The Central Banks of Nigeria, CBN has debunked reports that its Governor, Godwin Emefiele was sacked. Several online media platforms particularly blogs had reported that the CBN governor was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. While some social media users believe…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has emerged winner of the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Makinde polled a total of 1,040 delegates’ votes to defeat his rival, Mr Hazeem Gbolarunmi who had two votes. The primary was held…
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has commiserated with families of victims of attack coordinated by Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents at Mudu village in Kala Balge Local Government Area of the state. In a condolence…
The Federal Government has said it would spend about N34 billion on the ongoing payment of minimum wage consequential adjustments to education sector workers with effect from 2019. According to a statement by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment,…
Nigeria has handed late call-ups to the trio of Innocent Bonke, Terem Moffi and Adebayo Adeleye ahead of the friendlies against Mexico and Ecuador. The trio takes the place of Emmanuel Dennis, Sadiq Umar and Maduka Okoye in the 30-man…
At least 51.3 million unique telecommunication devices may not have National Identification Numbers. According to the Nigeria Communications Commission’s document, titled, ‘Deployment of a Device Management System: Project Information Memorandum,’ Nigeria had about 132 million unique devices connected to telecommunication…
Two hotel assistants — Sherifat Jimoh, 23; and Emmanuel Odion, 38; were on Wednesday brought before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N2.1 million from their employer. The defendants, whose residential addresses were not provided, are standing trial on…
Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny has signed a contract extension with the English Premier League (EPL) club. He was one of three players whose existing deals run out in June, with no news yet on strikers Eddie Nketiah and Alexandre Lacazette.…
Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp will not be thinking about his side’s 2018 final defeat to Real Madrid when he again comes up against the record 13-times winners on Saturday. Both sides are meeting in the showpiece final match of the…
The Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATIC) has appealed to the Federal Government and telecom providers not to implement their new taxes due to their ripple effect on subscribers. Mr Sina Bilasanmi, National President of…
