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    The Minister, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Nyesom Wike, has said his administration has yet to make a decision on how to expend the ₦5billion palliative fund expected from the Federal Government. Wike revealed the development to pressmen in Abuja last night, after a closed-door meeting with contractors handling several projects in the FCT. […]

No fewer than 22 military personnel who died in combat in Niger State are being laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. The media recalls that the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on August 14, announced the death of at least 36 officers who were killed in battle. The […]

A Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta South Local government area of Ogun State, yesterday, has sentenced two persons, Emmanuel Choice and Ojuola Akande to three months imprisonment for stealing motor parts of a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Transport company. In a separate judgment, the court also sentenced one Olaiya Abdulrahman to six months […]

  The National Working Committee of the New Nigeria People’s Party has announced the suspension of two of its members. The members are Boniface Aniebonam, a founding member of the party, and Agbo Major, its National Publicity Secretary. In a statement signed by the party’s acting National Chairman, Mallam Abba Kawu Alli, the party said […]

  Tobi Amusan failed in her bid to retain her title in the women’s 100m hurdles as the world record holder finished sixth in the final of the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships taking place in Hungary. The star-studded final witnessed the emergence of new champion in Jamaica’s Danielle Williams with her season best (SB) […]

    Nigerian-born Italian hurdler, Ayomide Folorunso, has turned her attention to winning her first senior championship after breaking her own Italian national record in the women’s 400m hurdles  at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest. The 26-year-old ran 53.89secs to place fourth in the third semi-final and booked her place in Friday’s final as […]

  Tobi Amusan at the World Athletics Championships Eugene, Oregon, USA. Reigning 100m women’s hurdles world champion, Tobi Amusan, yesterday, made Nigeria proud as she qualified for the semi-finals stage at the ongoing 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Amusan finished first in Heat five with a time of 12.48secs to land in the […]

  The youths in the All Progressives Congress have appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to keep his promise to give youth inclusion a high priority in his administration by giving the youths opportunities to excel in his government. This was contained in a letter sent to the President and made available to correspondents yesterday, in […]

  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has said that his party would win the November 11 governorship election in Imo State. Speaking in Owerri, the state capital, yesterday at the flag-off of the campaigns for the party in the state, He said that LP is […]

  The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has cautioned the Economic Community of West African States against military intervention in Niger Republic. The ECOWAS defence chiefs had on Thursday pledged readiness to participate in a standby force that would restore democracy in Niger after generals toppled and detained President Mohamed Bazoum. In a […]