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Napoli striker Victor Osimhen scored four goals as the Super Eagles walloped Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier on Monday to give Nigeria their biggest win in history. Osimhen opened the score sheet in the 9th minute of the tie, before adding one each in the 48th, […]

Figures obtained on Monday from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator, an arm of the Federal Government’s power transmission company, showed that the national electricity grid actually crashed from a peak of 3,703 megawatts to as low as 9MW on Sunday. Nigeria witnessed widespread blackout on Sunday after the national grid collapsed around 6.49pm, before engineers […]

There was widespread blackout across the country on Sunday following the collapse of the national power grid, making it the fifth collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid in 2022. It was learnt that the grid collapse on Sunday occurred around 6.49pm, leading to the shutdown of the outgoing electricity feeders of some power distribution companies. The […]

The World Bank has predicted that more people in Nigeria and its Sub-Saharan neighbours are expected to fall into extreme poverty. According to a report obtained via a World Bank newsletter on Friday, titled, “Global Economic Prospects,” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its effect on the commodity market, supply chains, inflation, and financial conditions have intensified […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 10 new cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in six states. The NCDC had reported 21 cases and one death as of May 28. Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that does not spread easily between people. It is usually a mild self-limiting illness and most people recover within […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it has recorded an unprecedented surge in the number of citizens seeking to registers as voters ahead of the 2023 elections. The Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, revealed this in a statement. “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received reports […]

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Interior, has declared Monday, June 13, as a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day which comes up on June 12. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made this known in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr M. L. Shuaib Belgore, […]

Nigerian artist Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy has said he will leave Nigeria if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar or the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola Tinubu emerges winner of the 2023 general election. Read below:

Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday reacted to his emergence as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he didn’t expect to win the party’s primary election. He also said Nigeria is back on track following his victory at the just concluded APC National Convention at the Eagle […]

All phones in the European Union will, from 2024, use the same type of charging port for mobile phones, tablets and cameras, Reuters reported. “By autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU,” the European Parliament said in a statement. EU countries and lawmakers agreed […]

A United States (US) drug trial involving cancer patients has reportedly recorded 100 percent success. The patients had rectal cancer, a type of cancer that begins in the rectum, which is the lower end of the large intestine. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the trial consisted of 12 patients, all of whom […]

Nigerian reality TV star, Natacha Akide, simply known as Tacha, has lamented over how quickly Nigerians move on with their normal activities, following tragic occurrences in the country. She wondered what needed to happen again in Nigeria before the citizens would become “tired” of the situation in the country. The former Big Brother Naija housemate, […]

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has withdrawn from the presidential race. Mr Nnamani, who was running on the platform of the All Progressives (APC), pulled out of the race on Monday, some hours before the national convention. In a statement, Mr Nnamani cited a lack of sincerity on zoning and the poor management of the […]

A gunshot wound is a physical injury sustained from being hit by a bullet from a firearm, air gun or any other type of gun. Damages resulting from a gunshot wound may include bleeding, broken bones, organ damage, wound infection, loss of ability to move part of the body, or in severe cases death. Death from gunshot injury […]