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[Presscl Release] In honour of President Bola Tinubu’s determined global push to aggressively attract foreign direct investment into Nigeria, the world’s second largest stock exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (NASDAQ), on Wednesday in the world’s financial capital, invited President Tinubu to ring the closing bell, making him the first African President to ever receive the …

The Lagos State police command conducted an autopsy on the remains of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. The command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development in a post on his X platform, formerly Twitter, on Thursday evening. He, however, said the command was awaiting the outcome of the process before proceeding with the investigation of the singer’s death. READ ALSO: …

The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the election of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu. The Labour Party candidate, Chief Frank Chinasa, challenged Kalu’s victory in the February 25 National Assembly election held in Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State. In the petition filed by his counsel, …

The House of Representatives, last week, raised the alarm on the alleged invasion of Okwa community in Cross River State by Cameroonian bandits. One other story from the National Assembly (NASS), was also analysed within the week under review. 1. As Cameroonian bandits invade Cross River On December 20, the House of Representatives appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently …

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 …