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Spanish prosecutors on Wednesday called for Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to be sentenced to prison for four years and nine months for allegedly failing to declare earnings to the tax office. Madrid state prosecutor’s office accused the 64-year-old Italian of having deprived Spain’s treasury of over one million euros in earnings from image rights in […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi said he was not desperate to be the President of Nigeria. Obi spoke while reacting to his award as the Leadership Politician of the Year 2023 at the newspaper’s Annual Conference and Awards event in Abuja on Tuesday. According to […]
Crisis broke out in the Ibeshe area of Lagos yesterday, leaving an unspecified number of persons dead and several others injured. The cause of the crisis in which dangerous weapons were used was unknown at the time of writing this report. The altercation erupted last night and still on this morning, leading to the destruction […]
Lagos State government has expressed worry over sustainability breaches in its housing estates, warning residents of such estates for failure to secure and maintain the estates’ infrastructure. The worry and the warning followed the vandalisation of facilities, including cables, generators and electrical panels by vandals and robbers at Abiodun Ogunleye Housing Estate, Igbogbo. Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, […]
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Abuja, the nation’s capital, after a two-day official visit to Qatar. Tinubu arrived on Monday evening and was received by Vice-President Kashim Shettima and other top government officials at the Nnamdi Azikwe Internationa Airport, Abuja. Other government officials who welcomed the president included Femi Gbajabiamila, Tinubu’s chief of staff […]
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday in Doha Qatar, vowed to deal with anyone who asks for bribes to undermine investors confidence in the country. The president assured the international business community that Nigeria is ready for serious business as his administration will deal decisively with any and all entrenched interests in the country who undermine […]
The Lagos state government has made it known that it will enforce monthly rental payments. In a recent press briefing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Housing, shared exciting news about the upcoming monthly rental system. Set to be implemented by the end of 2024 or early next year, this […]
President Bola Tinubu has asked Qatari captains of industry to report any Nigerian official who demands any form of bribe before allowing them to do business in the country. He insisted that Nigeria would no longer be held back by its past dotted with bureaucratic bottlenecks and corruption that stifled the ease of doing […]
A former Minister of Power, Prof Barth Nnaji, has said the newly inaugurated 181 megawatts power plant in Aba, Abia State can be reproduced in Lagos and other states of the country. Nnaji, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Geometric Power Limited, the owner of the Aba power plant, in an interview with Sunrise […]
The Nigeria Customs Service Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Dr Ben Oramalugo, said the command intercepted fake pharmaceuticals comprising Augmentin tablets, Ampiclox and Amoxycillin capsules concealed in 53 sacks with a Duty Paid Value of N1,739,000,000.00. The Oyo/Osun Customs Controller said that during the period covering February 1 through 27, 2024, the command collected the […]
