Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains between the end of June and early July left nearly 50,000 […]
The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has made an offer to sell the Dangote Refinery to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Premium Times on Sunday, the businessman expressed his willingness to sell the refinery to address allegations of monopoly in the industry. He stated that if the […]
A New Zealand coroner has formally linked four deaths to the sale of “suicide kits” bought online from a former Canadian chef, according to findings published Monday. Coroner Alexandra Cunninghame found that three students, aged 18 to 21, and one 40-year-old personal trainer killed themselves after buying kits from businesses linked to Canadian Kenneth Law. Canadian […]
Former two-time UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has significantly increased his size and strength as he prepares for his title challenge against Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305 in Perth. Dan Hooker, Adesanya’s teammate at City Kickboxing, revealed in an interview with Submission Radio that ‘The Last Stylebender’ has packed on considerable muscle mass during his […]
The National Population Commission says it is set to conduct population and housing census once President Bola Tinubu gives his approval. The NPC Federal Commissioner in Lagos State, Mrs. Saidat Oladunjoye, stated this on Thursday at an event commemorating this year’s World Population Day. The Federal Government, under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, had earlier fixed the […]
Teenage gymnast Shoko Miyata has been pulled from Japan’s team for the Paris Olympics after being caught smoking and drinking, officials said Friday. The 19-year-old, a world bronze medallist and captain of Japan’s women’s gymnastics team for the Games, was sent home from their training camp in Monaco and admitted she had violated their code […]
The National Assembly will Tuesday get an executive bill on the new national minimum wage following an agreement between President Bola Tinubu and labour leaders on higher remuneration for workers. On Thursday, the President and the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria led by their presidents, Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, […]
THE Federal Operations Unit, FOU, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, yesterday, confiscated 1,500 pieces of bullet proof jackets illegally imported, amongst other items. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, Comptroller FOU, Kola Olajide, said that the confiscated goods have damaging implications on the security, health and economic well-being of the country, adding that the importation of […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN yesterday, announced the resumption of dollar sales to bureaux de change, BDCs, a development that reversed the sharp depreciation of the Naira to N1,640 per dollar in the parallel market. The dollar sales to BDCs is coming two months after the last one in April. In a circular signed by the […]
Spotify has unveiled its Global Impact List in Nigeria, recognising the top 30 tracks from Nigeria with the biggest global impact on Spotify over the first half of 2024. The list recognises Nigerian tracks that have had the most listens from outside Nigeria in the first half of 2024, and were released between January 1 […]
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