Ghana rescued by VAR in goalless draw against Nigeria
Nigeria drew 0-0 with Ghana in the first leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification play-off encounter in Kumasi on Friday night. The Black Stars were the better side in the opening minutes of the clash against the Super Eagles at the 40,000–capacity Baba Yara Stadium. An excellent challenge from Leon […]
Fashola: APC will win in 2023… we have what it takes to solve Nigeria’s problems
Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has performed well enough to deserve re-election. Fashola spoke on Friday during an interview on Channels Television. Speaking during the interview, the minister described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as an “uninspiring opposition”. “First of all, there is […]
Party host who shared petrol as souvenir in Lagos bags 27-month jail term
A special offences (mobile) court in Lagos has sentenced Ogbulu Chidinma Pearl, a socialite better known as Erelu Okin, to 27 months imprisonment. On March 4, Pearl distributed petrol as souvenir to guests at an event organised to celebrate her chieftaincy title. Videos of the distribution of petrol-filled jerrycans at the event […]
Like UAE, US places six Nigerians on terror list
The United States says it is placing six Nigerians on its terror list as a result of their involvement in “sponsoring terrorism”. The Nigerians are Abdurrahman Ado Musa. Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad. The development comes six months after the United […]
PDP files suit seeking to invalidate APC national convention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approached a federal high court in Abuja to seek the invalidation of the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention. This suit is coming less than a day to the ruling party’s convention scheduled for Saturday. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/389/2022, the PDP is […]
SSANU, NASU direct members to embark on warning strike from Monday
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU) have declared a two-week warning strike. The unions had earlier threatened to embark on a warning strike if the federal government fails to meet its demands by March 27. […]
Air ticket, rice, diesel, pay TV, pure water — how inflation is hurting Nigerians on all sides
Since the pandemic broke out in 2020, Nigerians have been reeling from one hardship to the other: from lockdown and its economic effects to the EndSARS protest to a full-blown recession — and now to war in Ukraine affecting a nation like Nigeria, 8,000 kilometres away. As of 2020, a good number […]
Uzoho replaces Okoye as Osimhen, Iheanacho lead Super Eagles attack against Ghana
Augustine Eguavoen, Super Eagles of Nigeria technical adviser, has named a strong starting lineup for the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff game against Ghana. Nigeria and Ghana will slug it out at the 40,000–capacity Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi tonight — where both teams will battle for the ticket to Qatar. In the attack, […]
Sources: Betta Edu faces disqualification from APC convention over section 84(12)
Betta Edu, Cross River commissioner of health, faces disqualification in the contest for the national women leader position of the All Progressives Congress (APC) — by virtue of the controversial Section 84(12) of the new Electoral Act. The section provides that: “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or […]
Naira sinks to N587/$1 at parallel market as forex scarcity persists
Nigerian naira weakened to N587 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. The drop is N2 or 0.3 percent from the N585 it traded last week as dollar scarcity persists at official and the parallel markets, better known as the black market. Black market traders in Lagos who spoke […]