Month: July 2025

The Labour Party (LP) has officially ratified and adopted its Interim National Working Committee (INWC), naming Senator Nenadi Esther Usman as Interim National Chairman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha as Interim National Secretary. The decision was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Friday in […]

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, the son of the former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd), as the chairman of revamped Bank of Agriculture (BOA). According to a statement on Friday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu approved the appointment along with the leadership of eight other federal agencies. Fifty-three (53) […]

The Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) has handed over a total of 11 containers which were intercepted at Onne Port in Rivers State to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The containers contained illicit and unregistered pharmaceutical products, which include harmful drugs and had aggregate duty value of N20,545,999,200. The substances were […]

Manchester City have revealed their all-new PUMA away kit for the 2025–26 season, taking inspiration from the club’s first-ever shirt, all the way from 1884. City recently confirmed a new 10-year partnership with PUMA which is understood to be the most lucrative kit manufacturing deal in Premier League history, valued at a whopping £1 billion. […]

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has issued a public advisory to correct a widespread misunderstanding about U.S. visa rules, particularly regarding the length of stay for visitors. The clarification was shared via the embassy’s official X (formerly Twitter) account on July 17, emphasising that the validity date on a visa does not determine how […]

Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has praised President Bola Tinubu for immortalising the late former President Muhammadu Buhari by renaming the University of Maiduguri in Borno State after him. Alausa, in a statement on Friday by the Ministry’s Director of Press, Boriowo Folasade, said the institution will now be known as Muhammadu Buhari University […]

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 618 illegal drugs shops during a week-long enforcement exercise in Rivers and Bayelsa States. The Council stated that while 536 of illegal drug dispensing shops were sealed in Rivers State, 82 were shut in Bayelsa State. PCN stated that during the exercise, a total number of 618 […]

A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Barr Silas Onu, has resigned his membership of the party and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Onu, a senatorial candidate of the PDP in the February 4, 2024 rerun election for Ebonyi South, conveyed his resignation through a letter he signed on […]

Manchester United have reached an agreement with Brentford to sign forward, Bryan Mbeumo. Following weeks of negotiations, a deal worth up to £71million ($95.5m) has finally been struck to onboard the player. The deal comprises an initial £65m, to be paid in four instalments, with additional maximum of £6m in bonuses. The 25-year-old Mbeumo said […]