Former champions Algeria crash out of AFCON 2023
Former champions Algeria crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday after losing 1-0 to Mauritania, who are 75 places lower in the world rankings. The underdogs, Mauritania will now fill one of four places reserved for third-placed finishers in the group stage. Meanwhile, Angola are through to the last 16 of the […]
INEC Chairman Urges Secure Environment for Upcoming Elections
Ahead of the upcoming re-run elections and bye- elections scheduled for Saturday, February 3, 2024, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has emphasised the need for a secure environment for the conduct of a peaceful election. The INEC Chairman who made the disclosure today at an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee […]
PENGASSAN rejects planned sale of Shell onshore assets
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, rejected the planned sale of SHELL onshore assets, claiming the group being speculated to buy up the assets is unknown to it. According to PENGASSAN, the purported group is an assemblage of unknown entities with no proven track record of managing such diverse assets. […]
Liberia government says president Boakai had heat exhaustion during inauguration
Liberia’s new President Joseph Boakai has been declared “perfectly fine” by his doctors, his office says. The 79-year-old failed to reach the end of his inauguration speech and had to be helped away from the podium during his swearing-in ceremony on Monday. His office said he had suffered heat exhaustion but had now resumed his […]
President Bola Tinubu says his administration will provide needed interventions in oil and gas
President Bola Tinubu says his administration will continue to provide the needed interventions in the oil and gas industry in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Speaking yesterday when he received a delegation from the Chevron Corporation, led by Mr Clay Neff, President of Chevron International Exploration and Production, Tinubu said Nigeria would strengthen […]
Mrs Uju Kenenedy-Ohanenye cautions parents against giving out their children as domestic helpers
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has cautioned parents against giving out their children as domestic helpers or for adoption. The minister who gave the warning on Tuesday, at a New Year party to celebrate school children and to encourage them on the path to greatness in Abuja, said the warning is necessary […]
96th Academy Award Nominations Announced
Cameo are delighted to provide radio assets for today’s nominees Including Interview Soundbites From CILLIAN MURPHY, MARGOT ROBBIE, RYAN GOSLING, AMERICA FERRERA & DANIELLE BROOKS Watch the Oscars® live on ITV1 and ITVX on Sunday 10th March from 10:30pm with Jonathan Ross, with the ceremony starting at midnight GMT. Preceding The Oscars, watch the red carpet live show on ITVX from 9:30pm, with Ross King. Click on […]
Nigeria trail Equatorial Guinea to qualify for AFCON Round of 16
Super Eagles beat Guinea-Bissau 1-0 in the last match of a Group A tie in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to qualify for the round of 16. Nigeria finished runners-up in Group A with seven points after Equatorial Guinea bashed hosts Cote D’Ivoire 4-0. The Central Africans topped the lot on better goal difference. […]
Cameroon begins world-first mass malaria vaccine rollout
The world’s first routine vaccine programme against MALARIA has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children’s lives across Africa. The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near YaoundĂ© on Monday. Every year 600,000 people die of malaria in Africa, according to […]
Federal Government to fully automate Student Loan Scheme and fund with Education Tax
The Federal Government has announced that the Student Loan Scheme expected to commence soon would have as one of its sources of funding, the Education Tax under the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The FIRS Chairman, Zacch Adedeji who revealed this while briefing the press at the Presidential Villa, Abuja alongside the Executive Secretary of […]