Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has qualified for the final of the 100m hurdles event at the ongoing World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Amusan, running in lane seven, won the second semi-final with a time of 12:56 seconds despite having a slow start. Ackera Nugent enjoyed an early lead before Amusan snatched victory at the finishing line….
BRICS, the bloc of five major emerging economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has announced new members on Thursday. According to report, the 15th BRICS Summit of Heads of State and Government started Tuesday, August 22, and is to end Thursday, August 24 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. The…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has urged citizens with prepaid meter to update them before November 2024. The regulatory body said users who fail to update their meters before the said date won’t be able to recharge their prepaid meters. NERC, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, said updating the meters…
United States President, Joe Biden has said “little happens in Russia without the knowledge of Vladimir Putin”. President Biden made these remarks while reacting to the reported death of the leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Russia’s agency for air transport claimed that Prigozhin was among the passengers of a flight that crashed and…
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, says President Bola Tinubu will allocate funds for the construction of quality roads across the country. Umahi, speaking with the newsmen, he admitted that the significant issue encountered in road development is the construction cost. “We are looking at all these things. How do we cut down costs? Because the…
The Global Peace Index, GPI, has released its list of 2023 most peaceful countries in 163 independent states and territories. While Iceland came first as the most peaceful country in the world, Mauritius is ranked first in Africa, followed by Botswana and Sierra Leone. Nigeria and some other West African Countries failed to make the…
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FCT FEMA) has confirmed the collapse of a two-storey building on Wednesday night, at Lagos Street, Garki village, Abuja. According to reports that an unspecified number of persons were reportedly killed following the collapse of a multi-storey building in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. However, the Head…
By Michael Adeyemo The Southwest Zone of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, says the condition of pensioners in the South-west remain the same with gratuities yet to be paid. The NUP South-west Zonal Public Relations Officer, Comrade Olusegun Abatan, stated this at a bi-monthly meeting held at Pensioners House, Agbarigo, Onireke, Ibadan. According to…
Shari’a Court in Kaduna State on Wednesday ordered that a 22-year-old man, Inuwa Ahmad be given 35 strokes of the cane for stealing a cellphone and building materials worth N130,000. The judge Malam Anass Khalifa, who gave the order, also sentenced the convict to six months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to theft. ” The…
Manufacturers have spent at least N7.9tn to import raw materials in the past three years. According to manufacturers, the high raw materials imports bill is due to operators’ decision to source foreign exchange from the parallel market at high rates following the shortage of FX at the official market. An analysis of the foreign trade…