The Federal Government of Nigeria received an additional N3.8 trillion in what appears to be fresh Ways and Means Borrowing in the last six months of 2023. This is according to provisional data published in the latest Statistics bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2023 recently released by the central …
Read More »JUST IN: Multiple Casualties As Fuel Tanker Explosion Destroys Over 100 Cars
Multiple explosions from fuel tankers at the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers State have resulted in the burning of not less than 100 vehicles and an unknown number of casualties. The incident, which occurred late Friday night, has left many travelers stranded. According to reports, a tanker …
Read More »9mobile Loses More Subscribers To MTN, Glo In Number Porting
The 4th mobile network operator in Nigeria, 9mobile, lost more customers to the bigger operators in the first quarter of this year as 6, 443 subscribers ported out of its network. This is revealed in the latest number porting data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). According to the …
Read More »FOREMOST BANKER, JIM OVIA APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF NIGERIAN EDUCATION LOAN FUND BY PRESIDENT TINUBU
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR, as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This was announced in a State House Press Release by the Special Adviser to the President on Media …
Read More »Q1: More Nigerians buy Dangote Cement, as volume rises by 26.1% to 4.6MT
Strategies adopted by Dangote Cement to increase sales and ensure an adequate supply of products to customers are yielding the desired results as domestic sales volume increased, by 26.1 percent to 4.6Mt in the first quarter of 2024. According to the cement manufacturers’ unaudited results for the three months that ended, …
Read More »Real reason Anambra became number one in NECO exams under Peter Obi – Reno Omokri
Obi and Omokri A former presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri on Wednesday alleged that the real reason Anambra State became number one in NECO exams under the administration of Peter Obi was the high rate of exam malpractices. In his tweet on X, Omokri argued that Anambra did not become …
Read More »Nigeria, 15 other countries get $36.5m to eliminate trachoma
Nigeria and 15 other countries have been boosted with 36.5m dollars in new funding, to eliminate trachoma in their countries. Dr Joy Shu’aibu, Country Director for Sightsavers, an international development organisation, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Trachoma is a neglected tropical disease, which begins …
Read More »Food Security: AfDB, BUK partner on climate adaption, entrepreneurship partnership
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will partner with Bayero University Kano (BUK), on entrepreneurship and climate adaptation towards addressing food security in Northern Nigeria. Dr Beth Dunford, the AfDB Vice President of Agriculture, Human and Social Development, made this known on Wednesday when she visited the University Centre …
Read More »Not Good Enough: Klopp Reacts To Liverpool’s 2-0 Loss To Everton
Calvert-Lewin Celebrates Against Liverpool Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp has described his team’s performance in the 2-0 loss to Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday night as ‘not good enough’. The Reds title hopes suffered a major blow with a poor performance against their City rivals, who boosted their relegation survival …
Read More »D’banj to mark 20 years on stage with new song ‘Since 04’
D’banj Nigerian pop star Oladapo Oyebanji, better known as D’banj has announced that he will be dropping a new single titled ‘Since 04’ to celebrate the start of his career 20 years ago. In the post shared on April 24, 2024, D’banj looked back on his illustrious career that …
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