The 2024 Ondo Auto Rally has announced that it will feature the newly commissioned X-kart race series in the country when it flags off on March 29th to 30th in Ilara Mokin in Ondo State. President of the Work and Play group, Adeoye Ojuoko, said the X-Kart series that started ...
Nigeria finished second on the medals table behind Egypt with 47 gold, 33 silver and 40 bronze medals. Hours after the team returned to the country, the Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh, conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s congratulatory message to the athletes. ”Yesterday I received the Team Nigeria delegation to ...
A bill seeking to establish the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund, has been passed into law on the floor of the Senate. Sponsored by a senator, representing Ekiti South and Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Yemi Adaramodu, the bill, among others, seeks to provide a ...
Another rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana is on the cards at the ongoing 2023 African Games in Ghana as the Falconets clash against the hosts in the final of the female football event on Thursday (today) at the Cape Coast Stadium. To set up the clash, Nigeria secured a 2-0 ...
Amusan, who is the 100mH world record holder, was a clear favourite ahead of the race, was shown a yellow after beating the gun for the first time but lined up again. On the second time of the gun going off, Amusan did not make any mistake, sprinting to an ...
President Bola Tinubu, last night, promised that the sacrifices of the 16 soldiers killed last week in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, would not be in vain. Speaking during the breaking of Ramadan fast at State House, Abuja, with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. ...
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mele Kyari, yesterday said that the anticipated public listing of the company’s shares at the stock market as provided for in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) will start soon. Kyari told international oil and gas players participating ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, announced that all valid Foreign Exchange (FX) backlogs owed various sectors of the economy had been settled. The FX settlement fulfilled a key pledge of the CBN governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, to process an inherited backlog of $7 billion in outstanding liabilities. That ...
The Nigeria Chess community was thrown into mourning mood yesterday after the news of the death of its foremost supporter of the game, Engineer Jonathan Odega broke. He was aged 65 and hailed from Ubulu Okiti, Aniocha South Local Government area of Delta State. According to the Media Director of ...
Nigeria’s Under-20 female football team, the Falconets, will take on Ghana on Thursday in the final of the women’s football event at the 13th African Games in Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Falconets booked their place in the finals after defeating Uganda 2-0 in the ...
