South Africa begins evacuation of stranded nationals in Sudan
South Africa has joined the other countries in evacuating dozens of its diplomats and other citizens trapped in conflict-hit Sudan, Al-Jazeera reported on Monday.
Never toy with workers’ welfare,group tells Otti
Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, has been counseled never to toy with workers’ welfare if he wants to last in power.
Kano gov-elect assures youths, women on empowerment
The Governor-elect of Kano State, Malam Abba Yusuf, assured youths and women of a better deal during his tenure. He said his adminsitration would reopen entrepreneurship institutes to massively create jobs for unemployed youths in the state. Yusuf told made this known to newsmen after receiving supporters who paid him Sallah homage on Monday in […]
Many injured as rival tricycle operators clash in Abuja
An unknown number of persons are reported to have been injured following clashes between some Gbagyi Okoda operators and Hausa Keke Napep riders in Abuja on Monday.
We’ve not endorsed any governorship candidate — Imo Elders
Stakeholders under the aegis of Concerned Elders of Imo State have dissociated themselves from the purported endorsement of a particular candidate for the Governorship election scheduled for November 2023.
US slams $300m penalty on tech firm over Huawei exports
Agency Report The United States authorities have imposed a $300 million (£241m) penalty on the tech firm Seagate for allegedly breaching export controls of hard disk drives to China’s Huawei. Seagate Technology shipped more than $1.1 billion worth of goods to Huawei after export controls were introduced in 2020, the Department of Commerce said. The […]
NYSC deploys 2,300 prospective corps members to Bauchi
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed 2,300 corps members to Bauchi State, for the 2023 Batch A Stream 2 orientation exercise.
Sudan: Diaspora group urges FG to evacuate Nigerians
A group, Concerned Nigerian Network in Diaspora and Rebuild Nigeria Movement worldwide has called on the Federal Government to urgently evacuate Nigerian citizens in crisis torn Sudan.
Average price of 5kg cooking gas stands at N4,610.48 in March — NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4,600.57 recorded in February to N4,610.48 in March.
Chelsea close to appointing next manager
Chelsea are reportedly closing in on signing former Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino as the club’s next permanent manager. The Argentine is in line to take over from caretaker coach Frank Lampard, according to The Guardian. Talks with the Argentine has been positive over the past weeks, and there is now ‘growing confidence’ that a […]
222.5m Nigerians use telephones – NBS
There were 222.6 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as at end of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.
