July 19, 2024
D’Tigress lose to Germany in pre-Olympics warm-up game
D’Tigress of Nigeria were defeated 77-63 by Germany in a preparatory game ahead of the forthcoming Paris Olympics. Nigeria failed to match up against the Germans, who showed their superior class in the game played on Friday in Berlin, Germany. Rena Wakama, D’Tigress head coach, named a starting line-up that comprises skipper Amy Okonkwo, Elizabeth […]
Naira crashes to dollar at official market again
The Naira on Friday depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,596.92 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), showed that the Naira lost N30.10. This represents a 1.92 per cent loss when compared to the previous trading […]
Just In: FCCPC imposes $220,000,000 penalty on Meta platforms over ‘discriminatory practices’ in Nigeria
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission(FCCPC) has imposed a $220,000,000 penalty against Meta Platforms Incorporated over alleged discriminatory practices against Nigerian data and consumers. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement signed by Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, Acting Chief Executive Officer, FCCPC. The penalty follows a joint investigation by the Commission, and the Nigeria […]
LG Polls: Court Restrains INEC from Releasing Voter’s Register to Rivers SIEC
Justice Peter Lifu of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the national voter’s register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (Rivers SIEC) for use in the planned local hovernment (LG) election in the state. Justice Lifu made the order while delivering a ruling […]
IPAC kicks against bill to establish electoral commission for LGs
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has kicked against a bill to establish the Local Government Independent Electoral Commission. The bill, which was read for the first time on Thursday, was sponsored by Sani Musa, the senator representing Niger east. The proposed legislation was introduced about a week after the supreme court ordered the federal government […]
Ndume Rejects Appointment As Senate Tourism Committee Chair, says, ‘I’m Not Interested’
The Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume has rejected the chairmanship of the Committee on Tourism in the upper lawmaking body. Ndume was sacked as the senate chief whip over comments he made criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s running of the country. He was subsequently picked as the chairman of the Senate Community on Tourism, […]
Abuja man arrested for attempted suicide released on bail after mental assessment
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said a man identified as Shuaibu Yushau who was arrested on July 8 for attempted suicide has been released on bail to his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju. The FCT Police Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement on X.com on Friday, said Yushau’s release follows a mental assessment conducted by […]
Bayelsa urges calm after NDU student’s murder
The Bayelsa State Government on Tuesday called for calm following the murder of a final-year student of the state-owned Niger Delta University, Francis Paleowei in Amassoma, the institution’s host community. Paleowei, a 400-level student of Sociology, from the Obrigbene community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state, was murdered on Tuesday by a group […]
Groom, 11 others remanded over cop’s murder in Rivers
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded 12 suspects to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre in connection with the alleged murder of a female Police Inspector, Christiana Erekere. The suspects, including a groom identified as Efeoghene Uwheraka, were arraigned by the police on 13 counts bothering on conspiracy to murder, among […]
Court orders Nigerian Army to pay N800 million for killing BIRS staff in Benue
A Benue State High Court sitting in Makurdi, Thursday, awarded the sum of N800 million against the Nigerian Army and 10 others over the brutal murder of Sixtus Akure. The judgement came three years after the deceased, Mr. Akure, a senior tax officer with the Benue Internal Revenue Service, BIRS, died from a brutal assault […]