NPFL Fines El-Kanemi Warriors ₦3.5M for Fan Misconduct
The Nigeria Premier Football League has fined El-Kanemi Warriors FC ₦3.5 million for crowd disturbances during a match against Ikorodu City. In the breakdown, the club was fined ₦1 million for failing to provide adequate security, which allowed unauthorised individuals to access restricted areas and harass match officials. An additional ₦1 million fine was imposed […]
IMF Urges Bold Reforms as Global Debt Nears 100% of GDP
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has expressed concern at the mounting global economic uncertainties and debt burden, charging policymakers to act boldly to decrease debt, rebuild financial buffers and rebuild public trust, tax fairly and spend wisely with a long term plan. In the latest Fiscal Monitor published yesterday in Washington, USA, the IMF warns […]
WHO Launches New Guidelines to Curb Adolescent Pregnancy
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new guideline aimed at preventing adolescent pregnancy and its significant related health complications. In a statement yesterday, the world health body urged rapid action to end child marriages and extend girls’ schooling, in a bid to tackle the leading cause of death globally among 15 to 19-year-old […]
Tiwa Savage Previews You4Me Ahead of New Album Release
Ahead of the release of her fourth studio album entitled “This One is Personal”, Tiwa Savage, yesterday previewed a song, You4Me, set to feature on the album. This One is Personal follows her third studio album released in 2020 called “Celia” Read Another Story – AGN Clarifies Victims of Owerri Set Tragedy Not Registered Members
AGN Clarifies Victims of Owerri Set Tragedy Not Registered Members
President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has clarified that the individuals involved in the recent tragic on-set incident in Owerri, Imo State, were not registered members of the Guild. Last week, reports emerged that four actors were rushed to the Federal University Teaching Hospital in Owerri after reportedly losing consciousness on […]
NFF to sanction Heartland and Abia Warriors for Owing Players
Heartland FC and Abia Warriors may face sanctions from the Nigeria Football Federation for failing to pay former players their wages as agreed. While Heartland over 12 million Naira to five players, Abia Warriors owes 6 million Naira to three players. The NFF Disciplinary Committee may impose sanctions on the clubs, including fines and additional […]
IMF: Global Growth to Decline to 2.8% in 2025 Amid Trade tensions
The International Monetary Fund, IMF has projected a shrinking global growth and declining world inflation, occasioned by heightened uncertainties and key policy adjustments. IMF’s Chief Economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas who announced this yesterday in Washington DC, USA, while giving the fund’s global economic outlook, also downgraded the 2025 U.S. growth forecast to 1.8%, down from 2.7% […]
Police IG orders Withdrawal of Mobile Police Officers from VIPs
Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the immediate withdrawal of such personnel from unauthorised deployments, including escort and guard duties for private individuals and VIP’s. The IGP expressed concern over the diversion of Police Mobile Force personnel to non-core duties, noting that it was established as the Nigeria Police Force’s “elite strike unit, designed […]
Eedris Abdulkareem Defends ‘Tell Your Papa’ Amid Broadcast Ban
Nigerian singer and rapper Eedris Abdulkareem says he did not attack Seyi Tinubu with his new song ‘Tell Your Papa’, stressing that he only replied to a statement he made that his father, President Bola Tinubu, is Nigeria’s best-ever president. Speaking yesterday in an interview on Rubbin’ Minds, Abdulkareem said the song was a call […]
Singer Portable Arrested Over Defamation, Threats
Portable, the controversial singer, has been arrested by the officers of the Kwara state police command. The ‘Zazoo Zeh’ hitmaker was apprehended at the weekend over allegations of criminal defamation, threat to life, incitement, and character assassination. The arrest followed a petition filed by fellow musician Saheed Osupa, accusing Portable of using abusive and insulting […]
