•A mining site Mining communities in Nigeria have continued to experience a rise in out-of-school children due to their pursuit of quick cash through mineral exploration and other activities in the value chain. N&G Consulting Firm Ltd, a specialist consultancy offering organisational development, leading change, organisational culture and ...
Investors lost N784 billion on the stock market last week following sell-off in the shares of some highly capitalised stocks. The selloffs kept the stock market in the negative territory despite signs of recovery in some banking securities, which hitherto drove weak performance in the market, reports Vanguard. Investment analysts had projected...
Sixteen power plants are currently performing below capacity as the country grapples with the reality of constant national grid collapses. Data obtained from the electricity market operator (NERC) today, revealed that some power plants- Afam IV-V, Sapele ST, Olorunsogo NIPP, Omotosho NIPP, Sapele GT NIPP, Ihovbor NIPP, Geregu NIPP, Omotosho, O...
•The Falconets Nigeria’s football teams at the All African Games – the Flying Eagles and the Falconets – both won their matches in the competition late yesterday. The Falconets mauled Senegal 4-0 to move to the semi-final of the Games courtesy of goals from Loveth Edeh, Motunrayo Ezekiel, Chioma Olise, and an own goal, reports […]...
•An airplane Last year was the safest ever for commercial air travel, despite a massive rebound in passenger flights, an airline industry group said today. The only fatal accident of a passenger plane was the crash of an ATR turboprop operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines during a domestic flight, killing 72 people, according to the […]
•Bayer Leverkusen’s German midfielder Robert Andrich (3rd R) celebrates scoring goal A long-range shot from Robert Andrich took Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-1 home win against Mainz yesterday, setting a new German record of 33 games unbeaten. Andrich’s goal was helped by a goalkeeping mistake from Mainz’s Robin Zentner, who allow...
The naira has hit a record low at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market. The local currency closed at N1,415 yesterday compared to N1,365 to the greenback exchanged on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, reports Nigerian Tribune. Currency traders, also known as Bureau de Change (BDC) operators, put the buying rate of the greenback [&hel...
•AFCON trophy The winners of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations will receive a record seven million dollars (6.4 mn euros), a Confederation of African Football (CAF) statement revealed today. It is 40 per cent more than what Senegal pocketed for winning the last edition, in Cameroon two years ago. The runners-up in the Ivory […]
•Hilda Nigerian chef, Hilda says she remains a record holder after the body announced that Irish chef, Alan Fisher is now the holder of the longest cooking marathon record. Recall that the body, in a post on X yesterday, announced that Fisher “cooked for an incredible 119 hours and 57 minutes at his restaurant in […]
A Czech football club playing in the lowest division has made the sports pages across the country after 16 of its players were booked at the same time last weekend. TJ Sokol Upohlavy’s players decided to make a splash as they were trailing TJ Sokol Libochovany 6-0 in their game in the lowest district tier […]