Paulo Okoye, the showbiz promoter, has slammed Afrobeats heavyweights over their recent feud on social media. The chaos began on Monday when Wizkid…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out two separate suits challenging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s governorship candidate for the coming Edo State…

Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has slammed the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, over failure to deliver constant supply of electricity despite increasing tariff for Nigerians using Band A. In what he described as “the…

A 28-year-old man, Godwin Alex, was arraigned before a Wuse Magistrate’s Court in Abuja on Monday for allegedly cutting off two fingers of a Federal Road Safety Corps…