President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Taiwo Oyedele as the new Minister of State for Finance at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The brief swearing-in ceremony took place at the President’s office at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday, following Oyedele’s confirmation by the Senate five days earlier. The Senate confirmed his appointment on Wednesday, March 12, after an extensive screening session that lasted over two hours. Senate […]

Chelsea have been fined £10.75 million ($14.27 million) and handed a suspended one-year transfer ban after being found in breach of Premier League financial regulations. The Premier League also imposed an immediate nine-month ban on the club from registering academy players, adding further sanctions over the violations. According to the league, the penalties stem from historical breaches that were disclosed after the club’s ownership changed hands in 2022. The consortium […]

Passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries on Monday morning following an incident involving a train operating on the busy Abuja–Kaduna rail corridor, which forced the service to halt midway through its journey. The passenger train, which departed Kaduna and was bound for Abuja, failed to arrive at its destination as scheduled after the disruption occurred along the rail line connecting the Federal Capital Territory with Kaduna State. Passengers on board […]

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with a cattle rustling incident at Ado-Awaye in Iseyin Local Government Area of the state. In a statement released on Monday in Ibadan by the Police Public Relations Officer, **Olayinka Ayanlade**, the command said the arrests followed a swift response to a distress report from the Ado-Awaye Division. According to the statement, the incident occurred in the early hours […]