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Nigeria’s U-20 team pulled off a major upset on Wednesday night, June 1, 2023, by defeating Argentina’s U-20 team 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The Flying Eagles, as Nigeria’s U-20 team is known, took the lead in the 61st minute through Ibrahim …

The meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over fuel subsidy removal has ended without a consensus. The meeting began around 4pm on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa. Representatives of the Federal Government, including Dele Alake, the spokesperson for President Bola Tinubu; and the Group CEO …

Tiwa Savage has shared photos of a mystery man alongside other bikini photos of herself on a beach in Brazil. Though many were fast to ask who the man is, but her friend Papa, let the cat out of the bag, when he disclosed that Tiwa just snapped with a …

NNPC Limited wishes to inform our esteemed customers that we have adjusted our pump prices of PMS across our retail outlets, in line with current market realities. As we strive to provide you with the quality service for which we are known, it is pertinent to note that prices will …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has jerked up pump prices of petrol, also known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N195 per litre to 537 per litre. According to a new price template disclosed by NNPLC on Wednesday, Lagos State has the least price of N488 per litre, …

A total of 118 exhibits have been presented before the five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in his case against President Bola Tinubu. Atiku and the PDP approached the tribunal to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration …

The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, on Tuesday, increased to N1,200 per litre in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, following the declaration of the removal of subsidy on the product by President Bola Tinubu. Scores of residents, who decried the high cost of petrol in …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has directed all filling stations across the state to start selling fuel within the approved price or risk being shut down indefinitely. Consequently, the Governor has mandated the State Task Force on Petroleum Product and security agencies in the state to move round filling …

When new leaders are sworn in, especially in this part of the world, the spotlight, as expected, is always on the men. But looking back at history and in contemporary times, women have played important roles in their husband’s administration. In Nigeria, the wives of the president and the vice …

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Ikoyi, Lagos, immediately. There had been pandemonium within the vicinity of the EFCC office when men of the DSS reportedly barricaded access into the office area. It …