President Tinubu Congratulates Remo Stars over First NPFL Title
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Remo Stars Football Club on their victory in the 2024–2025 Nigerian Premier Football League season, describing the achievement as a major milestone that puts Ikenne and Ogun State in the national spotlight. Tinubu, in a statement issued yesterday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, commended the […]
FG Ready To Pay Outstanding 5 Months Wage Award Arrears
The Federal Government has announced plans to commence payment of the outstanding five months’ wage award arrears to workers immediately. Director of Press, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, who made this known in a statement, explained that while the Federal Government had earlier disbursed five months’ worth of the wage […]
Here is the full winners list for the 17th Headies Awards
The 17th Headies Awards took place on April 27, 2025 at the Landmark event centre. The highly anticipated award was hosted by actress Nancy Isime, and live performances were provided by Flavour, Shallipopi, OdumoduBlvck, Qing Madi, Ayo Maff, and KCEE. Rema won the most awards for his album ‘HEIS’, which won Album of the Year and Afrobeats Album of the Year. […]
Headies Celebrates the Achievements of African Artists
The 17th edition of the Headies Awards took place yesterday in Lagos, celebrating the achievements of Nigerian and African artists over the past year. The event, marking a return to Nigeria after two years abroad, the awards ceremony featured 31 categories, handed Qing Madi Songwriter of the Year for her emotive track “Vision,”, Zerry DL […]
JAMB Denies Posting Candidates Outside Chosen Examination Towns
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied allegations that it assigns candidates to exam centers outside their chosen towns. The board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, stated that candidates are assigned to centers within their selected towns and challenged anyone with proof to the contrary to come forward. Benjamin added that, to ensure transparency […]
FG Warns Against Threats of Cyber-slavery In West Africa
The Federal Government has raised an alarm about the growing threat of cyber-slavery in West Africa, targeting Nigerian youths. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday expressed concern over the alarming rise in cases of cyber-slavery across parts of West Africa, which he said “primarily targets Nigerian citizens, […]
FG Receives 231 Trafficked Nigerian Youths Rescued from Ghana
The Federal Government has received 231 Nigerian youths, comprising boys and girls, who were victims of human trafficking and recently rescued from Ghana. According to the Head of Human Trafficking at Ghana’s Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Staff Officer Dominic Mensah, the victims were found during a raid on an estate where they were […]
D’Tigress To Face Mozambique, Rwanda In 2025 AfroBasket Tournament
Nigeria’s D’Tigress have been drawn in Group D of the 2025 AfroBasket with Mozambique and Rwanda. They will be looking to win a record extending seventh title at the competition which will be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire. Hosts Cote d’Ivoire are in a tough group with Angola and Egypt, while Mali, Cameroon and South Sudan […]
JAMB Commences CBT UTME Examination Nationwide
The 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, began yesterday at various CBT centres across the country, with over 2 million candidates participating. In Lagos, officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were deployed to secure all accredited CBT centres for the examination. Speaking at the end of a monitoring exercise at some CBT […]
Federal Government To Conduct Forensic Audit On NNPCL
Federal Government plans to conduct a forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, soon. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, who revealed this at the ongoing Nigerian Investor Forum in Washington DC, explained that the recent changes in the NNPCL management are part of a broader effort […]
