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He said, “Made in Nigeria Special Project Office is a project office in the OSGF. We don’t know where fake agency comes from. A programme that has been in the SGF’s office since 16 July 2010 was just discovered yesterday (Friday). After 16 years; Nigeria is a funny country.” The National Coordinator and Executive Director of the National Brands Development …

Cristiano Ronaldo has set another remarkable record after becoming the first professional footballer to score in 25 consecutive league seasons. The 41-year-old Portuguese forward achieved the feat on Friday, August 21, when Al-Nassr faced Al-Riyadh in the Saudi Pro League. Ronaldo started the match on the bench before coming on in the 62nd minute. He needed just 21 minutes to …

Over the past few decades, “Black August,” or “the August curse,” has become a sort of journalistic shorthand in Russia for dramatic crises that seem to happen in the last weeks of summer. In some respects, Black August is Russia’s rough equivalent to the “silly season” in British journalism, the late-summer lull when frivolous headlines seem to dominate while parliament is out of …

A fresh wave of US tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods came into effect on Saturday after a last-minute breakdown in trade talks. Announcing the suspension of negotiations shortly before the Friday night deadline, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would impose reciprocal tariffs on US goods “dollar for dollar”. Carney said “last-minute changes in the US …

DLA affirms Adebisi as 2027 presidential candidate The Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) in Lagos State has affirmed a U.S.-based businessman, Mr Moses Adebisi, as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. The Lagos State DLA Chairman, Mr Richard Benson, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday after the party’s substitution primary. The exercise was held at the party’s …

Mr Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the Aug. 15 Osun election, has appealed to supporters to remain peaceful while the party reviews the poll. Oyebamiji ​‌‌‍‍⁠​‍⁠⁠‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌​‍‌​made the appeal on Friday after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said Tinubu emphasised the importance of conducting elections peacefully, stressing that government was …

Niger Delta Youth Network (NDYN) said it has inaugurated a Project Monitoring and Accountability Committee to promote transparency, accountability and quality delivery of projects in the Niger Delta region. NDYN also urged the Federal Government, the Senate President, National Assembly and Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) management to direct contractors handling projects across the Niger Delta region to return to …

A presidential aspirant of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Julius Filani, has announced his withdrawal from the party’s replacement presidential primary ahead of the 2027 elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that INEC has given political parties a window to substitute their presidential candidates. Filani, a member of the YPP Board of Trustees (BoT) and one of the …

The problem was not necessarily the decision to remove the subsidy. The problem was that we did not adequately prepare the country for the consequences of removing it. A reform of this magnitude should never be treated as merely an accounting exercise. When you remove a subsidy in an economy where transportation costs affect the price of food, where businesses …

Mr Peter Obi, a 2027 Candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC),, has urged Nigerians to support his aspiration to become president of the country and give him their mandate. Obi made the call at a news conference, where he announced the commencement of campaign activities ahead of the Jan.16 presidential /National Assembly elections in Onitsha, Anambra, on Friday. He …