Former Nigerian goalkeeper Idah Peterside has said that Nigerian footballer Victor Osimhen should be banned from the national team if he fails to apologise to embattled coach Finidi Goege for …
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Edo Poll: Shaibu backs APC candidate, labels Ighodalo outsider
A former deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Sunday, said he would be supporting the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Monday Okpebholo for the September 21 …
Read More »Kaduna spends N4bn on 25,000 schoolchildren feeding – Govt
The Kaduna State Government said it spends N4bn annually to feed schoolchildren in the state. Governor Uba Sani’s Special Assistant on School Feeding, Dr. Fauziya Buhari-Ado, who said this, explained …
Read More »Food inflation soars by 61% in one year-NBS report
Nigerians are finding it more difficult to feed themselves, as food inflation rose to 40.66 per cent in May, The PUNCH reports. This was as the cost of food rose …
Read More »Cholera: Lagos opens emergency centre, UNICEF urges water provision
Following the outbreak of Cholera in Lagos, the state government has activated its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre at Mainland Hospital, Yaba. This is as the United Nations Children’s Fund …
Read More »Presidency counters New York Times, says Tinubu inherited dead economy
The Presidency stated, on Sunday, that President Bola Tinubu inherited a dead economy but was determined to resolve the nation’s economic crisis. It was reacting to a New York Times …
Read More »19 Hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia, 17 missing – Report
At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims have died while on the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, authorities from their countries said on Sunday, as temperatures soar in the kingdom. …
Read More »Bizman drags police to court for being declared wanted
A businessman, Musa Saliu, has dragged the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, before a Federal High Court in Abuja, over his false declaration as a wanted person in a …
Read More »Dangote Sugar Refinery issues N42.79bn commercial notes
Dangote Sugar Refinery has announced that it has issued Series 4 and 5 Commercial Paper notes to raise N42.79bn. According to a release filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited and …
Read More »‘Multinationals exit costs Nigeria N94tn in five years’
The exodus of multinationals from the Nigerian economy has cost the country a N94tn loss of output in five years, according to an economist and former Director of Research and …
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