Nigeria’s Queen of Track, Tobiloba Amusan’s hope of attending the forthcoming 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary is currently hanging in the balance as she awaits the decision of the Athletics Integrity Unit over her ‘ provisional suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit(AIU). The suspension was consequent upon Amusan’s missing three whereabouts drug tests…
Luis Enrique, the recently appointed manager of Paris Saint-Germain, has initiated a transformation by informing five players, including Neymar Jr, that they do not fit into his vision for the team’s future. Reports from RMC indicate that Marco Verratti, Hugo Ekitike, Juan Bernat, and Renato Sanches are the other squad members who received this news….
Idrisu Abdullahi, a man suspected of motorcycle theft, has found himself facing legal action in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. His appearance in court comes in response to a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, theft, and affiliation with a gang of thieves, all of which contravene Sections 97, 287, and 306 of the…
…facilitates diplomatic talks between Niger Junta and ECOWAS. Muhammadu Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano, recently held discussions with military leaders in Niger Republic. Sanusi’s visit came after a scheduled meeting between the junta and representatives of the African Union, the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), and a high-ranking American diplomat was called…
Governor Biodun Oyebanji-led Ekiti state government on Wednesday rolled out palliative measures to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal on residents, while directing a three-man committee to meet with the leadership of organised labour to finalise proposals for the measures. According to Akintunde Oyebode, commissioner for finance and economic development, the government has…
The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied a report claiming she was threatened after a visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Informant247 had reported that Okonjo-Iweala was on Tuesday, visited Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, making it the second time she will be meeting the president since he…
No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead while five others were seriously injured in multiple accidents on Eko Bridge, Lagos. The Informant247 gatheres that the accident, which occurred on Wednesday, was said to have involved six private vehicles and a truck with registration number T-1501LA. Adebayo Taofiq, the spokesperson for the Lagos State…
Ademola Adeleke, the Osun State Governor, while receiving in his office, the General Officer Commanding, 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Valentine Okoro, who led members of his team among whom were the Commanders of Engineering Construction Command Ede, on a working visit, called for the establishment of a regional task force to…
The 14th Emir of Kano and the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has met with the military junta in Niger Republic. This is coming after the couo leaders aborted a meeting with representatives of African Union (AU), Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) and a…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently in a meeting with former governors of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. It was learned that the ex-governors arrived at the State House separately. The reason for their meeting is not yet known but may be surrounded by the failure of the…
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday, arrested a female trader, Taye Abass, for allegedly trafficking a hard drug known as Colorado, through her niece (name withheld). The woman a resident of Oko Oba area of Lagos confessed to the offence while being paraded by the police at the state headquarters in Ikeja. Abass confessed…
Folashodun Shonubi-led Central Bank of Nigeria has stated that the country’s inflation rate is better compared to most African nations. The acting CBN Governor made this on Tuesday at the 2023 Zenith Bank International Trade Seminar. Shonubi, represented by Kingsley Obiorah, the Deputy Governor, Economic Policy at the CBN, explained that there were several contributing…
Following a law passed by the Ugandan government against anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender in the the country, the World Bank has announced that it will no longer consider new loans to Uganda over the adoption of the new law The Informant247 gathered that the Ugandan government had proscribed law which includes life imprisonment and…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has found himself at the center of a debate following his recent statement about funds being allocated to senators to facilitate their holiday plans. The news spread rapidly on social media, triggering a wave of criticism from Nigerians. In a video that quickly went viral, Akpabio acknowledged the National Assembly Clerk’s…
Taiwo Oyedele, the chairman, presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday, stated that Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and 62 other ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government should not collect revenue directly. Oyedele, a former fiscal policy partner and Africa tax leader at…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio shared during a recent Senate session that the clerk of the National Assembly had distributed a small monetary sum to senators’ individual bank accounts to enhance their holiday experience. The disclosure was made on August 9 in an online video that captured the conclusion of the Senate’s ministerial screening and the…
The special adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale during an interview with Al Jazeera on Tuesday evening, has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is determined to ensure that democratic rule returns to Niger Republic. Ngelale, who was reacting to concerns that Niger’s junta had…
Following the expiration of the directives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to reinstate democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum, the Niger Republic junta on Tuesday, again rejected a tripartite peace mission from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU), and the United Nations (UN). The Informant247 gathered…
Ahead of the kick of the new season of the Nigeria Premier League(NPL) season, Kwara State government has begun renovation work on the main bowl of the Kwara Stadium Complex The renovation, among other critical intervention involves the dressing rooms, Media Centre, Audio Control Room, Standard Vip toilet, Physio Room and Medical Bay. The stadium…
In a significant turn of events, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has decided to temporarily halt its proposed nationwide daily protest following a behind-the-scenes discussion with key figures from the senate. President of NARD, Emeka Orji, revealed this development in a short message obtained by The Informant247. Orji disclosed that while the planned…
