Thousands of people rallied on Thursday in Niger’s capital in support of the coup that toppled the democratically elected government, as security concerns mounted among Western nations. Protesters hold a Niger flag during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey. Hundreds of people backing the coup in Niger gathered on for a mass rally in…
Consumers in the country paid N247.09 billion for electricity in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 1.14 percent compared to N243.65 billion paid in the fourth quarter of 2022, as the latest report from the Nigerian Electricity Commission, NERC, has shown. In its 2023 first quarter report released yesterday, the Commission explained that…
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has suspended with immediate effect airport car hire services at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja. The suspension came following unresolved factional dispute amongst the car hire operators which has been affecting airport car hire service operations According to FAAN, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua,…
…says the Ijesa-born politician is a man of integrity. The Honorable Commissioner for Osun State Culture and Tourism Hon. Abiodun OJO (FAFA) has congratulated Osun State PDP chairman Hon. Sunday Bisi on his birthday celebration. Hon. Abiodun in his congratulatory statement made available to his media aid eulogize the Ijesa-born veteran politician saying, Hon. Bisi…
The National Executive Committee NEC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has confirmed the appointment of the immediate-past Governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of the party. NEC took the decision at its 12th meeting held Thursday in Abuja. It also appointed Senator Basiru Ajibola as National Secretary. Earlier, Vanguard…
Dele Alake, one of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees, has said that if he is made the Minister of information and Culture, he will support the strengthening of social media regulations in Nigeria. Alake, who hails from Ekiti State in the South West region and served as the Commissioner of Information and Strategy in Lagos…
TikToker, Okoye Blessing Nwakego who was recently arrested by the police for claiming that actress Eniola Badmus is a pimp, has been arraigned and sentenced by a federal high court sitting in Lagos. Eniola Badmus who was present when the TikToker was arrested, had stated that she needs to substantiate and prove the allegation in…
The Nigeria Labour Congress is in an emergency National Executive Council meeting over the suspension of their strike action. A reliable source at the ongoing meeting in Abuja disclosed this to reporters on Thursday morning. According to him, leaders of the Union are already discussing the possibility of suspending the strike owing to the meeting…
Ex-international and Super Eagles defender, Sam Sodje, has chided the Secretary-General of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Ms Fatma Samoura, for disparaging the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) as being dishonest. In a statement obtained from the England-born footballer on Wednesday in Warri, Delta State, the former Special Adviser to former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa…
Tottenham Hotspur striker, Harry Kane, will remain in the Premier League if he is not sold before their league opener against Brentford on August 13, according to Sky Sports. Kane feels that out of respect for the club and the new manager, Ange Postecoglou, it would be unfair for him to leave once the season…
