Belgium stay top of the FIFA rankings, marking 29 months leading the table. They are still ahead of France, Brazil, England and Portugal in the updated table released today.

A judge of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday, granted pardon to a rapist, Dennis Kiyede, just after he convicted him for raping a 16-year-old girl. John Adeyeye, the judge, said he pardoned Mr Kiyede because of his ill health. The accused was being prosecuted by the police …

Former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has thrown jibes at former Senate President Bukola Saraki who recently led a reconciliation committee of the Peoples Democratic Party on a visit to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Newsextra24 reports. Mr Fani-Kayode said in a tweet on Thursday that it was ironic for Saraki …

America’s Power Outage: Texas Residents Line-Up To Fetch Water From Borehole (Video) Residents of Texas have been captured lining up to fetch water amid days of blackout in the state caused by failure in natural gas operations, Newsextra24 reports. Operators revealed that the bulk of the power loss in Texas …

The Nigerian government will be partnering with Singapore-based renewable energy firm, B&S Power and Sunnyfred Global, to design and construct a 200 MW Solar photovoltaic system to combat the country’s age-long electricity problems. Arrangements and agreement have progressed past the preliminary stages and the FG have also secured collaboration with …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Orji Ogbonnaya Orji as the executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). Orji succeeds Waziri Adio who was appointed in February 2016. His appointment, which takes effect from February 19, 2021, for a single term of five years, was announced by …

The names of the abducted pupils and teachers of Government Science College, Kagara have been released. The Nation had reported bandits invaded Government Science College Kagara and abducted 27 students, 3 teachers, two non teaching staff and 9 family members of the staff staying in the quarters on Wednesday morning. …

The immediate past Commissioner of Environment, Delta State, John Nani, narrowly escaped death on Monday, as his orderly was killed by a mobile policeman. Nani, who is the Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, escaped death when his orderly tried to intervene …

The nation’s power grid suffered its first collapse this year on Wednesday, plunging parts of the country into a blackout. Two of the electricity distribution companies in the country, Ikeja Electric Plc and Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, disclosed this in messages to their customers through their Twitter handles on …

Governors of the 36 states of the federation on the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum have arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for a crucial meeting over the worsening security situation in the country. The meeting chaired by the NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State , Kayode Fayemi, …