Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, First Bank of Nigeria, has joined forces with Mighty Media Plus Network Limited for the maiden edition of the QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit. Also supporting the event are Nigeria LNG (NLNG) and Shell Nigeria, two major players in the country’s energy and development sectors. Chief Executive Officer of Mighty Media Plus…
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, July 15, a public holiday in honour of the late former president, Muhammadu Buhari. The declaration is in furtherance of the seven days of national mourning earlier declared by President Bola Tinubu in honour of Buhari. Minister of Interior Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in a statement signed by the Permanent…
Chelsea’s Club World Cup celebrations were shared with an unexpected guest – US President Donald Trump. Following the Blues’ 3-0 win over Paris St-Germain in New Jersey on Sunday, Trump presented the trophy to Chelsea captain Reece James before being invited to move aside by Fifa president Gianni Infantino. However, Trump remained alongside James and…
Fifa’s hailing of its Club World Cup has been labelled “nothing more than a fiction” by the president of leading players’ global union Fifpro. In a scathing statement, Sergio Marchi appeared to compare the world governing body’s president Gianni Infantino to the Roman emperor Nero. And he also claimed Fifa “chose to continue increasing its…
Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique has responded to the post-match chaos that followed Sunday’s Club World Cup final, accusing Chelsea forward João Pedro of exaggerating their clash. The match, which ended in a resounding 3–0 victory for Chelsea, was marred by a dramatic on-field brawl involving players and staff from both sides. Chelsea produced a…
A 14-year-old girl, whose name has been withheld, has reportedly been impregnated by her father, Kayode Oluwaseunfunmi, in Ibadan, Oyo State. The girl, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) student in the Oluyole Local Government Area in the state, disclosed to Vanguard that the alleged abuse began in December 2024. According to her, since the death…
The Northwest Governors Forum has declared Tuesday, July 15, 2025, a public holiday across all seven states of the region in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday in a hospital in the United Kingdom. In a statement personally signed by the Forum’s Chairman and Governor of Katsina State,…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has launched a scathing attack on his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, describing his eight-year tenure as the “worst in Osun’s history.” Adeleke’s remarks came in response to Aregbesola’s statement on Sunday while addressing supporters of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Osogbo. Aregbesola had boasted that the ADC would…
Managing Director of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, has urged Federal Government to rescind the payment of $300 landing fees by helicopter companies providing shuttle services to oil and gas operators. NAEBI Dynamic Concept Limited had received approval from the federal government under the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to collect a $300 helicopter…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima, on Monday, paid a condolence visit to the family of late former President Muhammadu Buhari in London. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement in Abuja.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shettima…
