•African players in Europe A stunning goal by Democratic Republic of Congo forward Yoane Wissa helped Premier League strugglers Brentford draw 2-2 with Chelsea in a London derby at the weekend. The 27-year-old acrobatically hooked a bicycle kick past goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic into the roof of the net midway through the second half to put [&hel...
Mohammed Ibrahim, the President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), has threatened that the union alongside the Non-academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) will shut down the universities in the country if the government refuses to grant their demands in the next seven days. He disclos...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government has made it known that it will enforce monthly rental payments. In a recent press briefing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Housing, shared exciting news about the upcoming monthly rental system. Set to be implemented by the end of 2024 or early next [&he...
•Pedestrian bridge In a nation of pedestrians, where less than 10% of the citizens own cars of their own, it is frightening to note that only about 15% of road users use pedestrian bridges for crossing highways with heavy vehicular movements. The Lagos State government has demonstrated enough capacity and responsibility by taking giant strides...
Three officials – two from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and one from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) – have been quizzed over $3.4billion loan granted to Nigeria by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is allegedly. They were interrogated last week by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Of...
•Wale Edun The federal government has directed importers to regularise duty payments and clear improperly imported vehicles within 90 days. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, directed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to allow affected vehicle owners and their agents to do so within the stipulated time...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), today, explained why some telecommunications subscribers who previously linked their SIM cards to their National Identification Numbers (NINs) have their mobile lines barred. NCC spokesman, Reuben Muoka, said “people who probably didn’t get a cleared or verified NIN” have been barred because “the e...
•Women call for constitutionalisation of the right to abortion in a rally French lawmakers are expected today to anchor the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support. A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) should find the [&hell...
•Kamala Harris US Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday called for a proposed six-week ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war to be accepted, while criticizing Israel over insufficient aid deliveries into Gaza. “Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks, which is what [&...
As the economic downturn continues, all areas of Nigerian lives and plans are also striving to grapple with the situation, as areas like housing and rent are also being affected. Nigerians are used to building with cement, but now have to go for other alternatives, as the price of cement is now on the high […]
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