Angola offers Palancas Negras N5.4m each to beat Super Eagles
Angolan stars celebrating a goal against Namibia during their round of 16 AFCON clash…on Saturday. Each player of Palancas Negras, the Angolan national team, will get the princely sum of five million kwansas, which is about N5.4 million, if they…
Insecurity: Speaker Abbas urges Tinubu to demand greater performance from service chiefs
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas has urged President Bola Tinubu to demand greater performance and accountability from Service Chiefs to stem insecurity in the country. Abbas made the call in his opening speech at plenary…
Mali, Burkina Faso send ECOWAS ‘formal notice’ of withdrawal from ECOWAS
Mali and Burkina Faso said Monday they had sent ECOWAS “formal notice” of their withdrawal from the West African bloc, with Niger expected to follow. The military regimes in all three countries had announced plans to withdraw from the West…
Edo Guber: No list of venues for delegates’ congress yet — PDP
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned a publication purportedly signed by the National Organising Secretary of the party containing a list of venues for the Edo State PDP 3 Ad-Hoc Delegate Congress for…
UK suspends British-Nigerian minister Kate Osamor for condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza as ‘genocide’
A British-Nigerian minister, MP Kate Osamor, has been suspended by the United Kingdom’s Labour Party after she accused Israel of genocide on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day. Osamor, however, has apologised for “any offence caused” over the message distributed…
Senegal’s Diatta labels CAF ‘corrupt’ after AFCON exit
PSenegal winger Krepin Diatta may face disciplinary action after accusing the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of being “corrupt” following the reigning champions’ exit from the Africa Cup of Nations on penalties to hosts Ivory Coast on Monday. “You have…
Alleged murder: Chidinma confessed to spiking Ataga’s drink, says witness
A prosecution witness, DSP Olusegun Bamidele, in the ongoing alleged murder trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, on Monday, told a Lagos State High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square, that it was during investigation that they found out that the Super…
Missing Ogun banker faked abduction over N1.7m debt – Police
The Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that one Olumide Openaike, a staff member of a Microfinance Bank, Kemta Oloko, reported to have been missing and found in Mokwa, Niger State staged his abduction over N1.7m debt. The spokesperson…
Rivers crisis: I’ve surrendered my situation to God – Fubara
Amid his rift with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State says he has surrendered his situation to God. Fubara expressed hope that God will solve the situation in a way…
National Assembly members return to Abuja amid insecurity, weak Naira, other issues
Members of the National Assembly have returned to the Federal Capital Territory after a 30-day holiday. Nigeria currently faces insecurity across the country with Plateau State being the centre of renewed killings. Meanwhile, the recent turbulence within the West African…