For years, Nigeria has paid mere lip service to the need to diversify the export base of our economy to widen the sources of our foreign exchange earnings. Crude oil exports have traditionally been the mainstay of our economy. Over the past ten years, the economy has gone into recession several times, which put pressure on the…
THE Senate has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) three weeks to respond to queries raised against it in the audit reports of 2017 to 2023, alleging unaccountability of N210trillion. According to the Senate, NNPCL will use the appearance to provide detailed explanations on financial discrepancies totalling N210 trillion m, even as the Group…
Super Falcons Captain, Rasheedat Ajibade, has outlined what Nigeria must do to evolve from continental champions to FIFA Women’s World Cup winners. Ajibade who Spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the team’s reception by President Bola Tinubu at the State House on Monday, said there was need for structural support for the…
Las Vegas will play host to the 2026 World Cup draw on December 5, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. ESPN and TUDN’Mexico said Vegas had been picked for the draw of the expanded 48-team event, which will be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. When the United States played host to the…
The Federal Government has named Deputy Controller General Olumide Samuel Adeyemi as the new Controller General of the Federal Fire Service. The announcement was made on behalf of President Bola Tinubu by Major General Abdulmalik Jibril (Rtd), Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, through a statement which confirmed that Adeyemi’s…
Mr Aina said that among the union’s key demands is the implementation of the new minimum wage for nurses and other staff at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomosho. He added that the union was also calling for the payment of uniform allowances to all nurses and midwives in the service of Oyo State, in accordance with…
Police in Angola say five people, including a police officer, have been killed and more than 1,200 have been arrested after demonstrations in the capital, Luanda. What began as a three-day strike by taxi drivers against rising petrol prices has escalated into one of the most widespread and disruptive waves of protest the country has…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that Britain will recognise Palestinian statehood is a major change in UK foreign policy. He offered to postpone recognition if Israel took “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire and commit to a long-term, sustainable peace, reviving the prospect of a two-state solution.”…
India could face tariffs as high as 25% if it fails to finalise a trade deal with the US this week, President Donald Trump has said. “Yeah, I think so,” he told reporters on Tuesday when asked whether Delhi would face higher tariffs in the absence of an agreement. The US has set a 1…
Residents of Ajiwe community of Ajah, Lagos State, have called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to stop the demolition of their houses for infrastructure projects until they receive due compensation. The landlords and tenants alleged that their property had been slated for demolition to make way for the Gas Link pipeline and Green Line Rail projects,…
