Nigerian men have been ranked second in the list of Africa’s most handsome men according to a report by Insider Monkey. In the list, Kenyan men are ranked number one while Nigerian and Ethiopian men rank second and third respectively. Rwanda, South Africa and Angola men come fourth, fifth and sixth respectively on the list. […]
•Team Nigeria Team Nigeria finished second on the medals table at the 13th African Games in Ghana. The Nigerian contingent raked in 47 gold, 33 silver, and 40 bronze medals across 25 sports at the competition. Weightlifting produced Nigeria’s highest medal haul, reports The Nation. Team Nigeria dominated the athletics event, claiming an amazin...
A Constitution Amendment Bill to introduce state police has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by 13 members of the House, enjoyed support from majority of the lawmakers in the green chamber who believed that concerns of political victimisation by state governors, should take the backseat to th...
•Duoye Diri takes his oath of office Bayelsa State governor, Duoye Diri, has been sworn in for a second term in office. He took his oath of office at 1:58 pm today at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa, the state capital, reports Channels TV. Both Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, took their […]
A bill for the amendment of the Electoral Act to provide for the conduct of the general election in one day was yesterday passed for ‘Second Reading’ in the House of Representatives. The intention of the bill is for presidential, governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and Houses of Assembly elections to hold in one day, […]...
•Mike Adenuga Renowned Nigerian telecom and oil magnate, Mike Adenuga, has reclaimed the position of Nigeria’s second-richest individual, surpassing Abdul Samad Rabiu, following Forbes’ reassessment of the value of his mobile phone network, Globacom. Adenuga’s current net worth is now at $7.4 billion, solidifying his prominent standing in Afri...
•Philip Shaibu The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, yesterday claimed he was duped while supporting his principal, Godwin Obasek’s second term bid. He said while he staked his long term relationship with Obaseki’s predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, to fight apparent godfatherism and back his principal’s ambition, he later found out tha...
Dangote Refinery has made a further move towards the commencement of production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of additional one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). The fresh one million barrels of crude from the Shell terminal via the MT Otis owned by Tra...
•Obasa The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, yesterday committed the 2024 Appropriation Bill presented last Wednesday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to a joint-committee of the House for proper scrutiny. Dr. Obasa urged the joint-committee on Economic Planning and Finance to ensure it works hard enough to ...
•Second Niger Bridge Construction giant and contractor of the Second Niger Bridge, Julius Berger, has formally handed over the multi-billion naira project to the federal government. In a brief ceremony at toll area of the bridge, the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, expressed satisfaction with the project, confirming that the contractor had carr...