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Mon, May 5, SUPER Spikers Volleyball Club men’s team on Sunday emerged champions of the 2025 Minister of FCT Volleyball Challenge. The Lugbe-based team outlasted defending champions Karu United Volleyball Club 3-2 (20-25, 25-17, 19-25, 25-21, 15-9) in a thrilling final at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The News Agency …
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The World Bank says that the poverty rate among Nigeria’s rural population has reached an alarming 75.5 per cent, highlighting deepening inequality and widespread economic hardship across the oil-rich West African country. The World Bank stated in its latest April 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief for Nigeria, that rural dwellers are overwhelmingly bearing the brunt of …
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A few days ago, outgoing AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina claimed that Nigerians today are worse off than in 1960, basing his conclusion on figures that do not align with available data. According to Nairametrics, he claimed that Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1960 was $1847 and that it is $824 today. The quoted figures are …
-They rakes in hundreds of millions in proceeds of crime. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have nabbed three suspected fraudsters linked with Q-net scam in the country. The suspects, Olaniyan Joshua, Oyetunde Julius Akano, and Victor Oluwale who are currently undergoing interrogation in the Commission, were arrested on Wednesday, May 1, …
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Sun, May 4, 2025 By Marcus Vinicius de Freitas THE first hundred days of Donald Trump’s presidency have again demonstrated his capacity to defy convention and polarize opinion. Far from merely repeating his earlier administration, this new chapter is best understood as part of a long-term repositioning of the United States within a rapidly shifting international …
Sat, May 3, 2025 THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating former executives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), along with recently dismissed managing directors of the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries, over the alleged misappropriation of approximately $2.96 billion earmarked for the rehabilitation of the facilities. A senior EFCC …
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The Central Bank of Nigeria’s 2024 financial performance paints a picture of resilience and strategic progress, showcasing the institution’s unwavering commitment to fostering economic stability and prudent financial management. With notable improvements in external reserves, asset quality, cost efficiency, and a strengthened bottom line, the CBN’s latest results underscore its dedication to navigating Nigeria’s complex …
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EFCC has arrested the recently sacked managing directors and some top officials of the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries, discovering 80 billion in the account of one of the sacked MDs. The officials were arrested over alleged mismanagement of funds earmarked for the rehabilitation of the refineries. The total amount under investigation is $2.9 …
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For dastardly killing a 22 year old lady , Oluwabamise Ayanlowo who boarded his BRT Bus , Andrew Nice Ominikoron, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos State High Court. Justice Serifat Sonaike in her judgement delivered on May 2,2025 said the Lagos State Government, through its prosecutors proved beyond reasonable doubt …
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By Azu Ishiekwene There’s a concern that Nigeria could soon become a one-party state, not by law, like in China, but through subterfuge – or in legal terms, de facto – similar to Cameroon, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, or even Rwanda, where the ruling parties are inflicting a slow, painful death on the opposition. Those who …
