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  • Rivers APC campaign director abducted, party blames police

    By Ifunanya | February 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Rivers APC campaign director abducted, party blames police

    The All Progressives Congress chapter in Rivers State has said its campaign director in Opobo/Nkoro Opobo Local Government Area, Boma Brown, was abducted by suspected political thugs at the venue of a scheduled rally in […]

  • Thugs attack APC campaigners in Rivers

    By Ifunanya | February 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Thugs attack APC campaigners in Rivers

    Party accuses Rivers CP of compromise As police probe attack on Abe’s campaign train Tension is rising among opposition political parties in Rivers State following repeated attacks on their campaign rallies as the 2023 general […]

  • Osun tribunal: Adeleke didn’t forge certificate, says aide

    By Ifunanya | February 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Osun tribunal: Adeleke didn’t forge certificate, says aide

    Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson for the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said his principal did not forge any certificate. Rasheed, in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Tuesday, said […]

  • N650 petrol: PENGASSAN plans clampdown on marketers

    By Ifunanya | February 1, 2023 | Comments Off on N650 petrol: PENGASSAN plans clampdown on marketers

    FILE PHOTO: Long queues at a fuel station The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, on Monday, raised the alarm that their findings showed that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly […]

  • Amid economic crunch, Nigeria flares N9tn gas in 11 years

    By Ifunanya | February 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Amid economic crunch, Nigeria flares N9tn gas in 11 years

    Although Nigeria’s gas flare rate has been decreasing over the years, the country still has a long way to go to attain net zero by 2060. OPEOLUWANI AKINTAYO writes on what gas flaring has cost […]

  • Nigeria qualify for volleyball girls’ U-19 World Championship

    By Ifunanya | February 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Nigeria qualify for volleyball girls’ U-19 World Championship

    Nigeria have qualified for the 2023 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Girls’ U-19 World Championship in Croatia and Hungary. The tournament will be held in Croatia and Hungary from August 1 to 11, 2023. FIVB in […]

  • Bayern sign Cancelo on loan from Man City

    By Ifunanya | February 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Bayern sign Cancelo on loan from Man City

    Bayern Munich have signed Portugal wing-back Joao Cancelo on loan until the end of the season from Manchester City, the German club confirmed on Tuesday. Bayern have the option to buy the Portuguese defender for […]

  • Tension in Ile-Ife as suspected thugs attack APC supporters

    By Ifunanya | January 31, 2023 | Comments Off on Tension in Ile-Ife as suspected thugs attack APC supporters

    There was palpable tension in Ile-Ife on Monday evening when suspected supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, attacked some loyalists of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Akogun area of Okerewe Ward II, […]

  • New naira: CBN allocates N30m daily to Bauchi banks

    By Ifunanya | January 31, 2023 | Comments Off on New naira: CBN allocates N30m daily to Bauchi banks

    The Central Bank of Nigeria, Bauchi State, says it allocates N30 million new naira notes daily to each branch of banks in the state to increase access of customers to the new notes. An official […]

  • UN reacts to deadly mosque attack that left 59 dead, 150 injured

    By Ifunanya | January 31, 2023 | Comments Off on UN reacts to deadly mosque attack that left 59 dead, 150 injured

    United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and other senior officials have strongly condemned the suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, which left at least 59 people dead and 150 injured. According to […]

  • I haven’t stepped down, says Lagos NNPP senatorial candidate

    By Ifunanya | January 31, 2023 | Comments Off on I haven’t stepped down, says Lagos NNPP senatorial candidate

    The New Nigeria Peoples Party candidate for Kosofe Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives, Abdulwaheed Odunuga, has refuted social media rumours that he has stepped down from the contest. Odunuga, popularly known as […]

  • Pope visits conflict-ridden central Africa, first stop DR Congo

    By Ifunanya | January 31, 2023 | Comments Off on Pope visits conflict-ridden central Africa, first stop DR Congo

    Pope Francis embarks on his fifth visit to Africa on Tuesday, flying to the Democratic Republic of Congo and then South Sudan to plead for peace in the two violence-plagued nations. Thousands of well-wishers are […]

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