Ahead of this weekend’s governorship election in Kogi state, eighteen political parties have signed a peace accord. Some of the parties include the All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Labour Party (LP), and the Action Alliance (AA). Others include the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), the…
Welsh Cyclist Geraint Thomas says he aims to return to the Tour de France next year and take part at the Paris Olympics for Great Britain. Thomas will be 38 years old in May 2024 and the Tour starts on 29 June with the Olympics to follow in July and August. In 2023, Thomas took…
Stephen Maguire got some measure of revenge as he defeated Judd Trump to end the hopes of the British former world number one of a fourth successive world ranking tournament Judd Trump’s bid to win a fourth straight ranking tournament came to an end as he was beaten 6-3 by Stephen Maguire in the third…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the 2023 Supplementary Budget N2.17trn into law at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This comes after the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the N2.17trn 2023 supplementary appropriation bill on Thursday. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonised sittings of both…
Nigeria’s Apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again assured Nigerians that there is enough currency is circulation and warned against panic withdrawals. The Bank in a statement on Wednesday, reiterated that old and new naira notes remained legal tender. “For the avoidance of doubt, while reiterating that there are sufficient banknotes across…
Aviation unions in Nigeria have directed their workers to withdraw their services to all public and private Owerri flights (both inwards and outwards) with effect from midnight. The unions said the strike is indefinite until otherwise directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC). The unions are the…
Enugu state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has demanded an open and unreserved apology from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for what it tagged conspiracy, deceit and willful misrepresentation of facts to destroy the image of Governor Peter Mbah and dislodge the party from the state. The party also accused NYSC of dabbling…
Anambra State has been ranked highest on the list of states with the highest number of universities in South-East. This is according to data obtained from the National Universities Commission. According to the data, Nigeria currently has a total of 219 universities -49 federal universities, 59 owned by state governments and 111 private universities. According…
The hearing of hearing of a kidnap charge preferred against two suspects, Jude Odimegwu and Nwokolo Maxwell was failed to hold following the absence of counsel to one of the defendants Chima Gift Gift, is the counsel to the first defendant, Jude Odimegwu. The two men are standing trial before an Nnewi High Court 1,…
The war of words between Anambra state governor Charles Soludo and Senator representing Anambra South Ifeanyi Ubah may not come to an end anytime soon In a statement today, Wednesday November 8, the Senator lashed out at the Governor for using what he described as his “attack dog” in running a smear campaign against his…
