Jadon Sancho is poised to complete a long-mooted move to Manchester United after the Premier League giants agreed a fee with Borussia Dortmund for the England winger. Stats Perform understands United will pay the Bundesliga club £72.9m (€85m) for Sancho, with no add-ons included within the deal. It will make the 21-year-old the fourth most […]

By Adeola Badru In the face of the recent burning of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s offices in some parts of the country, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, Wednesday, said security agents have assured the commission of adequate protection of its facilities in the state. Agboke also disclosed that […]

By Abdulmumin Murtala, Kano The Kano chairman of the Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCAC) Muhyi Magaji Rimingado has declared that though he is not a saint but he is clean of any corruption charges. The embattled anti-corruption czar fell apart with the Government after an alleged secret investigation into his financial misdemeanor. The Accountant-General […]

Governor Abdulai Sule of of Nasarawa State, on Wednesday, insisted that the All Progressive Congress, APC’s strategy of shopping for major opposition leaders ahead of the 2023 election had been successful.

By Omeiza Ajayi & Fortune Eromosele, Abuja Ahead of the November 6 Governorship Election in Anambra State, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has expressed dismay at recent attacks on its office in the state but said the Commission is more concerned about the safety of citizens and its officials rather than […]

By Sola Ogundipe The World Bank has announced a provision of $4.4 billion for the purchase and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines for 51 developing countries, but Nigeria is not listed among the benefiting countries half of which are in Africa. The financing is part of the Bank’s commitment to help low- and middle-income countries acquire […]

National Pension Commission, PenCom, Wednesday, announced President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval for the payment of outstanding pension liabilities of the Federal Government retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme, especially retirees of Treasury-funded Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.

By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja House of Representatives Committee on Finance, yesterday queried the National Examinations Council (NECO) for failing to remit the sum N636, 778, 000 in 2019. The Committee which grilled the Acting Registrar of NECO, Ebikibina Ogborodi, and other top Executives on Wednesday expressed displeasure with the action.  Ogborodi while answering questions […]

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, hailed the Communists Party of China, CPC, for moving China from the era of Chairman Mao to become the economic power house till today.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has called for an even greater effort to have more people involved in the Tokyo Games vaccinated against the coronavirus. In a letter to the Olympic athletes community, Bach said that 84 per cent of the members of the foreign delegations will arrive in Japan already vaccinated. “Even […]