President Bola Tinubu has declared the 14th Biennial Police Games in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The event tagged “Oluyole 2024” is themed “Competing for Peace, Unity, Stability, and Development of Nigeria.” It features over 4000 athletes from 17 zonal commands nationwide who will be competing in 30 games. Speaking …
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Qatar didn’t snub Tinubu, will visit as scheduled – Presidency
The Presidency has said the Qatar government did not snub President Bola Tinubu, saying plans by the visit the arab country will still hold. This is as it described a leaked memo on the matter as an act by mischieve makers. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the …
Read More »ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, Burkina Faso, others
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to lift some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The resolution was taken at the extraordinary summit on the peace, political and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region in Abuja on Saturday. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr …
Read More »‘Transport fare terrible, garri no longer snacks’- Nigerians weep, lament economic hardship
As the nation’s economy bits unrelentingly, Nigerians are devising different ‘structural adjustment strategies’ to keep body and soul together, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A cross-section of respondents, who spoke with NAN in Ibadan on Friday, said they had resorted to rationing their meagre resources amidst other coping mechanisms. …
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