The Federal Government admitted on Wednesday that its temporary policy to close land borders was responsible for the current rising inflation in the country. But it still defended the closure, insisting that it would remain in place until the country’s neighbours learnt to respect trade protocols. The FG said it had to close borders because […]
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday inaugurated a five-member committee to work with a counterpart committee from Osun State to deliberate on the ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. The governor maintained that though Osun and Oyo states would continue to remain brothers in other areas, the committee’s mandate was to […]
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday upheld the election of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. A five-man panel led by Justice Fred Oho dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate in the last election held in the state, Emmauel Jime. The Court of Appeal resolved all […]
African champions, D’Tigress, will face USA, Serbia and Mozambique in Group A as they battle for a spot at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Sports Extra reports. The draws for the 2020 FIBA OQT for both women and men took place on Wednesday at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball, FIBA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland […]
Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr, has made the World’s Top 20 Best National Coaches’ list following his results with the national team. According to German-based organisation International Federation of Football History & Statistics, Gernot Rohr, is ranked 19th on one point while Iran’s manager, Marc Wilmots, completed the top 20. Gernot Rohr in his 49 competitive […]
Harry Kane wants to build a “strong relationship” with new manager Jose Mourinho that will help take Tottenham to the next level. Kane, whose two goals in the 4-2 win over Olympiakos helped book a Champions League knockout place, was a staunch supporter of former boss Mauricio Pochettino, but he knows Mourinho could be the […]
The Federal Government has received the nominal roll of about 41 universities as part of moves to capture university workers into the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System. The Coordinator of IPPIS in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Olusegun Olufehinti, confirmed the figure to one of our correspondents during a telephone interview […]
Twenty-eight-year-old Nigerian rave of the moment in music and entertainment industry, Damini Ogulu, a.k.a Burna Boy, on Sunday emerged winner of the 2019 Young Person of the Year Future Awards. The 2020 Grammy Award nominee got two awards as the Young Person of the Year and also the Prize for Music at the event held […]
Over 90 per cent of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas, produced in the country is being exported, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Retail Limited, has said. The Managing Director, NNPC Retail, Sir Billy Okoye, who said this on Tuesday, added that a chunk of the cooking gas […]
The Niger State Government and FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on milk production. The agreement is for 10,000 hectares of land at the Bobi Grazing Reserve in the state under FrieslandCampina WAMCO’s Dairy Development Programme. President Muhammadu Buhari and the Prime Minister of The Netherlands, Mark Rutte, witnessed the signing […]