The draw for the 2026 World Cup will take place on December 5 in Las Vegas, ESPN reports. FIFA has decided on the American city after ruling out venues in Canada and Mexico. The tournament will be played across the three countries next year. The 2026 World Cup will be the first to feature 48 teams, expanding from the current 32, and will be jointly hosted by the United States, […]
First Lady Remi Tinubu on Tuesday announced a ₦1 billion donation by the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) to support families displaced by a suspected herders’ attack in Benue State. The announcement was made during her condolence visit to the state at the New Banquet Hall of the Benue State Government House, following the tragic incident in Yelewata community in June, which claimed over 100 lives. She explained that the donation […]
The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has said he will not delay the filling of any vacant position in the Olubadan chieftaincy line. He made this commitment while receiving the Asipa Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Abiodun Kola-Daisi, at his Lagos residence. “There would be no delay in filling every pending vacancy in the Olubadan chieftaincy line,” he said, according to a statement by his spokesman, Adeola Oloko, in Ibadan, the Oyo […]
President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours of Officer of the Order of the Niger on the Super Falcons following their victory at WAFCON. He also announced the award of the naira equivalence of $100,000 to each to the 24 players, and the naira equivalence of $50,000 to the technical team. In addition, the President gave each of the players three-bedroom apartments. The President while receiving the players and the […]
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has given the Federal Government a seven-day notice, urging improved welfare, fair allowances, and better working conditions for nurses. The notice, signed by National Secretary Enya Osinachi and released by the association's President, Morakinyo-Olajide Rilwan, was formally issued in Abuja on Monday The decision followed an emergency National Executive Council meeting held on July 10 in Abuja. The association explained that the […]
President Bola Tinubu and the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, have received Nigeria’s Super Falcons at the Presidential Villa on Monday, following their record victory at the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco on Saturday. The coaster buses conveying the players and coaching crew arrived at the forecourt of the Aso Rock shortly before 04:36 p.m. local time. The team secured their record-extending 10th WAFCON title after a […]
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has temporarily suspended its proposed strike. This came after series of meetings convened at the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum earlier handed down to the government. On July 2, the NMA had warned that it may shut down medical services across the country if the Federal Government fails to address its demands before the expiration of its 21-day ultimatum on Wednesday, July 23. Top government […]
Scores of residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have kicked against elongation of already marked lands meant for construction of Circular Road. The residents kicked against the development during a peaceful protest at the entrance of Oyo State Government Secretariat on Monday. Report says that between 2003 and 2007, the Oyo State government then led by Rasidi Ladoja marked some lands for the construction of a Circular Road in […]
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has been expelled from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), with the party also imposing a 30-year ban on him. SDP’s National Working Committee, NWC, said the action was in line with the party’s constitution, ideology, manifesto, principles, and practices, as well as in consonance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act pertaining to the exclusive right of a […]
