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A court in Spain has found former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. He has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. The 40-year-old, who is one of the most decorated footballers in history, had denied sexually assaulting the woman in the early hours of 31 December 2022. His lawyer had asked for his acquittal and said she […]
At least four people have died and 19 are missing after a massive fire ripped through two joined apartment blocks in the Spanish city of Valencia, emergency services say. The blaze engulfed a 14-storey block in the Campanar neighbourhood and spread to an adjoining building. Firefighters were seen rescuing people from balconies. Experts say that highly flammable cladding on the building enabled the fire to spread rapidly. The building contains […]
The nation’s Gross Domestic Product growth fell to 2.74 per cent in 2023 from 3.10 per cent in 2022, according to new GDP report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. This represents the slowest growth since 2020 when the economy contracted and entered into a recession by –1.92 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NBS in its ‘Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report, (Q4 2023)’ released […]
The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has said that the distribution of seized food items would commence on Friday. Adeniyi, while speaking with journalists on Thursday in Lagos, warned that the distributed seized food items was not to be resold. Adeniyi also warned that customs officers were banned from partaking in the exercise, adding that the rice would come in 25kg, which would be sold for N10,000. Recall that […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abbas says the about 400,000 policemen in the country are not sufficient to provide security to over 200 million Nigerians. Speaking during a courtesy call on him by the association of Clerks of State Houses of Assembly, Dr. Abbas who was represented by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr Benjamin Okezie Kalu, said to this end, it […]
Governors on Thursday denied a claim by Senate President Godswill Akpabio that the Federal Government disbursed N1.08tn to states to address the food crisis in the country. During the inauguration of the renovated central mosque in the Iseyin area of Oyo State on Thursday, the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, said as the Vice-Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, he could attest to the fact that state governors did not receive […]
The Senate has passed the Bill seeking establishment of the South East Development Commission, (SEDC). The Red Chamber took the decision while considering the bill's clauses at its Committee of the Whole, chaired by President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio. The bill when signed into law would be charged with the responsibility to receive and manage funds from allocation of the Federation Account for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, […]
In a bid to ensure food security in the country, the Defence Headquarters has strategically deployed troops across the nation to enable farmers to return to their farms. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on the activities of troops in the last week. According to him, troops intensified efforts in ongoing military operations aimed at bolstering security and […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Abbas Tajudeen has urged members to emulate the legacies of the late Speaker Ghali Na'aba, who will be remembered for his dedication to public service. Dr Abbas stated this at the Valedictory session in honor of the late speaker Ghali Umar Na'abba at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The late Speaker, Mr Ghali Umar Na'Abba was born September 27, 1958 and passed […]
