President Muhammadu Buhari has joined Nigerian women in celebrating the International Women’s Day (IWD), observed on March 8, recognizing the invaluable role women have played in advancing the progress of the country since independence. The president in a statement on Tuesday, saluted the hardwork and dedication of Nigerian women working tirelessly and achieving results in […]
Following the completion of the 2023 World Cup qualifying windows, FIBA has announced the latest ranking of the African countries in basketball. Despite winning the top two games of the final windows in Africa, the Nigerian side lost its position to Cape Verde and failed to pick the FIBA World Cup ticket. According to the […]
Best Foreign Athlete in Italy and Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, is likely to end up in Arsenal during winter transfer window as the North London Gunners appear the leading suitors to land the Napoli star. Apart from Manchester United, a number of other top European clubs have lined up to lure the in-form Nigerian striker away from Napoli. The […]
Veteran actor Ojo Arowosafe aka Baba Fadeyi Oloro has died at 66. The thespian, who earned the name Fadeyi Oloro after starring in ‘Arelu’, a Yoruba TV series in the 80s, died on Tuesday evening after a long battle with kidney-related ailments. Popular comedian Woli Arole confirmed his demise in a post via his Instagram […]
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Unstoppable Women of Web3 (Unstoppable WoW3), a diversity and education group on a mission to equalize the playing field in Web3, today announced a commitment to providing Web3 and metaverse education for six million women in Africa over the next 5 years. The initiative is launching in partnership with 19+ companies […]
Nigeria, one of Africa’s biggest oil producers, has positioned itself to benefit from the N200billion in new investment this year , as focus of oil producers globally shifts to deep water projects which are envisaged to attract more investment. Nigeria has big plans to diversify its oil operations by developing new projects outside the Niger […]
The European Union has adopted a sanctions package targeting nine people, including several Russians, and three entities accused of committing human rights abuses against women. The package was agreed to by the union’s 27 member states on Tuesday, a day ahead of International Women’s Day. “No matter where it happens, we will combat and eliminate […]
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of many of their basic rights, the United Nations has said. In a statement released on International Women’s Day, the UN mission said that Afghanistan’s rulers have shown an almost “singular focus on imposing […]
Activity on the Nigerian stock market yesterday was flat as the capitalisation declined by N1 billion amid profit-taking on MRS Oil Nigeria and 21 others. The All-Share Index declined by 1.63 per cent, representing a decrease of 0.003 per cent, to close at 55,603.94 points. Similarly, the overall market capitalisation value lost N1 billion to […]
The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in Abuja and other northern states could persist till after Saturday’s gubernatorial elections in various states, oil marketers said on Tuesday. Petrol scarcity became severe on Monday in Abuja, Nasarawa, Niger and other states in the North, as thousands of motorists besieged the few filling stations […]
