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  • Kenya suspends two more players for match fixing

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Kenya suspends two more players for match fixing

    The Football Kenya Federation on Wednesday suspended two more players as its investigation into match-fixing continues, with 14 footballers already barred from the national league. Defender Lennox Ogutu and midfielder Alphonce Ndonye from Mathare United […]

  • Nigeria among nations with lowest food insecurity – IMF

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Nigeria among nations with lowest food insecurity – IMF

    The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday listed Nigeria among countries with the lowest level of food security. The organisation disclosed this in its just concluded Article IV consultation with Nigerian authorities. It said, “The spillover […]

  • Amaechi helped Mandela, told me releasing Nnamdi Kanu’ll bring peace in S/east – Buhari

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Amaechi helped Mandela, told me releasing Nnamdi Kanu’ll bring peace in S/east – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed what the late First Republic Aviation Minister, Mbazulike Amaechi told him about Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Buhari disclosed that Amaechi informed him that releasing […]

  • 2023: Politicians, electorate danger to elections’ success – Prof Jega

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on 2023: Politicians, electorate danger to elections’ success – Prof Jega

    The biggest danger to the success of this year’s general elections are politicians and the electorate, the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said. Speaking on Tuesday in […]

  • Sanwo-Olu appoints Lafiaji-Okuneye as first LASUED VC

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Sanwo-Olu appoints Lafiaji-Okuneye as first LASUED VC

    The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Professor Bidemi Lafiaji-Okuneye as the first substantive Vice Chancellor of the newly established Lagos State University of Education, Ijanikin and Epe campuses. Lafiaji-Okuneye, a Professor of Health […]

  • Sanwo-Olu okays 50% reduction on BRT fares, others

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Sanwo-Olu okays 50% reduction on BRT fares, others

    The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, approved a 50 percent reduction on Bus Rapid Transit fares. Aside from BRT, the governor also approved a reduction of fares on other state-owned transport systems. The […]

  • Police unveil election monitoring, safety team

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Police unveil election monitoring, safety team

    Ahead of the general elections, the Inspector General of Force, Usman Baba, has set up an Election Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Team which will be deployed across all states of the federation. The team is […]

  • 817 candidates to re-register for 2023 UTME over infraction

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on 817 candidates to re-register for 2023 UTME over infraction

    About 817 prospective candidates are to re-register for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) over infractions. The decision by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) followed the invalidation of the examination registrations done […]

  • Cash swap: Supreme Court suspends CBN’s Feb 10 deadline

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Cash swap: Supreme Court suspends CBN’s Feb 10 deadline

    The Supreme Court of Nigeria has restrained the Federal Government from continuing with the full implementation of the demonetization policy. Three northern states, Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara, had, in a motion ex-parte filed on February […]

  • Disobey Supreme Court order on Naira notes and risk contempt, SAN tells CBN

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Disobey Supreme Court order on Naira notes and risk contempt, SAN tells CBN

    A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Richard Ogunwole, on Wednesday, advised the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to abide by the Supreme Court’s temporary order halting the move by the Federal Government to ban the […]

  • Supreme Court ruling on Naira re-design saves Nigeria from economic shutdown – Tinubu

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Supreme Court ruling on Naira re-design saves Nigeria from economic shutdown – Tinubu

    Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate, says the Supreme Court ruling on the implication of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, re-designed naira notes and cashless policy has saved Nigeria from political and economic shutdown. Mr Tinubu […]

  • Synergy among security agencies key to hitch-free elections – SGF

    By Ifunanya | February 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Synergy among security agencies key to hitch-free elections – SGF

    The Federal Government has urged the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, to strengthen collaboration with all other security agencies to ensure the successful conduct of the forthcoming general election. The Secretary to the Government of […]

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