Aruna exits 2024 ITTF World Cup
Nigerian table tennis icon Quadri Aruna was eliminated from the ongoing ITTF World Cup Macao 2024. The 35-year-old failed to build on his good start to the tournament, losing 3-1 (12-10, 11-9, 11-9, 3-11) to Portugal’s Marcos Freitas in the…
$20bn Dangote Refinery slashes diesel price to N1,000 per litre
THE $20 billion Dangota petroleum refinery has slashed the price of diesel by 16.6 per cent to N1,000 per litre, from N1, 200 per litre in order to assist in impacting Nigeria’s domestic economy. The price of diesel was relatively…
Guinness World Record: Atiku, Sanwo-Olu send message to Nigerian chess master
Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar has joined millions of Nigerians in home and abroad to support renowned chess master, Tunde Onakoya, as he embarks on a mission to surpass the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon at Times Square…
Donors pledge $630 million for conflict-hit Ethiopia
A United Nations-backed gathering raised pledges of almost $630 million for Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis on Tuesday but fell short of the $1 billion sought to help feed and support millions of people facing conflict and climate change in Africa’s second…
Ex-Gov Bello absent in court as EFCC mulls military option for arrest
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, told the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that it would leave no stone unturned in its effort to arrest and prosecute the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello…
E-Money promises to raise Junior Pope’s children
Popular businessman and socialite, Emeka Okonkwo, aka E-Money, has promised to take care of the children of late Nollywood actor, Junior Pope. Recalls that Junior Pope and three others lost their lives after their boat capsized on the Anam River…
BBNaija Mercy Eke explains why she was hospitalised
Mercy Eke, also known as Lambo, a reality personality on Big Brother Naija, has been hospitalised. Less than a day after being spotted having fun on a yacht, the “Pepper Dem” Season winner posted a picture of herself in a…
13,000mw For 200,000mw Demands Unacceptable — Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concerns over the perennial power situation in the country, recording 141 times of national grid collapse in 11 years and calls for…
UN chief appeals for more attention for eastern DRC
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, on Wednesday appealed for more attention to be given to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as he visited a camp for displaced people in Goma. Thousands of…
Tinubu directs NYSC, ministry to include NOUN graduates for service, law school
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Education to include graduates of the National Open University, NOUN in the National Youth Service Corps scheme. Tinubu also resolved the longstanding admittance of NOUN Law graduates to participate in Law School…