Aruna Quadri has recorded his first victory at the ongoing World Table Tennis (WTT) Cup championship in Singapore. Quadri, who is representing Nigeria at the Championship, defeated the world number eight player, Liang Jingkun of China to 3-1 (7–11, 11-1, 14-12,11-5) in round 16 of the men’s singles event to qualify for the quarter finals. […]
Donald Trump’s new social media venture says it has raised $1bn (£755m) from investors ahead of a planned stock market listing. The Trump Media & Technology Group is working to launch a social media app called Truth Social early next year. It comes as Mr Trump remains banned from Twitter and Facebook following the attack […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the court for “an order of perpetual injunction to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami from unlawfully shutting down telecommunication networks in any part of the country.” In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1323/2021 filed at the […]
The UK government has announced that those travelling into the country will need to show a negative coronavirus test pre-departure as it reintroduces Covid-19 restrictions due to the Omicron variant. From 0400 GMT on Tuesday, anyone travelling to the UK will have to show evidence of a negative lateral flow or PCR test taken within […]
The Commodore, Navy Sailing Club, Ojo, Tunde Giwa-Daramola, says the club will continue to partner with the Lagos Yacht Club to revive sailing. Giwa-Daramola said in Lagos that the Navy Sailing Club and the Lagos Yacht Club are the only two surviving sailing clubs in Nigeria. “Sailing is dying gradually in Nigeria, but we have […]
The US and a host of allied countries have called on the Taliban to end the targeted killings of former members of Afghan security forces. In a joint statement, the 22 nations demanded that the Islamist regime respect its pledge not to harm former government or security personnel. “We are deeply concerned by reports of […]
Nigerian-born Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named among Financial Times’ 25 most influential women of 2021. Okonjo-Iweala, who is also the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, was listed as number one although FT said the list is unranked. It added that “We put the list together in collaboration with FT journalists from dozens of international […]
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has dismissed as “guess work“ claims from several parties on the volume and the cause of ongoing leak from Aiteo’s oilfield at Nembe, Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Bayelsa government attributes the incident to equipment failure while the oil firm claims […]
The Federal Government has approved COVID-19 booster shots as the world battles to contain the new Omicron variant of the disease. The Head of Public Relations Unit, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Mohammad Ohitoto, made this known in a statement on Friday. Ohitoto explained that the booster shots were for people who had taken the […]
The KEFFES Rural Development Foundation (KRDF) on Friday suspended three chiefs over their alleged role in a botched effort to derail the group. Chief Christopher Tuduo, an Ex-officio member, who announced the suspension said the action was in accordance with the rules of the foundation. KEFESS is an acronym for the eight Chevron Nigeria Limited […]