Ivory Coast take on Nigeria in a blockbuster clash at the Africa Cup of Nations today.The hosts made a strong start to their AFCON campaign at the weekend, beating Guinea-Bissau in the tournament opener, but Nigeria have plenty of work ...
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) does not have the authority to directly impose fines on broadcast stations for alleged breaches of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. This judgment, delivered by Justice Rita ...
Read More »Student Loan: January Take-Off Plans Still Intact, Says Federal Gov’t
The federal government has affirmed that the Student Loan scheme is set to commence in January, with plans ensuring timely access to the credit facility within 30 days. Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, revealed to State House correspondents ...
Read More »IITA Trains Over 1,900 Youths In Agribusiness, Targets 10,000 Beneficiaries
The Youth in Agribusiness (YAS) project of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has successfully trained 1,918 youths across Nigeria, aiming to expose them to diverse opportunities in agriculture and address unemployment challenges. In collaboration with the Government of ...
Read More »Nigerian Stocks Surge, Market Cap Gains N1.14 Trillion
Nigeria’s equity market continued its positive run on Wednesday, with the All-Share Index (ASI) rising 2.38% to 90,063.25 points. This represented a gain of 2,092 basis points from the previous day’s closing of 87,971.10. Investors gained a significant N1.14 trillion, ...
Read More »Tinubu To Issue Executive Order Slashing Medicine Costs, Boosting Local Drug Manufacturing
The federal government will soon issue an Executive Order to regulate pharmaceutical prices and make essential medicines more affordable for citizens. Coordinating Minister of Health, Ali Pate, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council ...
Read More »AFCON: Morocco Cruise To Winning Start, Thrash Tanzania 3-0
Favourites Morocco got their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign off to a 3-0 thrashing of 10-man Tanzania in Group F at the Laurent Pokou Stadium on Wednesday. Captain Romain Saiss scored a rare goal to put the World Cup ...
Read More »Rivers Assembly Clears Nine Ex-Commissioners For Fubara’s Cabinet
The Rivers State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, rescreened and cleared all nine former Commissioners for re-appointment into the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. LEADERSHIP reports that Fubara had few days ago resubmitted the names of the nine nominees, who in ...
Read More »Refineries: Atiku Questions NNPCL Privatisation Plan
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited must explain the benefits of its newly discovered approach to privatisation of the oil refineries in Nigeria. He said the NNPC Limited should have privatised the refineries ...
Read More »Sports Dev’t Ministry To Create Diaspora Desk
The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, has said the Ministry will soon create a Diaspora Sports Desk, as a step further in rebranding sports development in Nigeria. He stated this when the chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), ...
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