As a result of reports that Myanmar, the third-largest producer of the soldering metal in the world, may suspend production, tin prices shot up on Monday, creating an opportunity for increased Nigerian tin supply. The price of three-month tin on the London Metal Exchange increased by 11% to a two-month high of $27,705 a tonne Read More…
The National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) says women have continued to record low participation in all tiers and levels of governance. This is mentioned in the NBS Statistical Report on Women and Men in Nigeria 2021 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report added that inspite of all efforts to support the contribution of women in Read More…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that in Q3 2022, the Nigerian Railway Corporation earned N715.09 million from fares. This information was made public on Tuesday in Abuja as part of the NBS Rail Transportation Data for Q3 and Q4 2022. According to the data, the sum was down 60.52 percent from the N1.81 Read More…
Juergen Klopp has not ruled out a bid for a Champions League berth in the remaining weeks of the season after Liverpool’s 6-1 thrashing of Leeds United at Elland Road on Monday. Liverpool won for the first time in six games in all competitions since early March, when they defeated Manchester United 7-0, thanks to Read More…
The official draw for the 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup group phase will take place on Friday in Zurich, Switzerland. The FIFA Council Bureau announced this on Monday, while also reaffirming Argentina’s intention to host the competition from May 20 to June 11. Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are one of four African teams, along with Senegal, Read More…
The Board of Directors of the Edo State Football Association (FA) voted no confidence in its chairman, Roland Abu, on Monday, citing his alleged inability to deliver financial reports, among other difficulties. In a letter sent to the General Secretary on Monday, the board also informed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) of Abu’s dismissal. The Read More…
I have always been fascinated by the worldview and insights of old people— fellow mortals who have trodden these ever changing paths for so long that the story of their lives is the story of an era. I am doubly enthralled when such old people have impacted their societies and LIVED FOR SOMETHING. In a Read More…
The Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) says that some people in the state will have to go without water because an articulated vehicle broke some pipes and other valuables worth millions of naira. Eng. Muminu Badmus, who is in charge of the LWC, said this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. Badmus said that the Read More…
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal received a petition from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor). The party and Adediran want the APC and LP candidates disqualified for violating the Election Act 2022. The petitioners disputed the March 18 gubernatorial election’s results in the April 7 EPT/LAG/GOV/01/2023 Read More…
AS an aspirant in 2022, the President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, made a pilgrimage to Keffi, Nasarawa State. He needed the blessings of one of the most consummate and influential law professors the country has ever produced: Onje Gye-Wado. The latter from 1999, was for four years, Deputy Governor of Read More…
