•Trade stock The federal government has banned the importation of poultry foods, cement, pharmaceutical and agricultural products from countries outside the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). According to a circular by the federal ministry of finance, signed by Wale Edun, the minister of finance, dated April 1, 2026, the produ...
American transgender women will no longer be able to compete in women’s events at the Olympics and Paralympics after a recent policy change by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC). A new note on the USOPC website regarding the participation of transgender athletes in sports says: “As of July 21, 2025, please refer to […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says the Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), operating under the corporate identity of ST Technologies International Ltd., remains banned in Nigeria. SEC, in a public notice issued today, said that CBEX, also known as Smart Treasure/Super Technology, had not been registered by the commission, reports NAN...
Transgender women have been banned from playing in women’s and girls’ cricket in England and Wales after the governing body announced a change in policy today. The move by the England and Wales Cricket Board follows last month’s UK Supreme Court ruling regarding the Equality Act, reports AFP. The UK’s highest court ruled the legal […]...
•Jude Bellingham Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham has been hit with a two-match La Liga ban today by the Spanish football federation’s disciplinary committee after he was sent off for dissent. The England international was dismissed during the champions’ 1-1 draw at Osasuna on Saturday by referee Jose Munuera Montero, reports AFP. Bellingham, who...
The US Supreme Court today upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in the United States on Sunday, January 19, 2025. In a major defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the […]
Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior was banned for two La Liga matches on Tuesday after his red card last week against Valencia. The Brazilian winger shoved goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski in the back of the neck after he had been pushed by the Los Che stopper, reports AFP. Spanish champions Real Madrid came from behind to […]
•Stormzy British rapper, Michael Ebenazer Owuo Junior, popularly known as Stormzy, has been banned from driving for nine months after being caught using a mobile phone while behind the wheel of his Rolls-Royce. The incident occurred on March 7, 2024 in West Kensington, London, and was observed by an undercover police officer. Today, District J...
•President Yoon Suk Yeol South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was banned from leaving the country today, the justice ministry said, less than a week after he plunged the country into chaos by briefly imposing martial law. Yoon sent special forces and helicopters to parliament on the night of December 3 before lawmakers forced him […]...
•Governor Seyi makinde The Oyo State Government, today, placed a ban on any form of meeting by Head teachers or teachers, during school hours, within or outside any public school premises in the state, saying whoever indulges in such an act will be severely dealt with. The Chairman of the state Universal Basic Education Board, […]

