Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has promised a $150,000 reward to the national football team, the Warriors, if they defeat Nigeria in their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier. The pledge was confirmed by Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Nqobile Magwizi, as the team…
OFFICIALS from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have confiscated significant amounts of counterfeit rice during a recent operation in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. NAFDAC announced this development in a statement that included photos and…
THE Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, has turned down a request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to include additional proof of evidence against the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin…
A report has claimed that Senate President Godswill Akpabio allegedly shared some amount of money on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to secure lawmakers’ support for President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. According to Sahara Reporters, the…
ELECTORATES in Rivers State have taken legal action against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the removal of the state’s elected Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, the Deputy Governor, and all members of the State House of Assembly. The suit, marked FHC/CS/550/2025, was filed…
THE House of Representatives on Thursday ratified the State of Emergency proclaimed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Rivers State on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The approval, which followed a unanimous voice vote by 243 Members present at plenary, in…
THE Federal Government has flagged off the construction of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Mother Station project which has a capacity of 10 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCF/D) in Akwa Ibom. President Bola Tinubu conducted the groundbreaking of the…
THE Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has announced that all full-time Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates will now be mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The resolution of the long-standing issue regarding their mobilisation is contained…
THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness across the country from Friday to Sunday. In a weather outlook it released on Thursday in Abuja, NiMet envisaged sunny skies in hazy conditions on Friday over the northern…
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan did not suspend governors when he declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states in 2013 because it was unconstitutional, according to Mohammed Bello Adoke, the former attorney-general of the federation. Adoke dedicated a whole…
