Ports Concession: Private sector to invest $3.7bn
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), said the concessioning of three ports by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) would attract an investment of 3.7 billion dollars from the private sector. The Director-General, ICRC, Micheal Ohiani said this in a statement signed by Mr Ifeanyi Nwoko, Acting Head, Media and Publicity, ICRC, in Abuja on Friday. […]
Iran executes convicted human trafficking ringleader
Iran on Saturday executed a man convicted of leading a human trafficking and prostitution ring, a day after hanging three men linked to protests triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death, the judiciary said. “Following confirmation of the sentence of Shahrouz Sokhanvari, aka Alex, in the supreme court, he was hanged this morning,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online […]
NNPP debunks issuing apology letter to expelled party’s chair in Ogun
The Southwest Zonal Publicity Secretary of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Kilamuwaye Badmus, has debunked writing an apology letter to the former Chairman of the party in Ogun State, Sunday Oginni, saying the current happening is a collective struggle to rescue the party from the political mediocrity and dishonesty of the expelled former party chairman.
New gender policy to deepen women’s participation in politics — Tallen
The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, Friday, said the new gender policy will deepen women’s inclusivity and participation in politics.
Sawane heads Senegal to U17 AFCON title
Mamadou Sawane headed home the winning goal seven minutes from time as Senegal scored twice in four minutes to come from a goal down and beat Morocco 2-1 to clinch their first-ever U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title in a dramatic finale at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers. Skipper Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal had […]
Suspended Halep charged with second doping breach
Former world number one Simona Halep has been charged with a second breach of anti-doping rules, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirmed on Friday. Romanian Halep has been provisionally suspended since October 2022 for testing positive for the banned substance roxadustat, which stimulates the production of red blood cells, at the US Open in […]
