Super Eagles and Napoli star striker, Victor Osimhen, has received the trophy for the best young player prize at the 2022 Globe Soccer Award. The former Lille of France forward beat Gavi and Valverde to scoop the prize in a ceremony held at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai in November 2022. In a post on … [Read more…]
The naira on Wednesday exchanged at 461.90 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. The figure represented a decrease of 0.09 per cent, compared with the 461.50 it exchanged on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N460.25 to the dollar on Wednesday. An exchange rate of N462 to the dollar was the … [Read more…]
For failing to submit its annual accounts, authorities in the United Kingdom, have struck off Next International (UK) Limited, a company largely owned by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. An online platform, Premium Times, reported that the company was removed from the record in September 2021, following a first and second … [Read more…]
…North-West, South-West top zones A breakdown of the 93.469 million voters shows that the 20 states of the North have 50,161,722 voters while the South has 43,305,286 votes Among the six geo-political zones, the North-West has the highest number of voters with 22,255,562 voters. It is followed by South-West which has 17,958,966 and North-Central including … [Read more…]
The meeting which is coming about five weeks before the presidential election is to discuss areas of future potential collaboration between both countries. Less than two months to the February 25 presidential election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday held a strategic meeting with the British government. Atiku, … [Read more…]
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared its determination to proceed with the conduct of the February/March general elections, two days after it expressed fears about the wave of general insecurity across the country. INEC had lamented, on Monday, that if not tamed, the ugly trend of pre-election violence could precipitate a constitutional crisis … [Read more…]
…as Tinubu takes a swipe at Obasanjo, Atiku Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, yesterday, asked the people of the South East to work with APC and vote for him as he was ready to make the zone the industrial hub of the nation. This is as he called former President … [Read more…]
…as first class traditional ruler reiterates support Communities in Oji River South and Mmam River Development Centres in Oji River local government area of Enugu State have presented a list of their priority needs to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Dr. Peter Mbah, urging him to give serious … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has chided his opponents in other political parties, saying Nigeria’s presidency was neither a retirement home nor a place where people wait for turns. Obi also maintained that there was nothing wrong with Nigeria having a stingy president. The candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has given an assurance that he will reposition the nation’s economy as well as improve on security across the nation before the end of his eight-year tenure. According to him, the gains recorded in security will be further consolidated, and more attention will be given to the economy, before handing over on … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to swing into action immediately to unravel the allegations N1.3 billion fraud levelled against the Chairman of the All Progressives Peoples Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, and the party’s governorship candidate, Chief Uche Nnaji, by … [Read more…]
The Federal Government, FG, has proposed to spend over N30 billion on the installation of Acoustal Sensing Security surveillance system for the Abuja (IDU)-Kaduna railway, including other items in the 2023 budget. Other items include: completion of the Abuja-Kaduna railway; completion of the Lagos-Ibadan and its associated additional works; rehabilitation of Itakpe-Ajaokuta rail line and … [Read more…]