Flying Eagles Beat Cote d’Ivoire 2-0 in Friendly
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles were 2-0 winners over hosts Young Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in the first of two international friendly matches yesterday. Both teams will square up to each other again at the same venue on Friday, as they test strength ahead of this year’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations taking place 26th April – […]
Zelensky to Meet Trump for Mineral Deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday to sign an agreement on sharing his country’s mineral resources. Trump who disclosed this also seemingly ruled out the prospect of Ukraine becoming a NATO member – one of Zelensky’s long-held ambitions. Zelensky has described the bilateral deal as preliminary, and […]
Dangote Cuts Petrol Price to N825 per Litre
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has again reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, marking the second price cut this month. Its Head of Media Communications, Anthony Echiejina, in a statement yesterday explained that the company had reduced the price by N65, from the previous N890 per litre, bringing it […]
Trump Proposes $5M “Gold Card” Visa for Investors
U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea of replacing a visa program for foreign investors with a so-called “gold card” that could be bought for $5 million as a route to American citizenship. Trump told reporters he will replace the “EB-5” immigrant investor visa program, which allows foreign investors of large sums of money […]
Tinubu Reaffirms Commitment to Nigeria’s Development
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his resolve to steer the country to great development despite what he described as misguided or funded and gloomy claims on the state of the nation, made by detractors. Speaking last night at the national caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja, President Tinubu who reaffirmed his pledge […]
Chris Jasper, R&B Icon, Dies at 73
Chris Jasper, a pivotal figure in the sound of The Isley Brothers, has passed away at the age of 73. His son, Michael Jasper, confirmed the news to PEOPLE. The musician died on February 23, 2025, following a battle with cancer that began in December 2024, according to his family’s announcement on Facebook. Jasper joined […]
PASAN Lagos Demands Release of Arrested Members
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Lagos State Chapter, has demanded the immediate release of their members arrested by the Department of State Service while also condeming the actions of the Nigerian secret police. At a news conference, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, Lagos chapter Comrade Babatunde Ogunlana said […]
Roberta Flack, ’70s R&B Vocalist Dies at 88
The classically trained singer-pianist Flack, only belatedly found fame when Clint Eastwood employed her 2-year-old version of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” in his 1971 directorial debut “Play Misty for Me.” Nominated a total of 13 times, she received her last Grammy nod in 1995, for best traditional pop vocal performance, for […]
Trump Admin Demands Weekly Reports, Threatens Job Loss
The Trump administration has sent emails to U.S. federal government employees, telling them to detail their work accomplishments from the previous week, by Monday night or risk losing their jobs. The emails came shortly after Elon Musk, the billionaire head of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, posted on the social media site X […]
NAFDAC Seals 11,000 Shops, Arrests 40 in Fake Drug Crackdown
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed over 11,000 shops and arrested 40 individuals in its ongoing nationwide clampdown on fake and substandard medicines. Briefing journalists it’s Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the enforcement had been planned for over a year as a covert operation, and three markets, […]
