Nigeria currency the Naira recorded its first massive depreciation against the dollar at the foreign exchange market 24 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s first anniversary. FMDQ data showed that the Naira depreciated to N1484.75 against the Dollar on Thursday from N1329.65 on Wednesday. This represents an N155.1 loss against the dollar compared to N1329.65…
The jury in a New York Court has found former US President Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records to commit election fraud. This historic decision makes Trump the first former US president to be criminally convicted. He was found guilty of all 34 counts he faced. Unanimity was required for any verdict. Trump will…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has condemned the killing of soldiers in Aba, Abia State and called for those responsible to be arrested and prosecuted The governor made the call on Thursday same day the incident happened in Aba during the Sit-At-Home ordered by outlawed IPOB group. According to reports, gunmen stormed the military…
English Premier League side Chelsea and Leicester City Manager Enzo Maresca have agreed terms on a five-year deal for Maresca to become their new head coach. The 44-year-old, who will succeed Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge, will move from Leicester after leading them back to the Premier League by winning the Championship. It is understood…
Belgian Marc Brys has been reinstated as coach of Cameroon after Samuel Eto’o, the president of the country’s football federation (Fecafoot), apologised for a row which led to the coach being replaced two days ago. Fecafoot put Martin Ndtoungou in interim charge of the Indomitable Lions on Tuesday night after Eto’o and Brys were involved…
Former Barcelona and Manchester United defender Gerard Pique has been placed under official investigation by a court in Spain over his alleged involvement in a deal which saw the Spanish Super Cup moved to Saudi Arabia. Pique’s company Kosmos signed agreements with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) which would see it receive 40m euros (£34m)…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Thursday, visited the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja. The meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, was prompted by the recent happenings in Kano following the dissolution of five emirates by the Kano State House of Assembly…
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt is set to deliver judgement on an application brought by the 27 pro-Wike lawmakers, against the decision of a Rivers State High Court stopping them from parading as members of the State Assembly. This follows a suit filed by the pro-Fubara faction of the Assembly, led by Victor…
An young man whose identity is still unknown has been electrocuted while trying to steal an armoured cable from a transformer in the Mgboaba/NTA axis of Ohio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State The man was said to have gone for the operation at about 3 am on Thursday near a popular Pentecostal Church when…
A crisis broke out at a school, Aces Nursery Primary and Secondary School in Abuja when a father, Muhammed Jimeta assaulted a teacher, Sekinat Adedeji for allegedly beating his daughter, Karima Jimeta. The incident occurred on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Recounting her ordeal, the teacher, Sekinat Adedeji, said she was holding her three-month-old baby when…
