Author: Lawan

Morocco head coach Mohamed Ouahbi confirmed on Wednesday that Ismael Saibari will miss the team’s World Cup quarter-final encounter with France. “Everyone is 100 percent fit except Saibari. This game comes too soon for him but I hope he is not out for the rest of the competition,” Ouahbi told reporters ahead of Thursday’s last-eight showdown at the Gillette Stadium near Boston. Saibari, who has just joined Bayern Munich from Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven on a five-year deal for a reported fee of 50 million euros ($57 million), has been one of the standout players at the World Cup. He…

Tinubu hails Alia’s industrial revival as job, security boosting model for Benue President Bola Tinubu has praised Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State for revitalizing dormant industries and establishing new ones to strengthen the state’s economy. He applauded the governor’s approach, saying the industries now being set up will generate jobs and help address insecurity in the state. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga made the remarks during a press briefing at the State House Press Gallery, following a presentation by Governor Alia on “The Impact of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Economic Reforms on Benue State.” After listening to the governor, Mr.…

Join military, Chief of Army Staff begs South East The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has pleaded with the leaders, parents, guardians, and elders of South East zone to encourage young men and women in the region to join the military. He said for some time now, recruitment quota from the zone in the Nigerian Army has not been fully utilised. Shaibu stated this during the passing out parade of 90 Regular Recruits at the Nigerian Army Recruits Training in Amasiri -Edda, Afikpo and Edda Local Government areas of Ebonyi State. A total of 2,989 newly recruited…

Commotion in House of Reps over motion to summon Tinubu Commotion enveloped the House of Representatives plenary yesterday as lawmakers clashed over a motion seeking to summon President Bola Tinubu to explain delays in the implementation of the 2025 Appropriation Act. The motion which was predicated upon the inability of the executive to fund the 2024, 2025 and 2026 budgets, despite the appropriation and approvals from the National Assembly, created a serious tension in the lower chamber, with majority, including members of the ruling party, supporting the invitation of the President to the Parliament.The motion sponsored by the member representing…

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists launched a coordinated attack on Logomani community in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, killing a soldier and destroying critical public infrastructure, including a police outpost, a primary healthcare centre and two classrooms. The insurgents reportedly stormed the community late Tuesday after attacking the Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Logomani, engaging troops in a fierce gun battle before forcing residents to flee with sporadic gunfire and setting government facilities ablaze. Confirming the attack, the Acting Military Information Officer of Operation Hadin Kai, Capt. Muhammed Goni, said troops successfully repelled the assault despite suffering casualties and…

Daniel Bwala, spokesperson to President Bola Tinubu, has said Nigerians living in the country are better off than many of their counterparts who relocated abroad under the “japa” trend. According to Bwala, many Nigerians who left the country about five years ago are now working in care homes, which he described as “modern day slavery.” “Some of you in Nigeria who think you are suffering, you are better off than your colleagues that japa’d five years ago. Do you know majority of them where they are working? Care homes. As far as I am concerned, it’s modern day slavery,” he…

Pressure is mounting on the abductors of schoolchildren and teachers from Ahoro-Esinle, Yawota and Alawusa communities in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State following a major breakthrough by security agencies, which have reportedly identified and traced the kidnappers’ associates. The latest development comes barely two weeks after security forces tightened the noose around the abductors by blocking their escape routes and surrounding their hideout in the National Park forest, where the victims are believed to be held. Security sources disclosed that after painstaking investigations, operatives, acting on credible intelligence provided by the Department of State Services (DSS), identified members…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has rejected the directive in a document circulating that claims the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi has ordered the postponement of the association’s 2026 National Officers’ election, describing the report as unconstitutional and beyond the AGF’s authority. In a statement signed by NBA President, Afam Osigwe, the association reacted to a Sub-Committee report and comments attributed to the Attorney General allegedly directing the disbandment of the NBA’s Electoral Committee, the postponement of the national officers’ election, the removal of the current election service provider on the grounds that he is a sole…

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to secure fresh written assurances from the South African government on the safety of Nigerians living in the country following renewed xenophobic attacks, while stopping short of endorsing calls to nationalise South African businesses or sever diplomatic relations. This followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Asuquo Ekpenyong in plenary yesterday. The lawmakers also directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa to obtain formal guarantees for the protection of Nigerians and demand the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for violence, looting and unlawful vigilante…

Nigeria’s drive to monetise its vast natural gas resources received a major boost on Tuesday as UTM Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (UTM FLNG) Limited signed a 15-year Wet Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) with the NNPC/Seplat Energy Joint Venture (SEPNU), securing feed gas for the country’s first indigenous floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of the Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week Conference in Abuja, provides for the supply of 200 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscf/d) to the UTM FLNG facility over a 15-year period. The deal is…