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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has raised the number of households being targeted for palliatives from 300,000 to 400,000 households. Zulum had, on August 1, 2023, while launching a new phase of palliatives distribution, announced a target of 300,000 households each with six persons which will multiply 1.8 million individuals. However, the governor while inaugurating the distribution of the palliatives …

Ghana’s Black Princesses came from a goal down to beat Nigeria’s Falconets 2-1 after extra-time, in the African Games 2023 football event on Thursday night. The defeat means the Falconets’ reign as African Games champions has ended. Loveth Edeh put the Falconets 1-0 ahead in the 23rd minute, slotting the ball home after the Ghanaian keeper spilled the ball. With …

The Nigerian Senate has resolved to summon the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) as well as representatives of the federal government to explain the paucity of funds to explore and develop new frontier acreages. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas, Jarigbe Jarigbe, who made this known on Friday during an interaction with journalists after a closed-door session with …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State on Thursday condemned the arrest of the lawmaker representing Sagamu Constituency 1 in the state House of Assembly, Damilare Bello, over the violence in the area. At least 20 people were reportedly killed during a violent clash between two cult groups – Eiye and Aye Confraternity – in the Sagamu area of …

Nigeria Rugby Football Federation President, Dr Ademola Are, will be rooting for fellow African team, Springboks of South Africa ahead Rugby World cup final against the All Blacks of New Zealand The President who arrived in France on the invitation of World Rugby Tuesday ahead of the final between South Africa and New Zealand, has picked Springboks to win the …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said that there should be consequences if it became clear that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to fulfill its promises of delivering credible elections to Nigerians in 2023. Adegboruwa, who stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday night, maintained that there must be consequence for INEC any …

President Bola Tinubu delivering his speech to UN General Assembly in New York/ UN Photo [Press Release] President Bola Tinubu asserted, on Wednesday in New York, that African nations will no longer accept a situation in which human rights advocacy is used by wealthy and powerful nations to stop developing economies from dealing decisively with malign actors who illicitly siphon …

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, says embattled ex-CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, will go down in history as the worst Governor to ever head the apex bank. Moghalu, a former presidential aspirant, who made his position known in a series of tweets on his verified X account on Saturday, said the report released by …

The Action Alliance (AA) candidate in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi state, Olayinka Braimoh, has promised to regenerate and reposition the state for steady and sustainable economic growth, if elected as the governor. Braimoh stated this on Friday in continuation of his campaign to Adogo, headquarters of Ajaokuta local government area of the state. He said that, his …

The BRICS nations; Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have agreed to reduce their reliance on the dollar in loan advances to their members. This was disclosed by the President of the New Development Bank (NDB), better known as the BRICS Development Bank, Dilma Rousseff, on Tuesday. Rousseff said the 30 per cent of loan disbursed by the bank …