17+ hour, 11+ min ago  (667+ words) Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has commenced its 2026 Easter Special Patrol Operations nationwide, with the deployment of personnel and logistics to ensure safe and hitch-free movement of road users. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed made this known yesterday…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (904+ words) The African Union Sports Council (AUSC) has intensified efforts to reposition sports as a major driver of socio-economic development across the continent, convening a high-level regional workshop for West African member states Zone 2" in Abuja. The meeting, focused on the…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (311+ words) The committee, made up of 14 members, is designed to harness the expertise and global reach of Nigerian sports stakeholders in the diaspora to identify, engage, and integrate talented athletes into the country's sports ecosystem. Ayodele Ibidapo, a respected journalist with…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (53+ words) Iraq beat Bolivia 2-1 to claim final World Cup place'aljazirahnews.com Iraq became the 48th and final team to qualify for the World Cup on Tuesday, defeating Bolivia 2-1 in an intercontinental playoff in Mexico to seal their first appearance at the finals…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (225+ words) Nollywood producer and actor Kingsley Okafor says his new film Avante is meant as a moral compass "a hypothetical presumption of reality" for anyone struggling with life's hardest decisions. The thriller, directed by Toka McBaror, opened Sunday night at Silverbird…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (456+ words) Nigeria's spending on imported passenger vehicles rose sharply to N1.58 trillion in 2025, 24.64% increase from 2024, signalling renewed consumer interest despite still making up a small slice of the country's overall imports. Fresh figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics show that…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (890+ words) Poultry farmers have attributed the current price hike of eggs and scarcity to the shortage of Day-Old-Chicks, DOCs, in the country. The farmers and traders disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN yesterday in Lagos....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (241+ words) As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu marked his 74th birthday Saturday, basketball administrator Igoche Mark joined the tributes, singling out the president's impact on Nigerian sport. In a statement released hours after Tinubu's low-key birthday message, Mark a former basketball player and…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (292+ words) President Bola Tinubu has approved the expansion of the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas ,PiCNG, to include electric vehicles ,EVs. With the approval, the initiative will now be known as the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (773+ words) Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has reduced its gantry price for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to N1,200 per litre, with a coastal price set at N1,153 per litre, in a move expected to influence fuel costs across Nigeria's downstream sector. The adjustment was…...