Manchester City on Friday best Brazilian club Fluminese 4-0 to win the Club World Cup for the first time and end 2023 with five trophies City’s victory extended European clubs’ domination of the competition since 2012 and was never in doubt once Julian Alvarez opened the scoring inside the first minute. Nino’s first-half own goal…
The Federal Government has declared December 25th and 26th as public holidays for the Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations. It also declared Monday, January 1st, 2024 as a public holiday for New Year’s Day festivities. In a statement signed by the Director Overseeing Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior Peter Egbodo, the FG…
Six leaders from Rivers State have dragged President Bola Tinubu to the Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into what they called an unconstitutional agreement. They insist that the said agreement which was signed on December 18 was not only illegal but amounted to an usurpation, nullification, and…
The National Assembly caucus from Benue State, under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, came hard on the Governor of the State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia. They accused the governor of running the state government like a parish. The lawmakers, at a press briefing in Abuja, called on President Ahmed…
Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday presented a budget proposal of N384.533 billion for the year 2024 to the State House of Assembly. Aiyedatiwa presented the “Budget of Economic Resilience” to the lawmakers in the hallowed chamber of the Assembly during a plenary sitting presided over by the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji. According…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the exorbitant amount charged by Point of Sale (POS) for withdrawal of money. The resolution to probe the operators followed a motion moved by Mohammed Shehu on Thursday. Mr Shehu lamented the high charges by the operators. He stated that some POS owners charge as much as…
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to sanction banks and Point of Sales (POS) operators found to be complicit in the current Naira scarcity crisis. The apex bank, in a statement on Thursday, urged members of the public to report infractions, especially hoarding of Naira by Banks and POS operators, in their areas…
Hamas, the group which controls the Gaza Strip, has ruled out any more hostage releases until Israel agrees to a “full cessation of aggression”. Israel says it has killed more than 2,000 Hamas fighters in Gaza since a truce earlier this month when more than 100 hostages were freed. Around 120 people abducted from Israel…
The Czech Republic has declared Saturday a national day of mourning after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in Prague. President Petr Pavel expressed his “great sadness” and “helpless anger at the totally unnecessary” loss of life. The gunman, who police said had been “eliminated”, is believed to have also…
The Process and Industrial Development has lost its final appeal against Nigeria in an eleven-billion-dollar arbitration case. The company sought to overturn an October judgement by a London High Court that halted the enforcement for damages over a failed gas processing project. The High Court had earlier ruled in October that the British Virgin Islands…
