•Nigeria’s defender Michelle Alozie (C) drinks water as players cool off due to heat The Super Falcons’ campaign at the Paris Olympics is over. A loss to Japan in their last Group C game condemned them to a disappointing exit from the competition, reports Channels TV. It was 3-1 in the Asian side’s favour, ending […]
•Dr Nnimmo Bassey Our right to safe food is fundamental for our enjoyment of the right to life. All living beings need food for nourishment and for the sustenance of life. Food is so central to our well being that the denial of food even to prisoners is considered an inhuman and degrading treatment. What […]
•Tinubu A former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has said that the chances of restructuring the country under President Bola Tinubu’s administration are slim. Odinkalu noted that owing to the “mechanics of presidentialism,” it remains unlikely that a sitting president would champion the devolution of mor...
•Nigerian Senate Leading opposition parties, some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other prominent Nigerians have rejected the Senate’s bill to repeal the National Identity Management Commission Act, 2017, to make provision for registration of not just Nigerians but all other persons resident in Nigeria. The Senate passed the bill for a ...
•Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Fifty-eight of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have voiced support for a proposal from the African Group backing incumbent Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to serve a second term. The 58 member countries of the trade association made this known at a July 22 meeting of the [&hel...
•Containers seen in a port The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its forecast for Nigeria’s economic growth in 2024 to 3.1 per cent. The downgrade is contained in a newly released report ‘in the July 2024 World Economic Outlook’ published yesterday. The IMF cited a weaker growth recorded in the first quarter of the […]
•Super Falcons Nine-time African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria and Canada senior women team will go toe-to-toe for the second time in one year today, in a closed-doors training match in Malaga ahead of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament starting in France in eight days. The match will commence at 6.30pm Spain time (5.30pm [&hell...
•A market place Nigeria’s inflation figure has reached a new high, hitting 34.19 % for June 2024, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of State Statistics (NBS). This is an increase of 0.24% points when compared to the inflation figure for May 2024 released by the NBS. “In June 2024, the headline […]
•Tinubu As Nigeria secures a $2.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to meet its financial needs, there is discomfort in some quarters. Despite the naira’s depreciation, the loan must be repaid in Western currencies, and since repayments do not start until 2034 — long after the current politicians have left office — [&hell...
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, today, raised fresh alarm over the alleged plans by terrorists to attack critical infrastructure in the country. Director Defence Media Operations, DMO, Major General Edward Buba who disclosed this to Defence Correspondents in Abuja at a bi-weekly briefing on the ongoing military operations in the various theater...

