Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

U-20 AFCON: Flying Eagles advance to semifinals after beating Senegal in penalty shootout Flying Eagles •  Penalty shootout work to the advantage of Flying Eagles. Nigeria’s U-20 national team, the Flying Eagles, have secured a place in the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations U-20 tournament and qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Senegal. The tightly contested knockout stage encounter ended goalless after regular and extra time, with both teams unable to find the back of the net. Ultimately, it was Nigeria who triumphed 3–1 in the penalty shootout. The match,…

NDLEA adds two forensic labs to the existing, modernize Lagos NDLEA NDLEA adds two forensic labs to the existing, modernize Lagos • Boosting more efficient case-processing through lab. After operating a single forensic laboratory in Lagos for over 25 years, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has achieved a historic milestone with the establishment of two additional state-of-the-art laboratories in Abuja and Enugu, along with a comprehensive upgrade of the Lagos facility. The strategic expansion aims to boost the agency’s forensic analysis capabilities amid a surge in drug seizures, enhance access to timely lab results, and strengthen the prosecution of…

US, China meet at a point, cut retaliation tariffs in trade US, China meet at a point, cut retaliation tariffs in trade. … discussions, “productive” and “robust”. The United States and China announced Monday an agreement to drastically reduce tit-for-tat tariffs for 90 days, de-escalating a trade war that has roiled financial markets and raised fears of a global economic downturn. After their first talks since US President Donald Trump launched his trade war, the world’s two biggest economies agreed in a joint statement to bring their triple-digit tariffs down to two figures and continue negotiations. US Treasury Secretary Scott…

Tinubu honours with lifetime African achievement in Ghana President Bola Tinubu Tinubu honours with lifetime African achievement in Ghana • … celebrating Africa’s bests. President Bola Tinubu has bagged the Lifetime African Achievement award from the Millennium Excellence Foundation based in Ghana, NAN reports on Monday. Tinubu, while receiving the award, commended the patron of the Foundation, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, for the invitation extended to him and the success of the event put together by the foundation. The President, represented by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, received the award as special guest of…

Dangote gives back N10 on petrol to customers Fuel pump • Dangote gives back N10 on petrol to customers The Dangote Petrolchemicals Refinery has effected another reduction in the ex-gantry price of its Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol below the publicly announced N835 per litre. Sources confirmed on Monday that the refinery has reduced its price to N825 per litre for its customers, through a rebate of N10 after successful loading of products at the refinery. The sources said marketers are still paying N835 per litre for products but receive a N10 refund after loading and evacuating them…

Itsekiris, Yorubas are related from source –  Alaafin Of Oyo Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I Itsekiris, Yorubas are related from source –  Alaafin Of Oyo The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has said that the Itsekiri people of Delta State are of Yoruba origin. He recently revealed that the Itsekiris are direct descendants of Oduduwa, the revered progenitor of the Yoruba race. Speaking during a courtesy visit by a high-powered delegation of royal Warri Chiefs and prominent Itsekiri leaders to the ancient palace of the Alaafin in Oyo town, the monarch declared that whatever…

Maritime: Nigeria makes plan to put a stop to foreign shipping waivers – Oyetola Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola. Maritime: Nigeria makes plan to put a stop to foreign shipping waivers – Oyetola. • Decision aimed at strengthening maritime sector. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has announced plans to end the issuance of waivers under the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act 2003. Oyetola made this known on Sunday in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr Bolaji Akinola, following a meeting with a delegation from NNPC Shipping, Stena Bulk, and Caverton Offshore. The meeting…

Apapa Terminal export surges by 30% record APM Terminals Apapa Apapa Terminal export surges by 30% record. APM Terminals Apapa said it handled 8,687 twenty-foot equivalent units of export cargoes in April, an increase of over 30 per cent compared with the 6,606 TEUs recorded at the same time in 2024. The terminal, in a statement on Sunday, stated that the figure is the highest volume of exports it has recorded in one month since its inception in 2006. “The terminal had in April 2025 handled 8,687 TEUs of export cargo, an over 30 per cent rise as against 6,606…

Oil marketers ready for 283,577 metric tonnes of imported petrol at jetties Oil marketers ready for 283,577 metric tonnes of imported petrol at jetties • Bashir Ojulari and Dangote to partner on mutually benefits. Oil marketers have flooded the domestic market with 283, 577 metric tonnes of imported Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol and other petroleum products. This was even as the 650,000 Dangote Petroleum Refinery exported 44,000 metric tonnes of diesel to the global market while making preparations to receive 136,124 metric tonnes of imported crude oil for refining, weekend. However, the imported petrol and other…

Temu owner, Colin Huang’s brief journey to success Colin Huang Temu owner, Colin Huang’s brief journey to success. Colin Huang, the reclusive Chinese tech billionaire behind e-commerce giants Pinduoduo and its international spinoff Temu, has seen his wealth swell by $4.37 billion so far in 2025, bringing his estimated net worth to $38.6 billion. Raised in Hangzhou, Huang showed academic promise early on, attending the elite Hangzhou Foreign Language School at 12. He later earned a degree from Zhejiang University and pursued a master’s in computer science at the University of Wisconsin. Huang began his professional journey at Google’s US…