Nigerian Women’s beach volleyball team has qualified for the 2025 World Championship in Adelaide, Australia, scheduled to hold in November. The pair of Esther Mbah and Pamela Bawa beat Egypt 2-1 (21-14, 20-22, 15-9) to finish in third place at the just concluded CAVB Continental Championship in Morocco. Head Coach of the team, Kayode Ajilore…
TAJBank Limited, a fast growing non-interest bank, has sustained its feat in the nation’s banking history with the payment of 20 kobo per share dividend to its shareholders at the end of the 2024 financial year. TAJBank’s Founder/CEO, Hamid Joda, said in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Joda said that the payment was the…
Alhaji Ali Dalori, acting National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), has assumed office with the promise to be transparent, inclusive and steer the activities with unity of purpose. Dalori who was the APC Deputy National chairman (North-East), before his appointment made the promise on Monday in Abuja at a meeting with the party’s National…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, declined to grant the bail application filed by three detained promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) in the alleged over one billion dollars fraud. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held it was obvious that from the totality of the affidavit evidence of both parties, it was…
The Federal Government has concluded the review of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) operational guidelines and is set to commence the 2024 audit exercise by mid-July. These efforts are part of ongoing initiatives to improve transparency and strengthen primary healthcare financing in Nigeria. Dr Oritseweyimi Ogbe, Secretary of the BHCPF Ministerial Oversight Committee…
Security Operatives on Monday took over the national secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as party leaders issued counter notice for the party 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled. The two factions of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) had scheduled to hold separate meetings at the PDP Secretariat on Monday (today), at…
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under the aegis of Joint Action Congress (JUAC) on Monday, shut the gate of the Administration’s secretariat over welfare concerns. Some of the concerns according to the President of JUAC, Mrs Rifkatu Iortyer were non-payment of overhead to run offices since December 2024, no training and retraining…
ABUJA – The Federal Government has arraigned the suspended Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, before the Federal High Court on a fresh six-count charge. The beleaguered lawmaker, who was previously suspended from the Senate for six months, is alleged to have made a false claim about an assassination, as stated in the charge labelled…
Defence Headquarters, yesterday said troops of Operation Fasin Yamma have killed a wanted and notorious terrorist kingpin in Zamfara State, Mai Wada, who had been terrorizing several communities in the North West. This is as troops of Sector 3 in Monguno, Borno State, intercepted a vehicle conveying items suspected to be logistics supplies for terrorists,…
President Bola Tinubu has empowered the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) to implement a more efficient and better streamlined public-private partnership (PPP) project delivery process. Jobson Ewalefoh, director-general, ICRC, disclosed this in a statement by Ifeanyi Nwoko, acting head, media and publicity, ICRC on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Ewalefoh said that the process would involve…
