Anambra State have qualified for Cricket, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball events of the upcoming 8th edition of the National Youth Games (NYG) scheduled to hold at Asaba, Delta State from 9th to 19th September, 2024. Team Anambra who participated at the South East Zonal Elimination held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu have qualified to…
Spanish giants Barcelona maintained their perfect start to the season with a stroll-in- the-park- win against Real Valladolid. Raphinha was the hero on the night scoring a hattrick as Barca blew their opponents away 7-0 Hansi Flick’s side are the only team to win all four matches at the start of the campaign and moved…
Renowned US rapper Fatman Scoop has passed away at the age of 53 after suffering a medical emergency while performing on stage in Connecticut. His family and manager confirmed his death on social media, prompting an outpouring of tributes from the hip-hop community. Scoop, known for hits like “Be Faithful” and “It Takes Scoop,” collapsed…
Israel Ogundipe, a popular prophet from the Celestial Church of Christ, has announced that a Nigerian bank recently proposed a loan of N1 billion to him. The founder of Genesis Global Ministry, located in Lagos State, stated that the bank aimed to aid his ministry’s expansion to accommodate more members worldwide. In a discussion with…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has clarified its recent directive aimed at combating exploitative pricing practices, including price gouging and price fixing. This statement addresses widespread feedback and concerns regarding the directive’s impact amid Nigeria’s current economic challenges. The Commission emphasized that the directive, which has received significant public and business response,…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has described the National Youth Service Corps scheme as one of the few positive legacies of the nation in the past three (3) decades, which has continued to rank as the best and most organized of all global youth programmes, as such must be supported to deliver, more on…
There are strong indications that President Bola Tinubu is planning to rejig his cabinet to ease out underperforming ministers. The President has been facing increasing pressure from within and outside his party, the All Progressives Congress, to sack ministers who have been inactive. Sources in the Presidency revealed that a cabinet reshuffle was imminent, with…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Head of the Legal Services Department to appear before it on Monday, September 2, with specific documents related to the money laundering case against Binance Holdings Limited and its executives. The court has requested the CBN…
As the people of Sokoto State, especially those in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, continue to battle insecurity, a group of professionals within the local government, Gobir Development Association, has revealed that the people of the community paid over N160bn in levies and ransom payments to bandits in the area. According to a press statement…
Northern minorities are calling for the restructuring of Nigeria into three regions: the South, the Middle-Belt, and the North. Under the Coalition of Indigenous Middle Belt Organisations (CIMBO), these ethnic nationalities convened a conference in Kaduna where they also demanded the rewriting of the current 1999 constitution. They believe that restructuring and establishing a new…
