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Folashade Oluwafemiayo has clinched the gold medal for Nigeria in the women’s heavyweight para powerlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She also broke the world record after lifting 130, 150 and 155 kilograms to score a cumulative 123.4 points on Thursday evening. Another Nigerian Omolayo Bose Patricia won the silver medal […]

Nwachukwu Goodness has claimed a gold medal for Nigeria in the women’s E42.44/61.64 discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Nwachukwu also set a world record with her throw of 36.56m. Sarah Edminston of Australia came second while Naibili Vanutisolo of Fiji Island took the third position. In the […]

Nigerian governors have asked the federal government to raise value-added tax (VAT) to 15 percent and offer public workers older than 50 years a one-off retirement package to avert the looming economic crisis. The federal government raised VAT from 5 percent to 7.5 percent in 2020. According to Premium Times, the governors […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will challenge the outcome of the Osun governorship poll at the election petition tribunal. Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of the Osun governorship election which held on July 16. Adeleke secured 403,371 votes to defeat his closest contender, […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, met in the federal capital territory (FCT) on Thursday, TheCable understands. The meeting was said to have held at the residence of Jerry Gana, a former minister of information and a member of the PDP board of […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau, is the director-general of its presidential campaign council. Abdullahi Adamu, APC national chairman, announced the development on Thursday while speaking with journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Also present at the meeting were Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, APC […]

The Bank of England, on Thursday, raised its interest rates from 1.25 percent to 1.75 percent — the biggest hike in 27 years. The central bank of the United Kingdom explained that the decision was taken to tackle rising inflation. British annual inflation surged to a 40-year high in June on rising […]

António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, has flayed oil and gas companies for making “excessive” profits from the current energy crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war. The UN chief said the excessive profit made people around the world suffer from increased prices. Guterres spoke on Wednesday at the launch of the third brief by […]

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has confirmed the shutdown of its floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, located off the Bayelsa coastline.  An FPSO vessel is used by the offshore oil and gas industry for the storage of oil as well as the production and processing of hydrocarbons. The FPSO, named […]