The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N5,974.55 recorded in July 2024 to N6,430.02 in August 2024. This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for August 2024 released on Sunday in Abuja. The report said...
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Bayer Leverkusen pulled off a stunning Bundesliga comeback when they twice fought back from a goal down as Victor Boniface netted a 93rd-minute winner in a 4-3 home victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday. Second-placed Leverkusen have nine points from four games, level with SC Freiburg and Eintracht Frankurt...
John Stones netted a stoppage-time equaliser as Manchester City snatched a dramatic 2-2 draw in a thrilling clash with 10-man Arsenal pon Sunday. The Gunners had looked like clinging on for victory having played the entire second half at the Etihad Stadium with 10 men after the dismissal of...
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday ordered security and law enforcement agencies to take action against individuals involved in trafficking stolen vehicles. The agencies tasked with this responsibility include: the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigerian Ports...
The following are the results of Match Day 3 fixtures in the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday: Plateau United 1-2 Niger Tornadoes Heartland FC 0-0 Katsina United Kano Pillars 0-2 Remo Stars Sunshine Stars 0-0 Abia Warriors Kwara United 0-0 Ikorodu United Played on Saturday:...
Leaders Remo Stars Football Club of Ikenne returned to the top of the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) on Sunday by stunning former champions and hosts Kano Pillars. The 2023/2024 runners-up were dislodged on Saturday by another former champions, Rivers United FC of Port Harcourt who beat hosts...
Deniz Undav scored a brace as a rampant VfB Stuttgart put on a spectacular display to stun Borussia Dortmund 5-1 at home on Sunday, handing Nuri Sahin’s side their first defeat of the Bundesliga season. Undav got Stuttgart off to a flying start inside five minutes at the MHP...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Member Representing Ajaokuta Federal Constituency in the green chamber of the National Assembly, Hon. Sanni Egidi Abdulraheem, has commended President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU), for the rehabilitation of Ajaokuta Steel company and National Iron Ore...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Government has donated 6,000 metric tonnes of assorted grains to Borno State to alleviate the suffering of flood disaster victims. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, presented the items to Governor Babagana Zulum at the Government House in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a move to show solidarity and support for the people of Borno State, especially Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), the National President of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Abdullahi Ali Usman, visited Maiduguri to sympathize with Governor Babagana Zulum, the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The member representing Jere Federal Constituency, Borno State, Hon. Ahmed Satomi has donated N200 million to assist in ameliorating the current hardship faced by the victims of flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Areas. It will be recalled that on 10th...
The ruling-All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo has won Saturday’s elections for all the 305 Councillorship and 27 Chairmanship positions in the 27 Local Government Areas of the state. The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC) has declared the results of the elections at its Collation Centre located at...
The PDP on Sunday appealed to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to review the collated results for the Edo governorship election before the final announcement. Dr Anthony Aziegbemi told newsmen in Benin that the entries the electoral officers made were totally different from the actual results uploaded...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Monday Okpebholo has taken the lead in the Edo State governorship election. Okpebholo has 48,000 more votes ahead of his closest rival Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Of the 16 local government area results declared so far at the INEC...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Edo governorship election held on Saturday. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, announced the suspension on Sunday due to outstanding results from Oredo and Ikpoba Okha local governments. “The collation officers for the two...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political actors against the disruption of Edo governorship election results collation process. INEC National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, gave the warning in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Haruna said that INEC was disturbed by...
Nigerian actress, Ini Edo, has announced that she is engaged and set to have a fairytale wedding. Edo made this known in a post via her Instagram handle, @iniedo, on Sunday. She wrote: “That bright Sunday morning six months ago, while on vacation, we crossed paths, and our lives...
The Zamfara chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the call for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by the State PDP...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for the United States to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the behest of President Bola Tinubu. Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and Communications (Office of The Vice President), Mr Stanley Nkwocha, made this...
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People Democratic Party (PDP) have occupied the popular Ramat Park in Benin, jubilating even when the result of the Edo Governorship Election is yet to be announced. As at the time of this report, collation of results for the election...