The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has given an assurance to Nigerians that Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) will be available in the Nigerian market in 48 hours. However, Dangote said this will depend on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. READ ALSO: Nigeria Is A Very Poor Country, Our Wealth Is Overestimated – Bayo OnanugaThe [...]

The Presidency has again denied paying for fuel subsidy. This is as it stated that it never lied about the controversial fuel subsidy scheme in the country. The rebuttal was contained in a post on X by Bayo Onanuga, one of the spokespersons for the president. READ ALSO: Nigeria Is A Very Poor Country, Our Wealth [...]

PZ Cussons Nigeria Reports First Annual Loss In Years Amid Naira Depreciation PZ Cussons Nigeria posted its first annual loss since 2020 in the financial year ended 31 May 2024, according to its audited accounts released on Friday. Details showed that loss after tax rose to N76 billion and foreign currency obligations soared to a […] The post PZ Cussons Nigeria Reports First Annual Loss In Years Amid Naira Depreciation appeared first on NaijaOlofofo.

The Osun Amotekun Corps has arrested a 35-year-old man, Muritala Ibrahim, for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Agba, Boripe Local Government Area of the state.   The Corps Commander, CSP Isaac Omoyele (rtd), who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, August 26, 2024, said the suspect was arrested after the victim’s mother lodged [...]

Nigerian-born UFC star Israel Adesanya, popularly known as the Last Stylebender, has claimed that most ladies living in Lagos are hookers, widely known as “runs girls”. Speaking in a video shared via his official X handle on Monday, Adesanya said Lagos ladies like showing off, but proceeds of prostitutes are financing their lifestyles. However, the [...]

Russia has launched several strikes across Ukraine, killing at least five people and wounding several, in an attack that appeared to target energy infrastructure. Ukraine also launched a drone attack on Russia’s central region of Saratov, injuring four. The exchange began around midnight on Sunday and continued beyond daybreak on Monday. Ukraine’s air force reported [...]

After Bayern Munich overcame a late deficit to defeat VfL Wolfsburg in their Bundesliga opener on Sunday, the team's new head coach, Vincent Kompany, complimented his team's spirit. An 82nd-minute goal by Serge Gnabry secured the German champions a 3-2 win at Wolfsburg and handed Kompany, who replaced Thomas Tuchel after their disappointing third-place finish last season, a winning [...]

American McCartney Kessler stunned No. 1 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil on Saturday, shaking off a brutal first set for a 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory in the final of Tennis in the Land in Cleveland. It was Kessler's first career WTA Tour title. READ ALSO: Most Women In Lagos Engage In Hookup Culture – Isreal Adesanya (Video)  As the [...]

A dam has collapsed in northeastern Sudan as the country deals with heavy rainfall leading to disastrous floodwaters, the Federal Ministry of Health said. The ministry said in a statement late on Sunday that the Arbaat Dam north of Port Sudan had collapsed, killing four people in the floodwaters and sweeping away homes. It added [...]

Armed men have killed at least 38 people in three assaults amid other reported incidents of violence in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan. Several buses and trucks were stopped overnight on Sunday by armed men who checked passengers’ IDs before shooting 23, setting 10 vehicles ablaze and escaping in the remote area of Rarasham in [...]

The forward for Chelsea, Noni Madueke, praised his teammate Cole Palmer after their 6-2 victory over Wolves on Sunday. Madueke scored a second half hat trick, with Palmer providing assists for all three of his goals at Molineux as Chelsea kick started their season. "He is cold and I am fire, so it mixes well. [...]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the July 4 judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja faulting the conduct of the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, which produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming September 21 election. In a unanimous judgment a [...]

After Kylian Mbappé failed to score in a La Liga match for the second straight game, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti stated he is not worried about the forward's goal-scoring ability. However, the La Liga champions' 3-0 victory at the Bernabéu against Real Valladolid on Sunday saw Mbappé substituted after 86 minutes, after his second [...]

The Federal Government has prohibited individuals under the age of 18 from taking part in the National Examinations Council and West African Examinations Council exams. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ program on Sunday night. Mamman explained that the federal government has directed WAEC, [...]

The proposed meeting between the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) scheduled to hold today has been postponed. President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed that the planned meeting which was to prevent another ASUU strike, will no longer be held as announced by the Minister of Education on Friday. [...]

An Ibadan driver was filmed wearing a woman's ankara blouse while driving his passengers. A surprised passenger filmed the driver and shared the video online. READ ALSO: Passenger Beaten, Choked By Bus Driver For Spitting On Him It shows him in a blue Ankara blouse, with puffy sleeves that flared out towards the wrist. READ ALSO: Drunk [...]

Just eight months after joining Barcelona in a move costing an initial €35 million ($39 million), forward Vitor Roque has joined Real Betis on a season-long loan. Betis will pay Roque's salary in full and also have an option to extend the Brazilian's loan into a second season. Another clause has also been included which [...]

Napoli have received a €65 million offer for Victor Osimhen from  Saudi Arabia club, Al Ahli. The Saudi Arabian club are the first to officially send in an offer for Osimhen after reported links to Chelsea. Posting on X football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, said: “Al Ahli have submitted an initial bid to Napoli for [...]

Police in Germany are searching for an unknown suspect behind a mass stabbing at a festival in the western city of Solingen in which three people were killed. Eight people were injured, five of them seriously, police said on Saturday as thousands had gathered at a central square for celebrations to mark Solingen’s 650th anniversary. [...]

Russia wanted to “destroy” Ukraine but the war has “returned to its home”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in an Independence Day video address filmed in the border area from where Kyiv launched its surprise incursion into Kursk. Ukraine was on Saturday celebrating its 33rd independence day from the Soviet Union amid the protracted war, [...]

Heartland Football Club confirmed that head coach Samson Obi has died following a car accident. The club’s media officer, Tunde Liadi, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Owerri and made available to newsmen on Saturday. Liadi stated that the accident occurred at Okwelle in Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo at about 4 [...]

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, expressed concerns that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's presidency in 2023 would have brought instability to Nigeria. During an appearance on Arise Television, George revealed that Atiku's emergence as the PDP’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election could have led to significant problems, including [...]

A Twitter user has gone off on a rant after it was revealed that Koye Kekere-Edun, an actor and the son of Nigeria's newly appointed Chief Justice, Kudirat Kekere-Edun, was a vocal supporter of Peter Obi, the Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate. The Twitter user, Taofeek T. Gawat, sarcastically congratulated Koye on his mother's appointment [...]

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Kukah, has decried the unjust treatment of Christian faith in Nigeria, with the unimaginable persecution of Christians in the North.   Kukah spoke on Friday in Lagos virtually at the Silver Jubilee Anniversary of the Order of the Knights of St Mulumba Nigeria Eko Subordinate Council. [...]

A dispatch rider riding along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State was killed in an accident following a multiple-vehicle collision on Friday. Also in the incident, two other persons sustained a fractured leg injury in the accident that occurred near the Chevron end of the expressway. According to a statement on Friday by the Director [...]

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that 20 medical and dental students and a House Officer who were kidnapped in Benue State while en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu State have been released. The students, from the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos, were [...]

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Y.D. Ahmed has announced the rescue of a prospective corps member, Solomon Daniel Bassey, who was abducted in August 2023. The DG stated this at a press briefing on Friday at the NYSC Headquarters, Abuja. "On August 22, we rescued the last corps member [...]

The Supreme Court has affirmed the reelection of Governor Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Imo State. In a judgment on Friday, August 23, a five-member panel of the court dismissed the appeal by the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Athan Achonu for being unmeritorious. Justice Mohammed Baba Idris, [...]

The Court has affirmed the victory of Ahmed Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election held in Kogi State on November 11, 2023. In a judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the appeal by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and candidate Yakubu Muritala [...]

The abductors of 26 women from Allawa Community in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, who were abducted in February this year, have released a video featuring two of the captives. In the 30-second video obtained by KOKO TV NG on Friday, the women pleaded with their families and relatives to provide the [...]

The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has vowed to increase Nigerians’ trust in the judicial system. She maintained that such a task would not be hers alone but the collective duty of all Nigerians. “We will take the judiciary to new heights. We will improve its reputation and ensure that people have [...]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday urged journalists to abide by all laws, regulations and guidelines for the September 21 Governorship election in Edo State. It also enjoined journalists to obey all rules and codes from relevant regulatory bodies as well as the ethics of the journalism profession in the discharge of their [...]

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by former Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva against the victory of Governor Duoye Diri in the last governorship election held in Bayelsa State on November 11, 2023. The Supreme Court, in the judgment on Friday, August 23, on Sylva’s appeal, marked: SC/CV/648/2024, held that the appeal [...]

NDLEA Proposes Mandatory Drug Tests For Varsity Admission The Commandant of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State, Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, has proposed that newly admitted university students should be made to undergo mandatory drug tests as part of their admission process. She explained that this would “Serve as a preventive measure while […]

“How My Friends Accused Me Of Using My Sick Wife For Money Ritual” – Obi Cubana Billionaire businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu aka Obi Cubana, has opened up on his wife’s struggle with an illness that almost took her life. Speaking during an interview with host Chude Jideonwo, Obi Cubana revealed that the incident happened after she […]

Samson Siasia, a former Super Eagles player and coach, has officially completed a five-year ban imposed by FIFA over match-fixing allegations. Originally handed a lifetime ban, Siasia's penalty was reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in 2019, which ruled that a lifetime ban was excessive for a first-time offender [...]