Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, a private army in Russia, has reportedly died in a plane crash in the country. Nine other people reported to be on board the aircraft are also part of the casualties. According to TASS, Russian state-owned news media, the country’s agency for air ...
Harrison’s performance will not have gone unnoticed by her rivals especially the woman who replaced her as world record holder, defending champion Tobi Amusan. The Nigerian only got the green light to compete in the championships last week after being cleared over an alleged breaking of the dope-testing whereabouts rule. ...
Nwankwo Kanu’s tenure as Enyimba FC Chairman, began on a shaky start yesterday as the two-time champions lost 4-3 against Libya’s Al Ahli Benghazi in the qualification round of the CAF Champions League on Sunday evening. The People’s Elephant conceded some outrageous goals away against the Libyan team, thereby creating ...
The Code of Conduct Bureau, has said doing private business during official hours is punishable under the law. The State Director, FCT CCB, Suleiman Usman, issued the warning on Thursday at a one-day enlightenment campaign in Abuja. He warned that the bureau will take necessary measures against any civil servant ...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 51 new cases of circulating variant poliovirus (cVPV2) have been recorded in Nigeria from January to August 2023. Walter Mulombo, the WHO country representative in Nigeria, who spoke in Kaduna on Thursday, said 47 of the 51 cases were recorded in the north-west. The ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released fresh operational mechanisms for the sale of forex by Bureau De Change (BDCs) operators within the country. This is coming 25 months after Godwin Emefiele, the suspended CBN governor, announced the discontinuance of foreign exchange sales to that segment of the forex ...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is closely monitoring BA.2.86, a new variant of COVID-19, detected in Israel, Denmark and the United States. In a bulletin on Thursday, the WHO said is it classifying the new version of the various as a variant under monitoring (VUM) due to the ...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has concluded its series of train-the-trainers workshop for staff members of 206 universities in the country. The training was to ensure effective delivery of the new curriculum- the Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), developed by the commission for Nigerian universities. Prof. Emeritus Peter ...
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has predicted that Nigeria will experience stronger economic growth as business activities increase in the remaining part of the year. Laoye Jaiyeola, chief executive officer (CEO) of NESG, spoke at the third Edition of the Mid-Year Review of 2023 Economic Outlook, organised by the ...
The naira, Nigeria’s legal tender, is currently trading at N890 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. The figure represents an appreciation of 60 or 6.3 percent from the N950 it traded last week. Speaking to TheCable on Wednesday afternoon, Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators ...
