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FIFA has announced the ban on alcohol sales inside the World Cup’s eight stadiums in Qatar — in what appears to be a dramatic change in the evolving plan for beer during the tournament.   The football’s global governing body broke the news in a statement via its Twitter page on Friday. The […]

The federal government says it may increase the number of scheduled trips on the Lagos-Ibadan train service to meet surging demand. Mu’azu Sambo, minister of transportation, spoke to journalists on Thursday after a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) headquarters in Lagos, leading to the inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan rail facility. […]

The hashtag ‘#GoodByeTwitter’ is currently trending on the microblogging platform amid reports that hundreds of employees have resigned. The trend started due to growing concerns among the platform’s users about its future. According to The Verge, the mass resignations came after Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, demanded that staffers agree to an […]

Bolaji Akinyemi, former minister of foreign affairs, says the United States and United Kingdom lobbied him to push for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Nigeria. Speaking on Thursday during an interview with Arise Television, Akinyemi said he informed the foreign countries that such nuptial structure is unacceptable in Nigeria. The former […]

Tita-Kuru Petrochemicals Limited has sued Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) for allegedly accusing that the company’s designs are “unlawfully misappropriated” to secure a gas contract in Nigeria. Tita-Kuru Petrochemicals Limited is owned by Theophilius Danjuma, former minister of defense. Citing previously unreported court documents, Bloomberg reported that Danjuma’s firm, Tita-Kuru Petrochemicals Limited, […]

Health officials in the United Kingdom say they are investigating a possible case of Ebola. Emergency measures were implemented on Wednesday at Colchester Hospital in Essex to address an “infection control issue”. Concerns were raised after a patient with travel history to Africa was developing early symptoms of Ebola — a deadly […]

Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti, says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), could affect the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 polls. Fayose spoke on Thursday during an interview with Channels Television. Obi had dumped the PDP in May for LP and clinched the […]

Troops have killed a soldier who shot an aid worker on Thursday in Damboa LGA of Borno. Samson Zhakom, assistant director of army public relations, in a statement on Thursday, said the soldier also killed another soldier and injured a helicopter co-pilot before he was neutralised. Zhakom said the injured co-pilot has […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal of Mohammed Fadah as the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), TheCable understands. According to sources, the president’s decision was taken on Thursday, and comes amid concerns over “incompetence”. Fadah’s reported removal comes months after he assumed office — he took over […]