SPAIN TO FACE GERMANY IN EURO 2024 QUATER-FINAL

SPAIN TO FACE GERMANY IN EURO 2024 QUATER-FINAL

Spain have set up a thrilling quarter-final clash with Euro 2024 hosts, Germany, after overcoming an early scare to comfortably defeat debutants, Georgia. In their first major tournament appearance, Georgia withstood heavy pressure from Spain early on but shocked the crowd at Cologne Stadium by taking a surprise lead after 18 minutes. Spain defender, Robin le Normand, inadvertently turned Otar Kakabadze’s curling cross into his net, capping off a devastating […]

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General

GUN MEN ATTACK TRAVELLERS ALONG SAGAMU-IJEBU-ODE ON SUNDAY ABDUCTING 20

About twenty travellers have been abducted by gunmen along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway. The travellers were ambushed on Sunday June 30, around 9:00 PM along Sagamu area command of the Nigeria Police Force and Ilishan Township. The Ogun State Police Command is yet to comment on the incident as at the time of filing this report. Meanwhile, according to a resident and chairman of the Ilishan Development Council, Wemmy Osude, a victim […]

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Politics

MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION COMMENDS NIPR FOR ITS ROLE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has commended the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) for its role in the designation of Public Relations as a cadre in the civil service. Idris gave the commendation when the President of NIPR, Dr Ike Neliaku and the President of Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, Justin Green, visited him in Abuja. The visit was to show […]

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Health

Hon. FALEKE URGE NIGERIANS TO TAKE CHOLERA OUTBREAK SERIOUSLY

A member representing (Ikeja Federal Constituency) Honorable James Faleke, has advised Nigerians to treat the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country with same level of seriousness accorded in handling COVID-19 pandemic. Faleke, while speaking with journalists in an interview in Lagos on Monday, said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recently reported 53 deaths due to cholera outbreak in the country. He urged citizens to be […]

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Communications

WORLD BANK REPORT SHOWS DIASPORA REMITTANCE TO NIGERIA AT $19.5 BILLION IN 2023

A recent World Bank report shows that diaspora remittance to Nigeria is $19.5 billion in 2023, constituting 35 per cent of such fund transfers to sub-Saharan Africa, with decline of 2.9 per cent year-on-year. In the “Migration and Development Brief” the World Bank Group projected that global remittances are expected to grow by 2.3 per cent in 2024 and 2.8 per cent in 2025, to reach $690 billion next year. […]

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Featured

FCT POLICE COMMAND RESCUE TWO GIRLS FROM KIDNAPPERS

The FCT Police Command’s anti-kidnapping unit says it has rescued two female victims, fifteen year old Mart Ojadi and twelve year old Evelyn Chinaza, who were kidnapped by gunmen in Guto village in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT on June 30, 2024. This was made known in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the territory, SP Josephine Adeh, on Sunday. Adeh disclosed that the police, […]

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Economics

FEDERAL HIGH COURT DISMISSES FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUIT FILED BY DETAINED LEADER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA IPOB, NNAMDI KANU AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

The Federal Government has terminated its contracts with Mothercat, RCC and Dantata & Sawoe for non-performance on the dualization of the Obajana-Benin road project sections two, three and four. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Uchenna Orji, on Monday in Abuja. Umahi said the contracts were terminated due to delay leading to the expiration of the contract which […]

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FEDERAL HIGH COURT DISMISSES FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUIT FILED BY DETAINED LEADER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA IPOB, NNAMDI KANU AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Justice James Omotosho, of a Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the Fundamental Human rights suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal Government. Kanu is seeking N1 billion in damages from the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Department of State Services, for alleged rights violation. The IPOB Leader in the suit claimed that the DSS and its […]

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General

NIGERIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE INTERCEPTS 40FT CONTAINER LADEN WITH VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF ARMS AT ONNE PORT IN RIVERS STATE.

The Nigeria Customs Service says its operatives have intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port in Rivers State. Adeniyi said one of the containers which originated from Turkey, based on the number of risk factors associated with the importation, became a subject of interest […]

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