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The Senate on Wednesday stood down a bill for an act to prescribe standard and condition of licence for operation and practice of private investigations in the country. The piece of legislation, sponsored by Senator Osita Ngwu (PDP, Enugu West) was rejected by the majority of lawmakers during debate on the floor of the Red […]

Senate rejects bill on private investigators

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has announced the launch of its monthly awards. The NFF monthly awards is a celebration of the outstanding performances of Nigerian football players across various Football Leagues including Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL. The award categories include Player of the Month (Male and Female), Goal of the Month and Discovery […]

NFF unveils monthly football awards

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an ex parte order to serve the Rivers State chairman of the Action People’s Party, APP, Sunny Wokekoro, the 23 chairmanship candidates of APP in the upcoming Saturday election, and the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, through substituted means. Hart Badom, Destiny Omereji, and […]

Rivers LGA polls: Fresh leadership crisis hits APP

Paris Saint-Germain winger Ousmane Dembele has apologised to manager Luis Enrique after he was dropped for Tuesday’s Champions League clash at Arsenal. Dembele was left out of the squad that lost 2-0 to the Gunners, after he clashed with Enrique over the weekend. Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, has now revealed that both men have […]

Champions League: PSG winger apologises to Luis Enrique after 2-0 defeat to Arsenal

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC, has confirmed that Rwanda is battling an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease, MVD, with 27 cases and nine deaths reported as of September 30, 2024. Rwanda’s Ministry of Health declared the outbreak on September 27, and efforts are underway to contain the deadly virus. “Over […]

Marburg virus kills nine in Rwanda

Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have picketed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Benin City, Edo State, protesting the outcome of the just concluded governorship election. The protesters, carrying placards with various inscriptions and chanting slogans, demanded a reversal of the election results announced by INEC. This is coming […]

Edo election: PDP supporters protest at INEC office

The Senate on Wednesday summoned the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, over the deplorable condition of the Old Oyo-Ogbomosho Road. This followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Senator Buhari Abdulfatai (APC, OyoNorth), who drew his colleagues’ attention to the dilapidated condition of the road. Abdulfatai said the road, which is a major […]

Senate summons Umahi over old Oyo-Ogbomosho Road

One of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of governing Rivers State with a high level of impunity, warning that APC would not stand idly by and allow such practices to continue unchecked. Speaking at a media briefing at the party’s secretariat on […]

Rivers LGA polls: Okocha accuses Fubara of governing with impunity

Afrobeats singer Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has taken his beef with his colleague, Davido, to another dimension. This is as the ‘Ojuelegba’ crooner appeared to have shaded Davido’s uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke, in a tweet on Wednesday afternoon. Wizkid, who began dragging Davido on Monday night, labelling him “wack” and talentless,” roped the […]

‘You don’t see my uncle dancing online’ – Wizkid shades Davido’s uncle, Gov Adeleke

A tragic incident unfolded off Djibouti’s coast as two migrant boats carrying 310 people capsized in the Red Sea, leaving at least 45 dead and 61 others missing. The boats, which had departed from Yemen, sank just 150 metres from the beach near Djibouti’s north-west Khor Angar region, according to the Djibouti coastguard. Rescue operations, […]

45 dead, 61 missing after migrant boats capsize off Djibouti coast