In a thrilling African Cup of Nations qualifying match held at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on Sunday, Nigeria showcased their dominance by defeating Sao Tome and Principe with an astonishing scoreline of 6-0. The match got off to an explosive start as Nigeria wasted no time asserting their control over the game. Read More…
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Ibrahim Gusau, has assured the Nigerian public that the Super Eagles will approach their upcoming match against Sao Tome and Principe with full seriousness, despite already securing qualification for the 2024 AFCON. The Super Eagles are set to face Sao Tome and Principe in a 2024 AFCON qualifier, which is Read More…
In a resounding verdict, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has upheld the legitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s election victory. The court firmly rejected the petitions brought forth by Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party and his party, as well as Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Presiding over the proceedings, Read More…
Nigeria’s daily oil and condensate production has surged to 1.67 million barrels, marking a notable increase from the approximately one million barrels per day recorded just a few months ago. Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive of the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), recently revealed that this transformation is due to increased security measures Read More…
Nigeria played a significant role in the recent uptick in OPEC oil output in August, as revealed by a Reuters survey. Despite ongoing efforts by Saudi Arabia and other members of the broader OPEC+ alliance to stabilize the oil market, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) experienced a boost in production during the Read More…
The unemployment rate in Nigeria has fallen to 4.1% during the first quarter of 2023 from 5.3% in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Mr. Adeniran Adeyemi, the Statistician General of the Federation and CEO of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This announcement was made during the inauguration of the New Nigeria Labour Read More…
Chicago State University (CSU) has responded to the request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, to access the academic records of President Bola Tinubu during his time at the institution. Abubakar took the initiative to take the matter to a US Court in an attempt to compel Read More…
Nigeria’s women’s senior volleyball team has secured a spot in the fifth-place match following their impressive victory over Morocco, with a 3-0 scoreline (26-24, 25-21, 29-27), in the best-loser match at the ongoing 2023 Women’s African Nations Volleyball Championship in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The match took place on Wednesday at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports de Read More…
The shocking findings from a Save the Children International (SCI) report expose a deeply unsettling pattern of increasing school attacks and kidnappings across Nigeria. The report, titled “Education Under Attack: Review and Analysis of Attacks on Schools, Teachers, and Learners from the Kidnapping of the Chibok Girls, Borno, Nigeria, in 2014,” has disclosed that a Read More…
Nigeria’s economic growth slowed to 2.4% in the first quarter of 2023, from 3.6% in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The slowdown is expected to continue in 2023, with OPEC forecasting growth of 3.3% for the year. The slowdown is being driven by a number Read More…
