Ebi becomes first African player to feature in six Women’s World Cup When Onome Ebi was brought on in the later stages of the Super Falcon’s victory over Australia on Thursday, she strode into the history book as the first African woman to feature in six World Cups. The 40-year-old Nigerian has achieved a feat…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to persevere in the face of hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy. Prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), or petrol, have more than tripled from below N200 per litre in less than two months since he took office on May 29, when he declared in his inaugural…
The Labour Party (LP) has rejected a planned nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in demonstration against the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. The party also called for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of Melee Kyari, Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). Addressing newsmen in Abeokuta on…
The long-awaited ministerial list was on Thursday sent by President Bola Tinubu to the Senate for screening and confirmation. However, the list, which came barely 24 hours before the constitutionally provided deadline contains nominees from only 25 states, excluding 11 others, among them the president’s home state, Lagos and also Kano. Others excluded from the list…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has disclosed that he worked against his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the February 25, 2023 election. Fayose, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), revealed that he worked against Atiku “100%” because the “PDP has not been fair to me”. The PDP stalwart said…
A man stab his lover in broad day light and took his own life by drinking sniper at d same spot of the incident yesterday 9th july 2023 , sunday afternoon at Olodi Apapa , ajeromi ifelodun LGa area of Lagos . The unidentified man may have killed his lover due to some unexplained circumstances…
A former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Sunday, said that a recent change in the old tradition of leadership choice had changed things for the better in the state. DAILY NIGERIAN reports that during his tenure as Kaduna governor, Mr El-Rufai had jettisoned the long-established tradition of choosing a Christian as deputy governor from…
HYDERABAD: Three Nigerian drug peddlers and a Hyderabad resident were arrested in a decoy operation in Bangalore and cocaine, MDMA worth 1 crore were seized from them. The operation followed arrest of two persons – Thrissur resident M Sanjay Sunil Kumar and Manikonda resident T Bhanu Teja Reddy – who disclosed they bought drugs from Nigerian…
Former Governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose has slammed critics asking him to give account of how he appropriated funds during his tenure as governor of the State. Fielding questions on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Sunday, furious Fayose told his critics to “go to court” adding that he made his money outside politics. When asked…
Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, has emerged the winner of the Hon. Justice Innocent Umezulike National Law Debate Competition 2023. The competition had four stages keenly contested by undergraduate law students from over 20 law faculties across the country. The winners received a combined N350,000 cash prize, award plaques, certificates of excellence…