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The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has expressed shock and confusion regarding the omission of Favour Ofili’s name from the 100m event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The AFN Technical Director, Samuel Onikeku, confirmed that Ofili was registered for the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay events. The AFN claims that Ofili’s name was included in […]

Femi Otedola, Chairman of FBN Holdings and key player in the Financial and Capital Markets, has condemned the excessive spending by Nigerian banks on luxury items. According to Otedola, banks spend an estimated $50 million yearly on maintaining private jets alone. He also revealed that four banks spent over $500 million on purchasing nine private […]

There was a mild drama on Tuesday when a Senate panel turned down the memorandum of the Ministry of Steel Development on Ajaokuta Steel Company it described as “watery.” The investigative public hearing was organised by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the “alleged incidences of corruption and inefficiency in Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCOL) and […]

The senator representing Borno South at the National Assembly, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has rejected a new office allocated to him by the Senate Services Committee. Ndume, in a letter addressed to the Chairman, Senate Services Committee on Tuesday, said the office given him does not reflect his seniority and high ranking posture at the Senate. […]

Bank customers have thronged their banks to reactivate their dormant accounts in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) guidelines on the management of dormant accounts and unclaimed balances. Some of the customers, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, said they had activated their bank accounts to […]

Former Niger Delta freedom fighter, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has warned organisers of the planned nationwide protest against hardship scheduled for August 1st not to come to the Niger Delta. Dokubo-Asari, said the agenda of those behind the protest does not capture the problems of the people of the Niger Delta, saying they don’t care about the […]

A Lagos High Court has granted an exparte application filed by the State’s Attorney General, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lawal Pedro seeking to restrict the proposed August 1 nationwide protest, in Lagos to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and the Peace Park in Ketu. Justice Emmanuel Ogundare granted the order of pre-emptive remedy […]

South Africa’s Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has waded into the heated debate surrounding the eligibility of Miss SA 2024 pageant finalist, Chidimma Adetshina, to compete in the national competition. The 23-year-old law student and model, born in Soweto to a Nigerian father and a South African mother of Mozambican descent, has […]

In a virtual meeting held on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun proposed confined protests at identified locations for the planned nationwide #EndBadGovernance demonstrations scheduled for August. The IGP advised against street rallies, citing concerns about potential violence. However, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), a lawyer representing the Take It Back […]

Ahead of the planned nationwide protest billed to start August 1, the Federal Government has declared all its 256 custodial centres across the country as “red zones” whose sanctity must not be violated under any guise. The Controller General of Corrections (CGC) Hailey Nababa gave the warning in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Malam Jalal Arabi, to its headquarters located in Jabi area of Abuja, Daily Trust can confirm. Arabi, who is expected to be at the office of the anti-graft agency by 10:00am today (Tuesday), will explain to […]

The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, arraigned a 32-year-old bus driver, Olusola Olaniyi, for allegedly stealing 80 pieces of solar panel structures worth N25m. Olaniyi was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka and charged with two counts of conspiracy to steal and theft. The charges alleged that the defendant, […]