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United States Vice President Kamala Harris’ election campaign said on Sunday (Jul 28) that it has raised US$200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers in the week since she became the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid last Sunday and endorsed Harris for the Nov 5 vote against Republican […]

Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof Folasade Ogunsola, has identified corruption, injustice and lack of love as some of factors that have plunged Nigeria into conflicts, insecurity and other challenges. Ogunsola spoke in Lagos while delivering a paper titled “Christians and the struggle for Peace and Justice in Nigeria”, peace award and […]

A UK-based company, LH Telecommunication Limited, has acquired a majority stake in Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited, the parent company of 9mobile. According to a statement on Sunday by the company, the acquisition, approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, allows a new board to take over the […]

Nigerian pastor Francis Irabor and his former wife, Auguste Irabor, are locked in a legal dispute over family assets worth £1.5 million in the United Kingdom after their acrimonious separation. The extensive legal battle also involves the Great Calling Ministries Worldwide, a church co-founded by Mr Irabor in Abuja before the family relocated to the […]

A few hours after the former spokesman of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, announced his resignation, the leadership of the party has described him as one of the moles in their camp. Okonkwo dumped LP on Sunday over the lingering internal strife and leadership crisis threatening to tear the party apart. Reacting […]

Abia State Governor Alex Otti has disagreed with the position of Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, regarding the planned nationwide protest against rising cost of living and economic hardship. During a courtesy visit to Otti’s country home, Obi had backed the protest, stating that it is the constitutional right of […]

The Dangote Refinery has revealed that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd)is supplying insufficient crude oil for its production demand, hence it is planning to source from brazil and America. The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), alongside NNPCL, had been locked in […]

The Nigerian government and the United States of America have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Commercial and Investment Partnership. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 2024 Africa Growth and Opportunity Act ( AGAO ) Forum which was held in Washington DC. Nigera’s Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Dr Dorris […]

FIFA deducted six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s football tournament and banned three coaches for one year each in a drone spying scandal. The stunning swath of punishments, announced late on Saturday, includes a 200,000-Swiss-franc ($226,000) fine for the Canadian football federation in a case that has spiralled at the Summer Games. […]

The Bishops’ Conference of France on Saturday criticized the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games for the reenactment of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper by drag queens. “This ceremony unfortunately included scenes in which Christianity was mocked and ridiculed, which we deeply regret,” the religious organization said in a statement. “We thank the […]

Ahead of the planned nationwide protests against bad governance, the Federal Government has tightened security at all the nation’s borders. Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, gave the order to all Zonal Heads, State Command Comptrollers, and Divisional Immigration Officers (DIOS) of the Service across the country. Service Spokesman, DCI Kenneth Udo, said the […]

A 500-level law student at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), Mr. Baba Jazuli, has been reportedly killed by a yet-to-be identified gang close to Akwanga town, the headquarters of Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. A course mate of the deceased, Mr. Jibril Usman-Umar, who confirmed the ugly incident to Daily Trust on […]