While it was business as usual for the USA as they continued to bear down on yet another successful title defence, Nigeria bowed out of the competition as basketball heroes. Having exceeded expectations by making it to the last 16—a feat no other African team has achieved—the Nigerians were hoping to book a place in […]
NIS Comptroller General, Kemi Nandap, made this known in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo, in Abuja. According to Nandap, the officer’s conduct, captured in a video circulating on social media, does not reflect the values and ethics of professionalism upheld by the NIS. She condemned the alleged misconduct, saying […]
Afrobeats singer, Bella Shmurda is considering ditching his unique voice to experiment with a new sound that would appeal to a new audience. The ‘Cash App’ hitmaker has been consistent with his sound since entering the spotlight in 2020 with his viral hit song ‘Vision 2020.’ Over the years, many Nigerian artistes have changed their sounds in […]
The anti-racism demonstrations had passed off almost entirely peacefully after police flooded the streets of numerous English towns and cities and reiterated violence by suspected far-right agitators would not be tolerated. It follows a week of near-nightly riots — during which mosques and migrant-related facilities have been attacked — nationwide and in Northern Ireland. The […]
According to the governor, the Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration was implementing policies that were inflicting pains on the masses. Recall that the governor had earlier expressed his disappointment over President Tinubu’s recent nationwide broadcast in the wake of the #EndBadGovernance protest. The governor had stated that no consultation was made with state governors […]
President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, said this in a communiqué jointly signed by NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja,at the end of an emergency meeting in Abuja. The communiqué was issued at the end of an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council, NEC, to assess the welfare of Nigerian workers and the general populace in light […]
At the event in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the party’s new nominee for vice-president said their Republican rivals in November’s election were weird as hell. The Minnesota governor spoke in front of thousands of supporters just hours after he was announced as Harris’s pick for the role. The Trump campaign, meanwhile, was quick to attack […]
The former NSIPA boss, Halima Shehu, was suspended on January 2 over alleged financial malfeasance. Subsequently, the National N-POWER Program Manager, Dr Akindele Egbuwalo, replaced her in an acting capacity as NC/CEO pending the conclusion of the investigation. Seven months later, the President appointed a substantial CEO for the agency as well as the heads of […]
It said the destruction was done during an operation by troops of the Land Component, Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation Delta Safe. The Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Army Public Relations, . Jonah Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt and sent to newsmen. Danjuma said the feat is the outcome […]
Deadlier and more transmissible than previous forms, the mpox strain surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo ,DRC, since September, known as the Clade Ib subclade, is spread person-to-person. The World Health Organization ,WHO, said it was considering convening an expert committee to advise on whether to declare an international emergency, as it did during […]