News
Page: 98
Villarreal manager Unai Emery has praised Samuel Chukwueze and his teammates following the side’s 2-0 win against Real Valladolid in their LaLiga clash at the Estadio La Ceramica on Monday night. Chukwueze opened scoring for the Yellow Submarine in the 21st minute of the encounter. It was the 21-year-old’s first league goal since November 2019. […]
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N5billion as a bailout for airline operators and other business owners in the aviation sector to cushion the effects of COVID-19 on the country’s aviation industry. The announcement was made on Monday by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika. The Minister said the sum of N4billion has […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has debunked reports claiming he ordered the Military to kill Igbos in the Oyigbo area of the oil-rich state. While insisting that members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) had destroyed properties in the area and killed people, Wike in a state broadcast on Monday, restated that […]
The West African Examinations Council, on Monday, announced that it withheld the results of 215,149 candidates who sat for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Nigeria. The Council said the results of the candidates representing 13.98% of the total number of candidates who wrote the examination are being withheld in connection with […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and 261 concerned Nigerians, civil society organisations, and media groups have filed a lawsuit against the National Broadcasting Commission [NBC] and Minister of Information and Culture Mr Lai Mohammed over the fines the commission imposed on Channels Television, AIT and Arise TV for their coverage of the EndSARS […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the youths to end street protests and participate in meaningful discussions with the government aimed at comprehensive reforms to end all forms of police brutality against Nigerians. The President made the appeal at the maiden edition of the National Youth Day celebration, observed on November 1, coinciding with the […]
Governors who have set up panels of enquiry into the activities of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have the right to do so, President of the Nigerian Bar Association Olumide Akpata has said. Mr Akpata spoke about the panels when he appeared on the latest edition of Sunday Politics. “I think the governors are […]
The Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of N2.9 billion for the printing of materials for the upcoming Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE), common entrance and basic education exams. The Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting which was held at the […]
Nigeria midfielder, John Ogu, has apologised for calling on his team-mates to boycott the two 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sierra Leone in November. Ogu made the demand following the killings of peaceful #EndSARS protesters who were demanding an end to police brutality at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20. The former […]
Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee instead. The ‘troika’ of ambassadors heading the WTO’s three main branches determined after four months of consultations with member states that Okonjo-Iweala was the most likely to obtain the consensus needed to take the top job, WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell told reporters. The initial pool of eight candidates for the WTO’s […]
