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The United States President, Joe Biden, has appointed two Nigerians living in the country as advisers. The duo – Osagie Imasogie and Chiney Ogwumike – were appointed to the 12-member President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the US. Ogwumike is a multi-platform ESPN commentator and features as an analyst with the National Basketball Association (NBA). She played for …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tinubu to attend Arab-African Summit in Saudi Arabia President Bola Tinubu will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this week for the 5th Arab-African Summit in the Kingdom.Read more 2. SERAP sues Tinubu over failure to probe missing $15bn, N200bn oil revenues Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has …

Obaseki and Shaibu [Press Release] Edo State Government has disbanded the media crew attached to the Office of the Deputy Governor, with a directive to the Deputy Governor to henceforth request the Ministry of Communication and Orientation for media coverage of activities of his office. This directive followed the ugly and unfortunate incident that happened during the colloquium held to …

Enugu Rangers have returned to the summit of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) after defeating Heartland 2-0 on Sunday. The oriental derby held at the Awka City Stadium saw the Flying Antelopes took the lead through Kazeem Ogunleye in the third minute before Kenneth Igboke sealed the win on 53 minutes. Rangers top the NPFL standings with 13 points …

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, said on Monday the Assembly reserves the right to make public the reports of the screening committee on the 17 rejected commissioner nominees in the state. Obasa, who disclosed this at the plenary in Ikeja, the Assembly would not release the committee’s reports despite threats by some people in …

More than 85 per cent of Nigeria’s graduates have no digital skills, a survey by GetBundi, an online education technology outfit, has shown. The outcome of the survey, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the outfit, Osita Oparaugo, showed that more than 100 million young people are not prepared to take up good job opportunities that required such modern …

A 44-year-old man, Olanrewaju Kolawole, has been heartbroken after DNA test results revealed that none of his four children was his biological child. Kolawole, who hail from Ikire in Osun State, and his wife, Tella Toyin, shared four kids together, namely Ayomide, 16; Sarah, 12; and two other children aged 8 and 5 years, respectively. It was gathered that the …

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, on Monday praised the country’s ambassador to Niger for staying in the West African country despite pressure from the military junta to leave. The junta which seized power from President Mohammed Basoum last month had on August 25 ordered French ambassador Sylvain Itte to leave the country within 48 hours after he snubbed an invitation …

Barcelona edged Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 in their UEFA Champions League first leg quarter-final tie on Wednesday in France. The result means PSG’s 27-game unbeaten run has come to an end , as they suffer their first defeat since losing to AC Milan in November. It is a first Champions League quarter-final win for Barcelona since April 2019 against Manchester United. …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 20 persons for allegedly scavenging at night in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NSCDC Commandant in the FCT, Olusola Odumosu, who paraded the suspects on Monday, said the scavengers popularly called, “Baba Bola” were arrested by the operatives during a midnight patrol at different locations. He said: “Scavenging at …