•Ben Stokes Visibly distressed England captain Ben Stokes suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury today while bowling during the third test against New Zealand in Hamilton. Stokes, who suffered a torn hamstring on the same left leg in August, was to undergo a scan last night or this morning after hobbling off midway through […]
•Atiku and Tinubu Following the presidency’s critical response to his claim that his policies as president would have worked better for Nigeria, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar insisted today that the country’s problems are caused by a lack of planning on the part of President Bola Tinubu. In a statement he personally signed, the presiden...
The price of Brent crude oil has fallen below $70 per barrel for the first time since December 2021, raising concerns about slowing global growth. The significant drop in oil prices is set to further strain the naira, which has depreciated to N1,600/$ in recent weeks, reports AFP. Meanwhile, global stock markets showed mixed results […]
Universities in the country are groaning under the yoke of high tariffs thrust on them by electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, which may see the 10 with the highest budgets spending over N75 billion on electricity this year. The 10 universities have a combined budget of N247.6 billion for 2024, reports Vanguard. Checks by our correspond...
•Esther Nwachukwu and late Junior Pope Actress, Esther Nwachukwu, has claimed that the deceased actor, Junior Odonwodo, a.k.a. Junior Pope, confided in her about his marital issues before his death on April 10, 2024. Recently, she had criticised Pope’s wife for attending an event. According to her, she should have mourned her husband for at [&...
•Chelsea captain, James Reece Mauricio Pochettino says Chelsea’s medical and coaching staff are trying to work out why the club have been so badly plagued by injuries, with as many as 14 players likely to be missing for tomorrow’s visit of Tottenham. Defenders Thiago Silva and Axel Disasi are the latest additions to the list […]
Buffeted by staggering food inflation, rising cost of living, biting fuel scarcity, poor electricity supply and widespread insecurity, Nigerian workers have said they have scant reasons to celebrate May 1 fondly known as Workers’ Day. The federal government has declared today a work free day to commemorate the workers’ day, reports Daily Sun. ...
The depreciation of the naira has caused the country’s foreign loans to balloon. Nigeria’s external debt stock (debt owed to foreign entities) has increased by N28tn due to the devaluation of the Nigerian naira against the United States dollar, findings reveal. According to the latest debt profile data published by the Debt Management Office, ...
•Emefiele A Delta State-based group, the Agbor Stakeholders Forum, ASF, has said that the prevailing economic woes in the country, arising from the economic policies of the federal government, have made a saint and hero out of former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, instead of the ‘villain’ he is being painted to be by the […]...
There is growing restiveness among the staff of the federal civil service, ministries, departments and agencies, and MDAs, over unpaid January salaries. The worker’s situation is compounded by the fact that they also owed a backlog of N35,000 in wage awards, reports Vanguard. It was gathered that non-payment of the January salary to core civil...
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