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August 8, 2024 No Responses

USA Defeats D’Tigress In Olympic Quarter-Final

Nigeria’s D’Tigress suffered a 74-88 quarter-final defeat to the U.S. women’s basketball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday night. Nigeria, who have made physical play a trademark, looked anything but intimidated by the powerhouse Americans as they traded...

August 8, 2024 No Responses

Obaseki Mourns Emeritus Archbishop Ekpu

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has mourned the passing of Emeritus Archbishop of Benin City Archdiocese, Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu, describing him as a great ambassador of the Catholic faith. In a statement, the governor said: “I am d...

August 7, 2024 No Responses

CBN Approves Merger Of Unity, Providus Banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the merger between Unity Bank Plc and Providus Bank Limited. In a statement on Tuesday, CBN through its acting Director of Corporate Communications, Hakama Sidi-Ali, explained that the move is designed to...

August 7, 2024 No Responses

At SPE NAICE Conference, Seplat Energy Harps On Energy Security In Nigeria

August 6, 2024 No Responses

Olusina, Auto Report Africa Publisher For Burial August 15

The family of the former Editor of The Will Newspaper and Publisher of an Online Publication, Auto Report Africa, Mr Olaolu Olusina has announced that he will be buried in his town, Imodi Via Ijebu – Ode, Ogun State on...

August 6, 2024 No Responses

Court Stops Sale Of Nigeria Air To Ethiopian Airlines

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared null and void the sale of Nigerian Air Ltd to Ethiopian Airlines Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa in his judgment stopping the sale ordered that the proposed establishment of a national carrier-Nigeria Air,...

August 5, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds Drugs Hidden In Baby Food Containers

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered illicit drugs hidden in tins of Cerelac baby food. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, explained that the food containers and clothes bound for the United States and Unit...

August 5, 2024 No Responses

‘Looted Bags Of Rice Funded With N2b By Edo Govt‘

The Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo State Chapter, Apst. Gen. Dr. Irekpono Omoike said the vandalized residence where bags of rice were looted by hoodlums in Urora, in Ikoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State is owned...

August 4, 2024 No Responses

Full Text Of Tinubu’s Address To Nigerians

BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE NATIONWIDE PROTESTDATE: SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST 2024My fellow Nigerians,1. I speak to you today with a heavy heart and...

August 4, 2024 No Responses

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August 3, 2024 No Responses

Sultan, CAN Seek End To Protests

The Sultan of Sokoto and President of Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’adu Abubakar III, and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, have asked the #EndBadGovernance proteste...

August 3, 2024 No Responses

Okomu Oil Palm Donates Relief Materials To Victims Of Attack

As part of its commitment to support neighbouring communities, management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc has donated relief materials to victims of attacks on Okomu community, which led to the destruction of the Edo State Security Network base in Oko...

August 3, 2024 No Responses

Capital Market Investors Recover N219b

The equity market rebounded on Friday with N219 billion gain, closing the week’s trading sessions on a positive note in spite of the nationwide protests. The major drivers of the market’s positive performance included Zenith Bank, Access Corporation, Fidel...

August 2, 2024 No Responses

IGP Puts Officers On Red Alert

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has disclosed that a policeman was murdered while on duty during the nationwide protests on Thursday. Briefing Journalists on Thursday in Abuja, the IGP explained that some of his men were also...