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The country’s contingent to Paris 2024 Olympics qualifiers and African boxing qualifiers jetted out Wednesday morning to Senegal to participate in the championship holding from September 9-15, 2023. The national boxing coach, Tony Konyegwachie has expressed confidence that his boxers will do the country proud in Dakar.The Team comprised six female and three male boxers departed Murtala Mohammed International Airport …

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night expressed happiness on his success at the presidential election tribunal. A five-member panel of the presidential election court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani had a few minutes ago upheld Tinubu’s election in the February 25 election. Justice Tsammani, who read the judgement, held that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared Sunday that with the hitherto abandoned Ajaokuta Steel Complex now nearing completion, the project would have the capacity to employ 500,000 Nigerians once designated as a free trade zone. The President said this in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital, during the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign for the November 11 governorship election. …

The House of Representatives has approved the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). The Green Chamber approved a benchmark oil price of $73.96, $73.76, and $69.90 per barrel as well as daily crude oil production of 1.78 mbps, 1.80 mbps, and 1.81 mbps for 2024, 2025, and 2026 respectively during the plenary on Tuesday. The …

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday met with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. Akpabio had arrived at the State House shortly after the Senate adjourned for a closed-door session as a result of the rowdy session that followed the screening of the former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo. READ ALSO: Senate in …

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday reshuffled the leadership of some committees in the Red Chamber. Akpabio, who announced the changes at the plenary in Abuja, named Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the chairperson for the Senate Committee on Local Content. He also appointed Senator Jimoh Ibrahim as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs. He said: “Senator Patrick …

Mohamed Salah scored two goals to help Liverpool pick a point from their Premier League clash against Brighton on Sunday. Simon Adingra fired past Alisson to give Brighton the lead in the 20th minute before Salah pounced an equaliser on 40 minutes. The Egyptian then put Liverpool ahead for the first time in the game in added time of the …

The Nigerian Air Force Special Forces has rescued seven kidnapped victims, comprising six females and one male in Kaduna State. The rescued female victims were said to have been kidnapped from Niger State. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, adding that the victims were rescued by its …

The lawmaker representing Pankshin North in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Gabriel Dawang, emerged as the new speaker of the parliament on Tuesday. The member representing the Riyom constituency, Timothy Dantong, was also elected the new deputy of the House. The development followed the resignation of the former Speaker, Moses Sule, and his deputy, Gwottaon Fom, at the plenary. …

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has held that the Labour Party and it’s Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi failed to provide and proof of a criminal conviction against President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria,(NAN) reports that the petitioners had prayed the court to nullify Tinubu’s election on the grounds that there was a 460, 000 dollars forfeiture …