News as it breaks
House wants CBN to re-enforce spending of coins The House of Representatives has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to re-enforce the use of coins as legal tender in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by a member from Bauchi state Mr Umar Lawal at…
Nigeria’s crude oil grade Bonny Light, has risen to $109.2 per barrel in the international market, after closing lower over the weekend. Available market statistics showed that Bonny Light witnessed a marginal rise of 0.26 cent, while Brent witnessed a significant leap of 6 percent to $114.40. Further data shows…
Ghana has unveiled a list of 27 players who will prosecute the two-legged World Cup play-offs against the Super Eagles of Nigeria this Friday and next Tuesday. According to a statement on Ghana’s Football Association website, Coach Otto Addo has named a 27 man squad for the FIFA World Cup…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Dangote Fertiliser Plant in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos. He inaugurated the multi-billion dollar facility on Tuesday at an event well attended by many political, traditional, and religious leaders, as well as key members of the private sector from various parts of the country.…
The Federal Government has threatened sanctions against the management of National Assembly for breaching the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. The threat notice was contained in a two-page circular with Reference No: SWC/S/65/III/696, dated February 21, 2022, entitled “Implementation of…
As the #NigerianWomenOccupyNASS enters it’s 10th Day, Nigerian women have taken their actions a step further by entering the National Assembly premises to physically register their grievances and intensify their demands. The Women are demanding that all the 5 gender bills rejected by the National Assembly, be reconsidered.
Attacks on hospitals and schools in Ukraine are putting around six million children in acute danger, the humanitarian organisation Save the Children said on Monday. Roughly one in five children has had to flee their home country to escape the war, while those children who remain in the war zone…
Goalkeeper of the Sunshine Queens FC, Elizabeth Johnson, has died, hours after she trained with the Akure-based side. The team confirmed the development in a brief statement. Very heartbreaking! Sunshine Queens lost one of its goalkeepers, Elizabeth Johnson (Janded) to the cold hands of death moments ago,” a statement from…
Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano has spoken out following her fight with Ms. Bianca Ojukwu at the inauguration of Charles Soludo as the governor of Anambra State. Speaking about the events of March 17, Ebele said she had left her seat to greet Bianca but the latter reacted to her greeting by…
Popular Nigerian Footballer, Kanu Nwankwo has said that he knows what is good, and that he was trying to repay the support he received from a Presidential Aspirant, Ahmed Bola Tinubu twenty-two years ago. Nwankwo was reacting to comments by some Nigerians over a recent event, where he was seen…
