The National Sports Commission (NSC), has justified the disqualification of Team Delta’s Favour Ashe from the 100m final at the 22nd National Sports Festival held on Saturday at the MKO Abiola Sports Arena in Abeokuta. The NSC Chairman, Shehu Dikko made the clarification at an interactive session with newsmen on Sunday in Abeokuta. The News…
Brennan Johnson’s scrambled goal ended a 17-year Tottenham trophy drought with a battling 1-0 over Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday’s night in Spain. Spurs, who had not won European silverware since 1984, will play in next season’s Champions League, while failing to qualify for it is a severe financial set-back for…
Rumours were rife in Cote d’ Ivoire about unconfirmed reports of a military coup amid high political tensions that have engulfed the West African country on Wednesday. Social media reports sparked alarm with claims of alleged significant violence and internet disruptions, fuelling speculations that President Alassane Ouattara had either been captured and killed by the …
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, said relentless corruption has reduced Nigeria to a crime scene. Obi, who stated this in reaction to the huge budget fraud uncovered by the BudgIT in the 2025 federal budget, said Nigeria has remained a relentless scene of corruption. BudgIT had revealed budget padding…
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Gas Chief Ekperenkpo Ekpo on Wednesday urged oil and gas stakeholders to collaborate to meet the quota approved by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Ekpo, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Emeka Obi made the call while speaking at the ongoing 2025 Nigeria Oil…
A bill to establish Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Funtua, Katsina State, has scaled second reading in the Senate. This followed the presentation of the lead debate by the sponsor of the bill, Sen. Muntari Dandutse, during plenary on Wednesday. Leading the debate, Dandutse said that the bill was read for the first…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has appealed to the National Assembly to approve the FCT’s N1.78 trillion Statutory Budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year. Wike made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, when he appeared before the Senate and House of Representative Committees on FCT, to defend the…
The United States (U.S.) Ambassador to Nigeria Richard Mills has said that the media plays an indispensable role in strengthening democracy globally. Mills made the remark at a weeklong training programme for nearly 100 media chief executive officers selected from leading Nigerian media outlets across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
An interest group, Northern Bridge Builders Forum (NBBF), has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office. Convener of the forum, Sen. Joel Ikenya, announced the endorsement at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. Ikenya described the group as comprising distinguished men and women from the three geo-political zones of northern Nigeria,…
China, alongside Malaysia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, and Seychelles, co-hosted a side event on traditional medicine for the first time on Tuesday at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva. The event aimed to promote the integration of traditional medicine into national health systems, support universal health coverage, advance the Sustainable Development Goals. It will contribute…
