Author: Amina Mohammed

Arne Slot has urged Mohamed Salah to sign a new contract with Liverpool, advising the Egypt star against a lucrative move to Saudi Arabia. Salah has been in sensational form this season but is out of contract in June, with speculation persisting that the Saudi Pro League could be a possible destination for the Egyptian superstar. Saudi sports minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal was asked whether the forward was the “big prize” for the Middle East nation in an interview on the Piers Morgan Uncensored YouTube channel on Thursday. “Definitely, because if he ticks all the right boxes, even…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Abba Abubakar Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).  This was contained in a statement issued by Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday. The appointment, which takes effect from January 23, 2025, will see Aliyu serve an initial four-year term. Aliyu, a seasoned energy expert with over two decades of experience in the power, water resources, and transportation sectors, had been acting as the agency’s Managing-Director since March 2024. His leadership roles in both the on-grid and off-grid electricity sectors have positioned him as a key player…

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has announced a remarkable 20.79 per cent increase in the value of the country’s non-oil exports, reaching a total of $5.456bn in 2024. It stated that the amount surpassed the $4.5bn generated in 2023. The Executive Director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Nonye Ayeni, disclosed the figures while addressing the media on the performance report of the non-oil export sector for 2024 on Friday in Abuja. She said the significant growth reflects the resilience and diversification of Nigeria’s export sector beyond crude oil, a shift aimed at reducing the country’s reliance on oil revenue.…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum, Friday, called on the Federal Government to revisit or rejig its macro-economic policies to ameliorate the hardship/pains that they have inflicted on Nigerians. It stated that no meaningful or impactful achievements in the states would be achieved until the harsh policies are addressed. It also reaffirmed its support for the Court of Appeal judgment on the position of National Secretary position of the party, and advised the National Working Committee, NWC of the party to set up machinery for the effective implementation of the court judgment. The PDP forum, in a communique issued…

The Police Service Commission has ordered the immediate retirement of all senior police officers who have either exceeded 35 years in service or are above the age of 60. The directive follows controversy over the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun after he clocked 60 years. The Police and the Attorney General of the Federation have, however, said his continued stay in office is lawful. A statement on Friday by the PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, noted that the commission reviewed its earlier stance from the 24th plenary meeting in September 2017, which…

Twelve governors from the Peoples Democratic Party are currently holding a closed-door meeting in Asaba, the capital of Delta State. The meeting, which began last night, is not related to any party crisis. Journalists are awaiting updates from the Government House on the outcome of the meeting.

Grammy award-winning singer Tems announced on Thursday she was cancelling an upcoming concert in Kigali over Rwanda’s support of the M23 armed group waging an offensive in eastern DR Congo. The announcement came amid international condemnation of Rwanda’s backing of the M23 group, which seized control of the city of Goma this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich east. Tems, whose real name is Temilade Openiyi, revealed in a post on X that she was cancelling a concert at BK Arena in the Rwandan capital on March 22. “So I recently promoted my show in Rwanda without realising…

Music’s biggest stars including Beyonce and Taylor Swift will vie for top awards at Sunday’s Grammys gala, a glitzy ceremony proceeding despite devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. The shell-shocked entertainment capital is still reeling after the deadly blazes razed entire neighborhoods, leaving the music and film industries — vital to the city’s economy — grappling with how to navigate the coming awards season. Many annual Grammy week functions were scrapped, including prominent parties organized by top labels and companies like Spotify. But Harvey Mason Jr, the head of the Recording Academy behind the Grammys, said the gala would go on…

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has ordered the immediate release of the sum of N548 million to the Nigerian Union of Teachers  Endwell scheme which was withheld by the past administration. The release of the fund has therefore resolved the long-standing industrial dispute between the union and the Kaduna State Government. The acting Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board, Mubarak Mohammed who announced the development at a news conference in Kaduna,  explained that the dispute was resolved following a series of negotiations between NUT and the Kaduna State Government. He announced that going forward,  the…

A surge in Premium Motor Spirit sales has pushed MRS Oil Nigeria Plc’s pre-tax profit to N403.5 million for Q4 2024 in its recent financial statement, published on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on January 29, 2025. This marks a 60.67% decline from last year’s Q4 pre-tax profit of N1 billion. In contrast, the full-year pre-tax profit rose by 63.39% to N9.7 billion, compared to N5.9 billion the previous year. In terms of revenue, the quarterly figure decreased to N63.5 billion, down from N81.4 billion reported in the previous year. However, the total revenue for FY 2024 surged to N312.2 billion,…