Champions Liverpool will host Bournemouth on the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Premier League season, with Manchester United playing Arsenal at Old Trafford. Liverpool, who won the league in Arne Slot’s first season in charge, will begin their title defence at Anfield in the curtain-raiser on Friday, 15 August. Newly promoted Sunderland, back in the […]
The Benue State House of Assembly has officially reinstated 13 lawmakers who were suspended three months ago for dissenting from a legislative resolution. The move marks a significant step towards restoring unity within the state legislature after weeks of internal wrangling and political standoff. The lawmakers were initially suspended in March for convening a press […]
PZ Cussons has agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in PZ Wilmar, a Nigerian edible oils business, to joi,nt venture partner Wilmar International in a deal valued at approximately £51 million. The transaction marks the British consumer goods company’s withdrawal from Nigeria’s palm oil sector. Established in 2010, PZ Wilmar has grown into […]
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has terminated the contract awarded to Levant Construction Limited over its failure to deliver on the Benin–Sapele–Warri road project. The road, a major federal highway, is being reconstructed under the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme. Speaking in Abuja after a meeting with contractors handling various […]
The 17 candidates nominated by President Bola Tinubu to oversee the affairs of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Rivers State Civil Service Commission and Rivers State Local Government Service Commission have officially declared their assets before the Code of Conduct Bureau. The assets declaration came on the heel of security clearance by the Department of […]
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has reaffirmed President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to ending the ongoing killings in Benue State, following his emotional visit to communities affected by the latest round of violence in Guma Local Government Area. Senator Akume, who returned to his home state ahead of the […]
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has appointed Linus Obogo as his Chief Press Secretary and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, while reassigning Nsa Gill to serve as Special Adviser on Public Affairs. The appointments were confirmed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Anthony Owan […]
