Canada has sent home their women’s Olympic football coach, Bev Priestman, following allegations of drones being used to spy on their opponents. Canada are the women’s Olympic champions from Tokyo 2020 and had already sent home two members of staff on Wednesday. That was after drones were used to spy on a New Zealand practice […]
By Naomi Sharang Prof. Muhammed Ladan, the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), has called on the Federal Government to put in place, a comprehensive mining policy framework for diversification of Nigeria’s economy. He made the call at the 7th Inaugural Lecture organised by the institute for the Inaugural Lecturer, Prof. […]
Climate change is making work more difficult and dangerous for billions of people, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Thursday. In Europe and Central Asia, the proportion of people exposed to excessive heat at work is low by global standards. But this has increased more than in any other region of the world over […]
By Ijeoma Okigbo France aims to wow the world on Friday with an extravagant Olympic Games opening ceremony through the heart of Paris. It is officially kicking off a Games fraught with security risks at a time of heightened geo-political tensions. Some 45,000 police personnel, 10,000 soldiers and 2,000 private security staff have been mobilised. […]
Ikuru Lizzy The Nigeria Customs Service, Area 2 Command, Onne, Rivers, says it has confiscated seven containers of contraband drugs valued N11 billion. The Comptroller, Mr Muhammed Babandede, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Onne on Thursday. Babandede listed Codeine cough syrups, Chilly cutter, Hyergra tablets and Really Extra Diclofenac tablets as some […]
By Zubairu Idris The operatives of the Department of the State Services (DSS) in Katsina State Command, have recovered 2,000 bags of rice out of the 20 trucks donated to the state by the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recovered rice was allegedly diverted by some government officials. […]
By Alex Enebeli The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is dead. The Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr Alex Ogbonnia confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu. “Today is a bad day for Ndigbo. It’s true! Ahaeji aga Mba is gone. “Ohaneze is yet to […]
By Ramatu Garba Chief Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, on Thursday, inaugurated Zonal Office of Investments and Securities’ Tribunal in Kano. Speaking at the inauguration, the minister said the tribunal would help immensely in attending to cases related to investment fraud, among others. Edun, who was represented by […]
By Okeoghene Akubuike The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says prices of beans, tomatoes, irish potatoes, garri, yam and other food items witnessed significant price increases in June 2024. The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for June 2024 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report said that the average price […]
By Femi Ogunshola Four officials of West African Examination Council (WAEC) were on Wednesday detained over their inability to answers questions raised by House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies, during an investigative hearing. This followed a motion by a member of the committee, Rep.Uchenna Okonkwo, during the hearing in Abuja. The committee was […]