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Nigeria’s Super Falcons fought to a gallant goalless draw in their opening match against Olympic champions Canada, with goalkeeper and captain Chiamaka Nnadozie the hero after stopping Christine Sinclair’s second-half penalty. In Nigeria’s 27th match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Super Falcons ran out on the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium as the clear underdogs to Olympic champions Canada in their …

…Gov expresses satisfaction with pace, quality of work …Mall will host e-library, world-class cinemas, others Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work at the Benin City Mall, noting that the project on completion will further strengthen the State’s position as one of the best retail hubs in the country. The governor …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – Edo State Police Command has vowed to employed relevant legal means to seal any hotel, lounges, apartments, drinking joints and other recreation centers linked to cult-related activities in the state. The command also warned patrons and members of various cult groups to stop the killings, vacate Edo State or be ready to …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – Chief David Uyunmwun Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, has joined his Ancestors, just less than two months before his 94th birthday in September. He succumbed to the will of God at a private hospital in Benin City, about 12:30pm, today, according to family sources.  “He has not been too strong and …

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday resolved to jettison the national social register used by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement its own conditional cash transfer. Rising from its meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja, the council revealed that the register is replete with integrity issues, adding that the criteria for its compilation were unclear. Addressing newsmen, Governor Charles …

The National Economic Council, on Thursday, in Abuja, proposed that State Governments implement cash transfer programmes using state-generated social registers, to soften the harsh economic realities since the discontinuance of petrol subsidy on May 29. This is different from the National Social Register, which, as of 2023, has captured over 61 million vulnerable Nigerians eligible for various government social programmes. …

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court on Thursday granted the request of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, permission to access the medical doctor of his choice while in the custody of the State security service. The court held that Kanu is entitled to the medical doctor of his choice however added …

First batch of petrol, 27 million litres imported by an independent marketer has arrived in the country, putting an end to a downstream monopoly market once enjoyed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The vessel, ST Nnene earlier billed to arrive since last week, but was held down off Lome waters due to adverse weather, birthed at Ijegun-Egba on …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, threatened to issue a warrant for the arrest of the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over his failure to appear in court to explain the circumstances surrounding an unpaid $53m legal fee arising from the Paris Club refund. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who ordered Emefiele to appear on the …

The Senate is, at the moment, in a closed-door meeting few minutes into the commencement  of today’s  plenary, largely necessitated by the list of ministerial nominees believed to have been submitted by the Presidency. Soon after taking petitions, which is the fifth item in the Order Paper, the President of the  Senate, Godswill Akpabio, announced that the Senators should go into an executive session  …