Month: March 2024

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Entertainment

NIGERIAN ARTISTS LOSE OUT AT THE 44TH BRIT AWARDS.

Nigerian music superstars Burna Boy and Asake lost the Best International Artist category to American Rhythm and Blues superstar SZA at the 44th edition of the Brit Awards ceremony presented by British Phonographic Industry BPI held at the O2 Arena in London. Rema's Calm Down which was nominated for the International Song of the Year lost to Miley Cyrus' Flowers.  British singer and songwriter Raye however made history winning six of the seven prizes she was nominated for by beating Blur, Adele,and Harry Styles' record four wins at a single ceremony.  She is also the first woman to win Songwriter of the Year.

todayMarch 4, 2024

News

PHIL FODEN LEADS MANCHESTER CITY TO DERBY DAY WIN AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM.

English forward Phil Foden scored twice in the second half as Manchester City came from behind to beat Manchester United 3-1 at the Ethiad Stadium. Marcus Rashford’s thumping long shot had given Erik Ten Hag’s team an unlikely lead in the Manchester Derby and Norwegian striker Erling Haaland’s shocking miss from much closer range allowed United to retain the lead until the interval, but they could not hold on. Foden found a fantastic strike of his own in the 56th minute before putting City ahead with a low […]

todayMarch 4, 2024

National

NLC GIVES CONDITIONS TO HALTPLANNED NATIONWIDE STRIKE.

The Nigeria Labor Congress NLC has insisted that the only thing that would stop the planned nationwide strike over the hardship in the country was the federal government’s honoring of the agreement it had with labor. In the latest letter written to the government, where the NLC dismissed claims by the federal government that it had fulfilled 80 percent of the October 2, 2023, agreement with organizedlabor, they asked the government to come out clean on any part of the agreement it fully fulfilled, NLC in the letter […]

todayMarch 4, 2024

Economy

CUSTOMS ANNOUNCES 90-DAY WINDOW FOR IMPORT DUTY REGULARISATION ON VEHICLES

The Nigerian Customs Service NCS yesterdayannounced a 90-day window for regularizingimport duties on specific categories of vehiclesfollowing the directive of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun.  In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada Customs noted that the initiative applies solely to vehicles imported into Nigeria where the requisite customs duty has not been fulfilled or vehicles detained due to undervaluation.  The NCS stated that all vehicle owners, Importers/Agents seeking to […]

todayMarch 4, 2024

Economy

PRESIDENT TINUBU TELLS QATARI INVESTORS TO REPORT BRIBE SEEKERS.

President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his government’s determination to fight corruption and create a good business environment, urging Qatari investors to report any Nigerian government official who asks for a bribe.  Tinubu who stated this yesterday at the Nigeria-Qatar Business and Investment Forum in Doha, promised that his government will deal decisively with any entrenched interests in the country that undermine investor confidence in the Nigerian economy.  He stated that Nigeria will no longer be defined by the past, but by what they do now and moving forward urging Qatari investors not to let perceptions become […]

todayMarch 4, 2024

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