Madagascar coach Nicolas Dupuis hailed his team’s shock 2-0 Africa Cup of Nations victory over continental giants Nigeria that secured a place in the knockout rounds as a “dream” for the nation. Goals from Lalaina Nomenjanahary and Charles Andriamatsinoro in Alexandria earned the Indian Ocean islanders a famous victory and saw Madagascar pip three-time winners […]
Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) will begin a nationwide strike on Wednesday, July 3, after the expiration of a two-week strike ultimatum issued by the union on June 13 over non-payment of stevedoring contractors. Abdul-Waheed Adeyanju, the President-General of MWUN, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday. According to him, […]
When Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu took oath of office, exactly 33 days ago, he promised to hit the ground running. So, it was not surprising that on his first day in office, aside interacting with civil servants who are going to be foot soldiers of his administration, he signed two executive orders. Thereafter, he visited sites […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will release the results of May/June 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in August. The school examination for Senior Secondary School (SS111) was taken by over 1.6 million candidates in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was gathered that the marking of the […]
West African nations have adopted a flexible currency regime after making considerable progress on plans for a single currency but the bloc would first need to set up a monetary union as it strives for regional integration. Heads of State of the 15-member West African Community of African States (ECOWAS) met on Saturday in the […]
Nigeria’s National Pension Commission says state governments operating the contributory pension scheme have refused to remit about N3.4 billion pension contributions deducted from their workers’ monthly salaries into their retirement savings accounts with their pension fund administrators. The acting Director General of the pension commission, Aisha Dahir-Umar, made this revelation during the second quarter consultative […]
A Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa State, on Thursday, sentenced a 24-year-old man, Abubakar Gambo to 11 months in prison for cutting off the finger of an official of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) with a cutlass. The Judge, Ibrahim Shekarau, sentenced Gambo, who resides in Mararaba after he pleaded guilty to assault, […]
MTN Nigeria shares dropped to their lowest level in five weeks a day after a local court adjourned until October a case involving the telecoms firm with the government over a $2 billion tax dispute. Shares in MTN, the local unit of South Africa’s telecoms group MTN Group, dropped 2.4% to 128.75 naira each, a […]
Super Falcons Assistant Coach Maureen Madu has made the list of 23 prominent Nigerian Women to be inducted into the Nigerian Women Hall of Fame at a ceremony scheduled to take place in Abuja on June 27. A list of the inductees obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from National Centre for Women […]
The Anambra State Police Command has informed shortlisted candidates in ‘Ndi Anambra’ that screening of shortlisted applicants for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force will commence on Monday 1st July, 2019, at about 07:30a.m at the State Command Headquarters, Awka. In a statement by SP Haruna Mohammed, PPRO Anambra State Police Command, the exercise will […]