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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday met with Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In a chat with State House correspondents after the meeting, Elumelu commended the president for his policy initiatives since he assumed office on May 29. He urged Nigerians to be patient with the president in his efforts at …

Barcelona missed out on becoming the first team to reach the knockout stages in this season’s Champions League as they lost on Tuesday night. The Spanish champions, who needed just a point to scale through in Group H with two games to spare, fell to a 1-0 defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk in Hamburg. Danylo Sikan scored the game’s only goal, …

Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye popularly known in social circles as Bobrisky has taken to social media to react to the arrest of suspected gay men in Delta State. Recall that the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, revealed in a statement issued on Tuesday that the gay men (numbering up to 67) were arrested at a hotel …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has set up campaign councils for the November 11 governorship election elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, the party revealed that the Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, would lead its campaign council in Bayelsa State. The Minister of the Federal Capital …

The Borno State Government has approved the release of over N500 million for the payment of registration fees for 19 medical students and 93 nursing students. The Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Bala Isa, made this known in Maiduguri, the state capital, on Tuesday. Isa said the 19 indigent medical students are studying at Suez University of …

In two consecutive years, Insurance Sector Correspondent, Ebere Nwoji of THISDAY Newspapers, has emerged top best to win the Print Media Reporter of the year 2023 award instituted by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) two years ago, in 2022. NAICOM, which is the apex regulator of insurance sector and practices in Nigeria, instituted the award to annually recognise Journalists who …

Police operatives in Ebonyi have rescued an Inspector and a community head from suspected kidnappers in Ivo local government area of the state. The officer, who was attached to the Police Detective College in Enugu, was abducted by the hoodlums on August 27. The spokesperson for the state police command, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, who confirmed the development in a statement on …

The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has lamented the death of the Nigerian Rapper Mohbad who died recently at the age of 27, saying, if he had opened up to the group about his travails, he would have been kept safe from his attackers. In a message of sympathy to Mohbad’s immediate family, management team and fans,.OPC President, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, …

Gunmen suspected to be cultists reportedly killed 10 people at the Ukoosaa-Atam community, Ukum local government area of Benue State on Monday. The incident followed last Friday’s killing of 15 people during a supremacy battle between two rival cult groups in Ukum LGA. Residents of the community told journalists on Tuesday that the latest attack was a reprisal by one …

“We actually worked for it, even when we conceded that goal, we were still optimistic that we will make it. So it was a game of sheer determination in which everybody was at his best to ensure that we get the result.” The Ibadan club currently occupy second position on the Nigeria Premier Football League table with 13 points from …