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The BBC has apologised for a question it termed inappropriate by one of its reporters who asked Moroccan captain Ghizlane Chebbak about homosexuality during a press conference at the ongoing Women’s World Cup. The Daily Mail reports that the journalist, who reportedly works for the BBC World Service, asked Chebbak on Sunday, “We know that […]
A mild drama is playing out at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos between operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, and official of Nigeria Correctional Service, NCS, over custody of the suspended Central Bank Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was arraigned today by the DSS for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition but […]
Some senators, particularly those who came from the ninth Assembly, have demanded an apology from their colleague, Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC Edo North), over allegations of vandalism levelled against them. Oshiomhole, at the Politics Today programme on Channels Television on Sunday, alleged that senators and House of Representatives members of the 9th National Assembly […]
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, was on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N20 million with one surety in like sum by the Federal High Court in Lagos State. He was granted bail after pleading not guilty to the two counts bordering on the alleged illegal possession of firearms […]
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty before a Federal High Court Lagos, to a charge of illegal possession of firearms brought against him by the Ministry of Justice. Vanguard earlier reported Emefiele arrived at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for his […]
Four suspected Boko Haram have been arrested in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, over alleged plot to attack the residence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The spokesman for the police in the state, Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirmed the development through a telephone chat. Nguroje said the suspects were arrested in front of […]
Casey Phair on Tuesday became the youngest player to feature at a Women’s World Cup after coming on as a substitute in South Korea’s 2-0 defeat to Colombia aged 16 years and 26 days. The striker was born in the United States and was called up by the country at youth level, but has now made […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas has inaugurated an Ad hoc Committee to investigate alleged 9.05 billion dollar-revenue loss from gas flaring in the last one decade in Nigeria. Abbas, at the inauguration of the House ad hoc committee on Gas Flaring on Monday, charged the committee to get root causes […]
No fewer than 65 civil servants on the directorate cadre are currently jostling to be appointed principals of some of the nation’s unity schools. The process of selection commenced today, July 25, 2023, in Abuja. Nigeria’s 110 unity schools include special schools for the gifted spread across the 36 states of the federation […]
Tafari Campbell, former White House chef who served during the Barack Obama administration, has died near the ex-president’s home after a drowning incident. Campbell went missing while paddleboarding on Sunday night at Edgartown Great Pond, near the Obamas’ residence at Martha’s Vineyard. Massachusetts State Police stated that a search began afterwards, and he […]
