Author: Festus Adeloye

Barcelona qualified for the Copa del Rey final after beating Atletico Madrid 1-0 on Wednesday night. The first leg of the semi-final tie ended in a thrilling 4-4 draw. Ferran Torres, who was picked to start the second leg ahead of Robert Lewandowski, scored the only goal of the game. Barca’s 5-4 aggregate win has now set up an El Clasico showdown with Real Madrid in Seville later this month. As for Atletico, the competition was their last realistic chance to win a trophy this season, having been eliminated from the Champions League by Real. Diego Simeone’s men have also…

US President Donald Trump has announced that exports from Nigeria to the United States will now be subjected to a 14 per cent tariff. The decision, which was made public during a ‘Make America Wealthy Again’ event in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, is part of a broader strategy aimed at rebalancing global trade and addressing perceived unfair trade practices. The newly introduced 14 per cent tariff marks a significant shift in U.S.-Nigeria trade relations, with the U.S. government citing an ongoing trade imbalance. According to the Trump administration, Nigeria imposes a 27 per cent tariff on U.S. exports, a…

The ruling All Progressives Congress  (APC) has told the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s remarkable successes are undeniable. The governing party also told the former Anambra Governor that the APC-led administration does not need the opposition validation of all the progress made in the last two years. Obi on Tuesday during an interview on Prime Time on Arise Television accused Tinubu of poor performance in implementing economic policy reform, claiming he would have done better. But the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka in a statement while reacting to Obi on Wednesday night in Abuja,…

The Edo state governorship election petition tribunal has affirmed Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected governor of Edo. The tribunal in three respective judgments dismissed the petition filed by the PDP, Action Alliance and Accord party. The tribunal held that the People’s Democratic Party failed to call witnesses to prove its case of overvoting The PDP failed to call polling unit agents from all the polling units where they had alleged electoral irregularities. The tribunal added that out of the 19 witnesses called by the petitioners 14 of them were ward and local government agents and the star witness who…

Popular Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, also known as 2Face, on Wednesday stormed the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja with his lover, Natasha Osawaru, the legislator for the Egor Constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly. The tribunal is set to deliver judgment on the petition the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, filed to nullify the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Osawaru, who is the Deputy Majority Leader of the Edo State Assembly, was elected on the platform of the PDP. 2face and his wife, Annie, announced…

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has come hard on the Ondo Representative in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Otito Atikase. Atikase, in a post on his verified Facebook page, asked Governor Aiyedatiwa to call the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Kayode Ajulo, to order. He was silent on his reasons but said he would not sit by and allow anybody to destroy the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him: “With our unwavering commitment to the development and growth of this state and the party alike, some of us will not sit idly by and allow anybody to destroy…

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has said  President Bola Tinubu is fulfilling the promise he made to Nigerians during the electioneering campaign. Obi, who was a guest on Arise TV said Tinubu is fulfilling his campaign promises to Nigerians, including following in the footsteps of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, which has been criticized for lack of direction. Tinubu promised to start from where his predecessor left off, and life has not been easy for citizens during the All Progressives Congress administration. Obi who sarcastically commended for doing fantastically well, said Tinubu…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has achieved its strongest foreign exchange reserve position in over three years, posting an impressive $23.11 billion in net reserves at the end of 2024. The development signals a robust recovery and enhanced financial stability for the country’s economy. It also reflects a substantial improvement in the country’s external liquidity, reduced short-term obligations, and renewed investor confidence. According to the CBN, NFER (Net foreign exchange reserve) stood at $23.11 billion, a marked increase from $3.99 billion at year-end 2023, $8.19 billion in 2022, and $14.59 billion in 2021. NFER, which adjusts gross reserves to account…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has debunked the purported extension of its Comptroller -General, Adewale Adeniyi’s tenure, stressing President Ahmed Tinubu, who has the authority to do so has not communicated it to the organisation. National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada stated this in a rejoinder. He said: ” ⁠For the avoidance of doubt, appointments and tenure extensions for the position of Comptroller-General of Customs are made solely at the discretion of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, in line with the provisions of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 and other relevant regulations governing public service appointments.…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has paid a condolence visit to Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, following the passing of his mother, Hajiya Safara’u Umaru Barebari. Radda’s mum died on March 23 at the age of 93. Obi expressed his his heartfelt condolences to the governor, his family and the good people of Katsina State. In a statement signed by Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Katsina, Obi was accompanied by the former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman and the national spokesperson of the Labour Party, Alhaji Yunusa Tanko. “We…