Activities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja were grounded on Thursday by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) The move is part of actions by the unions following an attack on the president of the NLC Joe Ajaero in Imo State. The protesters blocked the airport’s entry…
Football Association of England has announced an increase in the price money for this season’s Women’s FA Cup winners Winners of 2023/2024 edition of the Women’s FA Cup will receive £430,000, up from £100,000 in 2022-23, when Chelsea lifted the trophy. Sue Campbell, the FA’s director of women’s football, said the funding increase is a…
A deal has been reached between striking Hollywood workers and Producers to end a four month strike US actors are expected to resume work after their union agreed a tentative deal with Hollywood studios. The actors reached agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers in a unanimous vote. The shutdown – combined…
The Senate has begun an investigation into the lingering cases of undisclosed admissions of 290 qualified students at the University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State. A case in point was highlighted by the sponsor of the motion, Senator Nwebonyi Onyeka from Ebonyi North, of one Chinyere Ekwe admitted to study Medicine and Surgery at the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} has insisted that it will not remove Imo state Resident Electoral Commissioner {REC} Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said there is no reason to remove the REC, adding that complaints against Agu were based on suspicion. He said, “We don’t have any reason…
At least one person has been reportedly killed and properties with millions destroyed at Iyiowa Odoekpe Layout, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to reports , some youths of the community angered by the outcome of a local election, went on rampage leaving massive destruction in their wake. Apart from the one person…
The People’s Democratic Party has called for the removal of the Imo state Resident Electoral Commissioner Professor Sylvia Agu . This is coming just three days to the governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states. In a statement the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba said PDP is uncomfortable when it comes to the…
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…
