Nigeria’s Deborah Abiodun was given the first red card of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. as her team held Canada to a goalless draw on Friday. The yellow card given to Abiodun was upgraded to red after a VAR review in the 97th minute . The replay showed Nigerian midfielder tackling Ashley Lawrence with her studs hitting Lawrence’s shin. She will miss their next game against Australia.
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A former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, to declare that he won the presidential election held on February 25, in 21 states. Atiku, in a final written address he filed through his team of lawyers led by Chief Chris Uche, SAN, said his claim was based on a reply the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, filed in response to the petition he filed to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election. He contended that the electoral body, in its own final brief of…
President Bola Tinubu had advised the militaries of Nigeria and the neighbouring countries combating insurgency in the Lake Chad region to display courage in reforming their military doctrine and practices. Speaking on Friday at the graduation ceremony of Senior Course 45 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, he noted that the change in tactics had become necessary because the countries in the region are battling a “mobile and elusive irregular force” that disregards established rules of warfare. The President pointed out that the adversaries facing countries in the sub-region are not conventional armies engaging in traditional…
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, will on July 25, appear before the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court. The embattled CBN boss, who has been in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, is billed to enter his plea before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, following allegations the Department of State Services, DSS, leveled against him. It could be recalled that operatives of the security agency had on June 10, stormed Emefiele’s Ikoyi residence in Lagos on June 10, a day after he was suspended as the governor of the CBN by…
The recent incident involving water contamination in certain aircraft’s fuel tanks has been the subject of an intensive investigation by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The NCAA stated that the action was taken to stop such safety violations in the future. Capt. Musa Nuhu, Director General of NCAA, said the organisation was stepping up its investigation to pinpoint the cause of the problem while speaking at a meeting with domestic and foreign operators, aviation fuel suppliers, and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority on Thursday in Abuja. According to Nuhu, the issue of fuel contamination was…
The House of Representatives, yesterday, rejected plans by the Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to increase electricity tariff in the country. It also resolved to set up an adhoc committee to determine the legality of the Excess Crude Account and also investigate the status and management of all the principal sums deposited in the account. Following the adoption of a motion by Aliyu Sani Madaki (NNPP, Kano), the lawmakers called on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) not to approve any plan or request by the DISCOs to implement the plan. The lawmakers described the plan to increase the tariff as…
How ex-Gov Ikpeazu frustrate recovery of stolen govt assets through Court order — Gov Ott The governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has accused his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu, of acting frantically to thwart a panel formed to investigate allegedly stolen government property. A judicial panel was established by the government to recover state-owned property and funds, with a focus on the Ikpeazu administration. Otti, on the other hand, claimed that Ikpeazu was thwarting the panel by obtaining court orders to prevent it from carrying out its task in a statement released on Thursday by his chief press secretary, Kazie Uko.…
A Idris Hassan, 35, was found guilty of raping an eight-year-old girl and was given a life sentence by the Delta State High Court in Asaba. The defendant was charged with one count of rape in court and sentenced in accordance with Section 218 of the Delta State of Nigeria’s 2006 Criminal Code Law, Cap. C21, Vol. 1 Laws. On August 22, 2022, he was accused of having improper carnal knowledge of the juvenile and entered a not guilty plea to the accusation. The prosecution led by Director Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and Childs’ Rights Unit in the Delta State…
Tinubu Approves Infrastructure Fund as FAAC Shares 907bn from 1.9trn June Revenue President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) for the 36 States of the Federation as part of measures to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal on the people. The approval was disclosed at the monthly meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), on Thursday in Abuja. The new Infrastructure Fund will enable the States to intervene and invest in the critical areas of Transportation, including farm to market road improvements; Agriculture, encompassing livestock and ranching solutions; Health, with a focus…
National Economic Council (NEC) has resolved to jettison the social register used by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement its conditional cash transfer. The council revealed that the register was replete with integrity issues, and the criteria for its compilation was vague. Addressing press, after meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo, said contrary to what the previous administration projected, it is not possible to digitally transfer money to the poorest of the poor, majority of who are unbankable. Joined by his Bauchi and Ogun counterparts, Bala Mohammed and Dapo Abiodun, Soludo said beneficiaries of…
All Progressives Congress (APC) governors under the platform Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) have clarified that no powerful bloc in the ruling party coerced erstwhile National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu and Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, to resign their positions in the party. Fielding questions from newsmen after the meeting of the governors at the Imo Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, Forum Chairman, Hope Uzodinma, said that their resignations have brought peace to the ruling party. He described the resignation as voluntary instead of the speculated pressure from the APC progressive forum, stressing that they deserved commendations, respect and recognition for…
Nigerian-US singer/songwriter Davido performs on stage during the 2023 BET awards at the Microsoft theatre in Los Angeles, June 25, 2023. (Photo by Michael TRAN / AFP) Nigerian afrobeats star Davido has donated N237m to some orphanages across the country. “I’ve always wanted to use my platform to serve others. Thankful that through your generosity, I’ve been able to do so,” he said in a social media post on Thursday evening. “We recently disbursed over N200m to several orphanages in Nigeria, a tradition that started a few years ago around my birthday. Thank you to everyone who donated. With your…