Augustine Eguavoen has stepped down from his position as the Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser with immediate effect, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced on Thursday. Mohammed Sanusi, the NFF General Secretary, announced this in a statement by the Federation’s Communications Department. He said the development was a consequence of the failure of the Super Eagles […]
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) Tribunal sitting in Abuja has restrained Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from increasing its tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on April 1. The three-member tribunal, presided over by Thomas Okosun, gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by Festus Onifade, a legal practitioner, on behalf […]
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), says its four-point strategy is responsible for restoring normalcy in the distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Mrs Roselyn Wilkie, NMDPRA, Zonal Operations Controller, Abuja, said this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to Wilkie, the increase in product […]
Businesses including Volkswagen (VW) have scaled back their operations in Shanghai, which is being locked down due to a surge in Covid-19 infections. The German carmaker partially shuttered its factory in the Chinese city on Thursday, citing supply shortages. More than a dozen companies have suspended plans to list their shares in the major financial […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the new Tower of the Bank of Industry (BoI) named Tower II Building. The official commissioning of the 15-story building was held on Thursday in Abuja with various dignitaries in attendance. The President who participated in the commissioning via zoom explained that the Bank of Industry has disbursed loans worth […]
Russia says it doesn’t target civilians – the buildings in which they live and work, or the people themselves. Lying in a hospital bed in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, Natalia Mykolaivna makes a mockery of that Russian denial. As far back as the second week in March, the United Nations said that Russian […]
The world’s biggest companies “have a choice to make” whether to do business in Russia or in Western allied nations, a top US official has told the BBC. Wally Adeyemo, the US Deputy Treasury Secretary, said firms could “choose to help Russia” in its invasion of Ukraine or “continue to do business with the 30 […]
The Governors of the 36 states of the federation have appealed the Federal High Court judgment which dismissed their suit challenging the planned deduction of $418 million from the Federation Account. The money is meant to settle debts owed consultants engaged by state and local governments on the Paris Club refunds. The Federal High Court […]
Nigerian security forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of angry fans who stormed the pitch and went on a rampage after Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup late Tuesday. Outraged supporters flooded the field of the sold-out 60,000 capacity stadium in the capital, after Ghana upset the home team by forcing […]
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) says embracing and adopting new technologies for milk and meat production will increase Nigeria’s GDP, while ending farmer- herdsmen clashes. Mr Farouk Rabi’u-Mudi, the President of AFAN, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 1st edition of the National Symposium on livestock breed improvement and pasture development. […]