LEICESTER’S MIDFIELD PLAYER NDIDD BECOMES 9TH NIGERIAN TO REACH 200 PREMIER LEAGUE APPEARANCES
Leicester City’s midfield powerhouse Wilfred Ndidi has secured his place among Nigeria’s Premier League legends, becoming the ninth Nigerian to reach 200 appearances in England’s top flight.
FINANCE MINISTER PUSHES FOR GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC REFORMS IN NIGERIA AT THE ONGOING IMF MEETING
The Minister of finance and the Cordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr.Wale Edun is the Leader of Nigerian delegation at the Ongoing 2024 InternationalMonetary Funds meeting, IMF in Washington,US.
FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO BLAMES REGIONAL STRUCTURE FOR NIGERIA’S CHALLENGES
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday took a retrospective look at the state of the nation, blaming the current plethora of challenges bedeviling Nigeria on the choice of the three-leader regional structure practiced by the country at independence.
ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT SACKS TOP JUDGES WHO RULED IN FAVOUR OF HIS RIVAL
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has now sacked three top judges he previously suspended over alleged judicial misconduct, drawing further accusations of political interference in the judiciary.
COOKING GAS PRICE RISES BY 114%IN 16 MONTHS
The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) has skyrocketed from N700/kg in June 2023 around when President Bola Tinubu assumed office to N1,500/kg in October 2024
UWAJUREN SAYS NIGERIA WILL CRUMBLE UNDER CORRUPTION WITHOUT THE ANTI-GRAFT AGENCY
There is ongoing clamour by some governors that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) be scrapped.
ISRAEL ESCALATES BEIRUT BOMBING
Fighting raged on two fronts on Sunday as Israel targeted what it said was a Hezbollah “command centre” in the Lebanese capital, while in Gaza, rescuers reported seventy three people killed in a single air strike.
NERC BLAMES TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION FOR SATURDAY’s NATIONAL GRID COLLAPSE
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has blamed the most recent national grid collapse on the explosion of a transformer at the Jebba Transmission station.
THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE CAUTION AGAINST JUNGLE JUSTICE
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Sunday, October 20, condemned what it described as dangerous and abhorrent trend of jungle justice.
UK SLAMS LARGEST SANCTION ON RUSSIAN SHADOW FLEET OF TANKERS AS IT BARS 18 SHIPS FROM UK
Britain has imposed its largest sanctions to date against Russia’s “shadow fleet” of tankers, which used to circumvent a Western embargo on oil exports following its invasion of Ukraine.