U20WC: Nigeria To Battle South Korea In Quarter-Finals
The Flying Eagles will take on South Korea in the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. South Korea defeated Ecuador 3-2 on Thursday night to set up the tie…
Tribunal Adjourns APM Case Challenging Tinubu’s Victory Till June 9
The election petition of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), All Progressives Congress (APC), and President Bola Tinubu has been adjourned till Friday, June…
Subsidy Regime ‘Vanished’ February 2022 – NNPCL
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Commission Limited (NNPLC), Mele Kyari, says Nigeria’s subsidy regime ended last year. President Bola Tinubu had at his inauguration announced…
Lagos Gov Polls: Tribunal To Rule Friday On Competency Of Rhodes-Vivour’s Petition
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed Friday to rule on whether to strike out, at this preliminary stage, an application filed by the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate…
Subsidy Removal Painful, FG Working To Alleviate Pains, Kyari Assures Nigerians
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, on Thursday, described the removal of subsidy payment on fuel as painful. Kyari who was…
Biden Trips, Tumbles On Air Force Stage
President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble on Thursday after tripping over an obstacle on stage at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, but he appeared unhurt. Biden, 80, who…
Enugu Gov Mbah Bans Sit-At-Home, Calls On Tinubu To Release Nnamdi Kanu
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has banned the sit-at-home order in the state while calling on President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra…
Subsidy: Fuel Queues To Disappear Within Two Days, Says Mele Kyari
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, is optimistic that the fuel queues across the country will be a thing of the…
Russia Fines WhatsApp $37,000 For Failing To Delete Content
A Russian court imposed a fine on US messenger service WhatsApp on Thursday for failing to delete banned content. The three-million-rouble ($37,000) fine was the first imposed on WhatsApp for…
Subsidy: Mele Kyari, APC’s Adamu Hold Closed-Door Meeting
The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, at…
10th Assembly: Tinubu Meets Abbas, Kalu
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with the candidates anointed by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the speakership and deputy speakership of the 10th House of Assembly, Tajudeen…
EFCC Interrogates Fayemi Over Alleged Money Laundering
The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Fayemi, is currently being quizzed by Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Competent sources disclosed that the ex-governor…
EFCC grills ex-Ekiti Gov Kayode Fayemi over N4bn
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Thursday in Ilorin grilled ex-Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi for alleged N4 billion fraud. Ilorin zonal office of the anti-graft agency was said…
Tinubu reads riot act to Security Chiefs, says working at cross purposes will no longer be condoned
President Bola Tinubu in his first meeting with the nation’s security chiefs, read a riot act, saying, a situation where security agencies work at cross purposes will no longer be…
Tinubu congratulates AbdulRazaq, Uzodinma on NGF, PGF leadership
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated governors who recently emerged as leaders of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and Progressive Governors Forum (PGF). The President’s felicitation was contained in a…
CBN Refutes Claims Of Naira Devaluation, Says $1/N465 Remains
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reacted to reports claiming that it has devalued the naira to about 630 naira to a dollar. The report of the currency devaluation…
Amazon Settles Ring Customer Spying Complaint
Amazon on Wednesday agreed to pay $30.8 million to settle Ring and Alexa privacy complaints filed by US regulators, including accusations that employees spied on female customers, according to court…
Subsidy Removal: Why Petrol Price Can’t Be Less Than N500/Litre – Oil Marketers
Following the adjustment of petrol price at retail outlets by the Nigerian National Petrol Company (NNPC) Limited, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says the new pump price…
Young Footballer Dies After Cup Brawl In Germany
A 15-year-old footballer from Berlin died Wednesday after he was seriously injured in a fight with players from a French team at an international youth tournament, police said. The teenager…
Brazilian Influencers Accused Of ‘Recreational Racism’
Police in Brazil said Wednesday they have opened an investigation after two social-media influencers posted videos of themselves giving black children gifts such as a stuffed-animal monkey and a banana,…