The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has sacked the officers responsible for Hajj affairs in the 44 local government areas in the state and replaced them with interim officers to coordinate the ongoing operations of intending pilgrims for 2023 Hajj across the state. The governor’s decision was made known in a statement on Sunday by […]

Mexican side Leon won the CONCACAF Champions League crown for the first time on Sunday, defeating Los Angeles FC 1-0 to seal a 3-1 aggregate victory over the Major League Soccer champions. Argentine striker Lucas Di Yorio’s first-half goal proved decisive, Los Angeles goalkeeper John McCarthy failing to grasp the South American forward’s scuffed shot […]

Members and non-members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, referred to as OPEC+, on Sunday, agreed to cut crude oil production volumes in order to ensure global oil market stability, but allowed Nigeria, Congo and Angola to continue to produce maximally to their OPEC quota of 2023. However, Saudi Arabia, a major oil producer […]

Oil marketers have projected that the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, would hit N515/litre once they source foreign exchange rate at the parallel market for the importation of PMS. Ex-depot price is the price marketers buy products at the depot and it determines the price at which they sell to motorists […]

One person was said to have died in an accident which involved a Volkswagen bus that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday. Eight others were said to have been injured in the crash that occurred in the Warewa area of the Long Bridge inward Ibadan around 10.12am. Our correspondent, who was at the scene […]

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, pleaded with the Nigeria Labour Congress that “it is not the time for strike.” The governor, who spoke to journalists at the inauguration thanksgiving service held at the Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, Lagos, on Sunday, noted that all presidential candidates during the electioneering campaign promised […]

The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has denied the allegation that he was fond of beating up his wife, Mrs Oluwaseun. A group, under the auspices of the Society for Women Empowerment, alleged that Ayedatiwa had physically assaulted his wife twice in four months which, according to it, was against the ethics of […]

The Senate has indicted the Office of Accountant General of the Federation over failure to repay short-term loans given to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies from Special Funds Accounts totalling N910bn. The lawmakers discovered this after a thorough investigation by the Senate Public Accounts Committee chaired by Senator Mathew Urhoghide, following the submission of the 2017 […]

The Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Most Rev. Godfrey Onah, the Anglican Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, and the Enugu State Association of Presidents-General of Town Unions, have thrown their weights behind the efforts of the Government of Enugu State to end sit-at-home in the state starting from Monday, June 5, […]

Over 50 persons were reportedly killed in the  Gwadabawa and Tangaza local government areas of Sokoto State as gunmen suspected to be bandits struck on Saturday evening. This was as 31 villagers were killed by bandits in Janbako and Sakida villages, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State also on Saturday afternoon. The Sokoto State […]