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A Nigerian player, Ado Hadi, with CD Madridejos in the Spanish Terceira division, collapsed and died during his side’s home match against SP Cabanillas on Sunday. In a Castilla-La Mancha Football Federation statement, Hadi reportedly collapsed “for no apparent reasons” in the 39th minute of the ill-fated match, a report by The Nation says. The medical team […]

  Petrol consumers have continued to groan under the burden of skyrocketing prices, as Premium Motor Spirit almost hit N400 per litre over the weekend. The market survey over the weekend showed while stations belonging to the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria were selling products at around N190 per litre, stations belonging to members […]

Phyno and Olamide have released a new song titled ‘Ojemba’.   Genre: Afrobeats Date of Release: January 27, 2022 Producer: Unknown   Length: 2 minutes 57 seconds Features: 1 – Olamide Label: Penthauze Details/Takeaway: Superstar rappers Phyno and Olamide has added another song to their long list of collaborations. This time, they explore Highlife with which they have delivered several hits.

Nigerian superstars, Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido, clinched awards on Sunday night at the prestigious All Africa Music Awards which took place in Dakar, Senegal. Grammy award-winning Burna Boy bagged the Best Act in Africa award at the eighth edition of the event. He also cliched the Best Album of Year award, beating the likes […]

Deposit Money Banks borrowed the sum of N21.87tn from the Central Bank of Nigeria via the Standing Lending Facility window and Repurchase Lending platform in 2020, according to the CBN financial data. This represents a 260 per cent increase when compared to the N5.744tn recorded via the same windows in 2022. It, however, represents a […]

•Cashiers ration new notes, lenders allot N100,000 per teller in banks •Suspicious customers snub new notes as local traders reject new currency •Court declines to stop CBN withdrawal policy, Emefiele meets Reps Tuesday Mixed reactions greeted the disbursement of the new naira notes that officially went into circulation on Thursday with many bank customers demanding […]

At St Mary’s primary school in London, almost half of children are entitled to a free school lunch owing to the fact they are from England’s poorest families. And while charities argue that more pupils should be allowed access to taxpayer-funded meals amid a cost-of-living crisis caused by sky-high inflation, the government of Prime Minister […]

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that tackling fuel subsidy and foreign exchange challenges to reposition Nigeria’s economy to the right trajectory may cost Nigeria’s next president a second term. Despite this, the governor explained that the country needs such a leader that could rise beyond consideration of office and take painful but […]

Ten-man Morocco made history at the magnificent Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar when they became the first African nation to book their place in the semi-finals of the World Cup. In the first quarter final game of the day, Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal by jumping above Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa to meet […]