Nigeria’s senior men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, has withdrawn from the AfroBasket 2025 qualifiers due to lack of funds. The team’s withdrawal was revealed on D’Tigers’ X handle. The Nigerian team was scheduled to begin the qualifiers on Saturday, 23 February against Libya. As at press time multiple reports indicate that the Nigeria Basketball Federation […]
IMF predicts Naira depreciating by 35% to N2,081/$1 this year
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the exchange rate of the Naira will further depreciate by about 35 percent this year, adding that this could lead to inflation rate peaking at 44 per cent before the monetary policy tightening could bring the situation under control. IMF revealed this in its February 2024 Post–Financing […]
Biden gives away his dog Commander after series of attacks on Secret Service agents at White House
President Biden has given first dog Commander to relatives, the White House said Wednesday. Feb. 21, following revelations of more brutal attacks on Secret Service employees. Internal documents showed at least seven Secret Service agents were injured by the dog but the president didn’t immediately part with the German shepherd after reportedly claiming that an […]
Labour party chairmn released
The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has been released by the police. LIB had reported that Abure was arrested in Benin City alongside Kelly Ogbaloi, the LP chairman in Edo state on Wednesday, February 21. The police had said Abure was arrested over a petition accusing him of attempted murder and conspiracy […]
Police engage bandits in gun battle, foil kidnap attempt on Gusau-Sokoto highway
The Zamfara State Police Command on Wednesday, February 21, said its operatives repelled a kidnap attempt by bandits on the Gusau-Sokoto Road. It was gathered that the bandits, who were in large numbers, blocked the Gusau-Sokoto Road in an attempt to kidnap motorists plying the road. Sources in the area claimed that the bandits succeeded […]
Wife pushes husband to death from two-storey building in Ebonyi
Tragedy occurred on Tuesday morning February 20, in Ebonyi State as a middle-aged pregnant housewife pushed her husband to death from a two-storey building. Punch reports that the victim, Nwoga Maduabuchi, from Akparata village, Igbeagu community in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was said to have been married to the suspect, his […]
8 killed in Benue road accident
At least 8 people have been killed in a fatal motor accident which occurred at Ngibo village along Kastina-Ala – Zakibiam road in Benue State. Witnesses said the accident happened on Tuesday afternoon, February 20, after two cars conveying passengers from the opposite direction had a head-on collision. The witnesses said mangled bodies of the […]
Two die, 15 rescued in Lagos boat crash
Two persons have been confirmed dead and 15 others rescued after a boat crashed at Powerline, Ikoyi Link Bridge on Wednesday, February 21. The Seventeen passenger boat was heading to Ikorodu when it suddenly caved-in following a lone accident. Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) in a statement released said the […]
“Wish he was mine completely” Side chick writes as she reveals all her man does for her
A side chick is getting called out on X after she went on the platform to write about the good things her married man lover does for her. She tweeted: “This man says ‘anything for you’ all the time and I always thought he couldn’t possibly mean it. But he’s carried me so gently this […]
Man arrested for abducting and defiling 12-year-old in Rivers
The police in Rivers state have arrested a man simply identified as Bro. Joe for allegedly abducting and defiling a 12-year-old girl. According to reports, the minor was out on errands for her mum when the assailant and his accomplices abducted her and held her hostage in an uncompleted building for two nights. In an […]