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Three Nigerian players, Ademola Lookman, Victor Boniface, and Nathan Tella, are vying for a spot in this year's Europa League final. Lookman's Italian club Atalanta secured a crucial 1-1 draw in France against Olympique Marseille in their first-leg semi-final clash. Meanwhile,...

Conglomerate Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp) anchored the phenomenal expansion in its net profit for the first quarter of the year on a more-than-threefold increase in the cash earned from energy sales. That alone provided 57.2 per cent of its revenue...

The Anambra State Government has arrested a man for allegedly forcing his daughter to marry in the state. The man, Uzochukwu Okoli, was arrested after his daughter reported the incident to the State Commissioner of Women and Social Welfare, Ify...

The death toll in the Enugu-Nike-Opi-Nsukka Road lone accident has risen from 15 to 17 persons as of Wednesday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Police Command in Enugu...

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has unveiled a N500 million revolving loans scheme for civil servants. Mr Sani disclosed this on Wednesday in Kaduna during the 2024 May Day Celebration. The governor symbolically distributed dummy cheques to some workers amidst cheers...

The Ogun State government, on Tuesday, urged residents in wetland areas to relocate to safer ground before the rain commences fully. According to the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), the rain, which had commenced...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Tuesday said there are prospects of moderate to heavy rainfall in several states of the country from Wednesday to Friday. Heavy rainfall is expected from the early hours of Wednesday in parts of Oyo,...

Nigeria’s leading investigative newspaper, PREMIUM TIMES, has written to President Bola Tinubu, asking him to order the prosecution of some officials of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) indicted for accepting bribes to the tune of N12 billion while sabotaging...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on May 15 arraign the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in a Federal Capital Territory court on three counts amended charge. In the fresh charge filed...

The past week was eventful in Nigeria’s South-east, where both shocking and sad events made headlines. It was the last week of April 2024. Here are the highlights of the top stories that made headlines in the region within the past...