Atalanta head coach Ivan Juric has openly criticised Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman, confirming that the player will not feature in Sunday’s Serie A clash against Lecce. The remarks mark a new chapter in the tense relationship between the 27-year-old and the club following a turbulent summer. Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Saturday, Juric […]
The runway excursion involving an Air Peace aircraft at the Port Harcourt International Airport has sparked renewed debate about safety culture in Nigeria’s aviation sector, as regulators moved to defend their clearance of a co-pilot initially linked to the incident. The aircraft, which veered off the runway after landing on June 13, came to […]
Fabio Carvalho struck in the closing stages to snatch a 2–2 draw for Brentford against Chelsea in a thrilling Premier League encounter on Saturday. Chelsea looked set for all three points when Moises Caicedo unleashed a stunning effort in the 85th minute to put the visitors ahead. But Brentford refused to back down, […]
The management of Ossiomo Power Plant in Benin, Edo State, has rejected allegations from its Chinese partner, Jiangsu Communication Clean Energy Technology Company (CCETC), over payments and investments, insisting that more than ₦2 billion has been disbursed to the foreign firm since operations began. Operations at the 95MW power facility, which supplies electricity […]
The Minister of Works, Engineer David Umahi, has announced that 130 kilometers of the Kebbi corridor of the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway will be completed by the end of next year. Umahi made this statement during an inspection visit to the construction site in Gulumbe town, Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi […]
In a development highlighting the mounting challenges faced by multinational corporations in Africa’s most populous nation, the global healthcare titan, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines (J&J), is poised to cease its operations in Nigeria. The anticipated departure, as revealed by a credible source to the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN), is […]
Nigeria’s trade affiliations within Africa experienced a significant transformation in the second quarter of 2025, with Togo eclipsing South Africa to ascend as the nation’s foremost African trading partner. This development is chronicled in the most recent Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics report issued by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS […]
Nigerian billionaire and founder of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, is set to earn a record N216.7 billion in dividend income following shareholder approval at the fourth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BUA Foods Plc. The meeting, which held on Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, saw shareholders endorse a dividend of N13 […]
The federal government has introduced digital drug inventories to check shortages of essential drugs in hospitals. This initiative was introduced during a stakeholders’ engagement in Abuja, as detailed in a statement by Alaba Balogun, Deputy Director and Head of Information & Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, on September 13, […]
The political rivalry between the First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs. Nonye Soludo, and former senator Uche Ekwunife has taken a dramatic turn, as Mrs. Soludo has publicly challenged the ex-lawmaker to present her children for an all-expense-paid DNA test. The challenge comes amid an intensifying war of words between the two prominent women, […]
