SUPER Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong will undergo minor surgery in Finland this week for an injury he picked up at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Troost-Ekong sustained the injury during Nigeria’s second group game against hosts Cote d’Ivoire. The…
LIONEL Messi, Jude Bellingham, and Erling Haaland have all been nominated ahead of the 25th Laureus World Sports Awards on April 22. The nominations were unveiled on Monday in Madrid, Spain. Messi, who won the Laureus World Sportsman of the…
THE Federal Executive Council has given the green light for the urgent establishment of Consumer Credit. The Chief of Staff; Femi Gbajabiamila, will head a committee comprising the Budget Minister; Abubakar Bagudu, Attorney-General; Lateef Fagbemi, Coordinating Minister of the Economy…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ibrahim Khalil Gaga as the Executive Director, Corporate Services, at the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a…
LAWYER and human rights advocate Femi Falana has urged police to provide demonstrators that will be protesting against the increasing hardship with sufficient security. Falana warned the Nigeria Police Force not to repress the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) or anybody…
AN appeal has gone out from the federal government to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for the union to shelve its planned nationwide protest. The appeal is coming just a few hours before the NLC planned protest against the rising cost of…
THE Third Mainland Bridge will be completely closed for a whole day in order to give contractors time to complete a significant portion of the bridge repairs. Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made the announcement for the Federal…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri IN an effort to cushion the economic challenges faced by all and sundry following removal of fuel subsidy and the increasing depreciation of the Naira against the dollar in open market, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan, representing…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE United Nations on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to support Borno State Government in its restoration drive resulting from the over one decade of destruction by Boko Haram insurgents. The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator…
PREPARATORY to his exit from power last year, President Muhammadu Buhari warned all of us to let him be after office: “Nobody should ask me to come and give any evidence in any court; otherwise whoever it is, he will…
