Following are the results of Match Day 13 fixtures in the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday.Rivers United FC 1-0 Abia Warriors FCShooting Stars FC 1- 0 Bayelsa United FCPlateau United FC 2-0 Nasarawa United FCKatsina United FC 2-0 Remo Stars FCEnyimba International FC Vs Sunshine Stars FC (postponed ) (NAN). READ ALSO:
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A Financial Expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is likely to raise interest rates again. Uwaleke, the Director, Institute of Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, is also the President, Capital Market Academics of Nigeria. He said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, against the backdrop of the 298th MPC meeting scheduled to hold on Monday and Tuesday. According to him, for the first time in many months, both core and food inflation went up last month. “Ditto for…
The Nigerian Navy plans to incorporate the amphibious battalion with the Army, and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in the next simulation amphibious exercise. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Naval Doctrine Command, Rear Adm. Shehu Gombe said this on Sunday during the 2024 Simulation of Amphibious Operation held at Tarkwa Bay, Lagos State. Gombe said that the exercise was a partnership between the French Navy and the Nigerian Navy (NN) simulating a hostage taking situation and recovering them. “We had the French Navy assets, both vehicles and their Special Boat Service (SBS) Army, with NN ships, SBS, and helicopters partaking…
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested a man over alleged employment racketeering and name-dropping. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia. Nansel said that the suspect was arrested by personnel attached to the State Intelligence Department. The PPRO said that the suspect defrauded unsuspecting job seekers of their money under the guise of securing jobs in the police and Nasarawa State Hospital Management Board. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had fraudulently obtained the sum of N300,000 from one Monday Akinde of Obi Local Government Area. “He…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two containers of imported opioids with a street value of N4.3 billion at the Port Harcourt Ports complex, Onne, Rivers and Tincan, Lagos state. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drugs were intercepted on Thursday, Nov. 21, during a joint examination with men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies. He gave a breakdown of the seizures as a total of 168,000 bottles of codeine based syrup worth N1.1bn in street value, recovered from one…
Two suspected vandals impersonating as staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), have been apprehended at the scenes of crime at Okhoro and Cemetery roads in Benin. This was contained in a statement by Mrs Evelyn Gbiwen, Head, Branding and Cooperate Communications of BEDC Electricity PLC on Sunday in Benin. Gbiwen noted that one of the suspects (names withheld) allegedly vandalised a 200KVA and 500KVA substations located at Play House and Iyayi in the locality. She said the suspect allegedly paraded himself as a BEDC staff with an identity card at the time he was arrested. Gbiwen said the…
Ijaw National Congress (INC) Worldwide has urged President Bola Tinubu to facilitate the establishment of a nursing school in Patani, and a polytechnic in Bomadi, both Ijaw speaking areas of Delta. Prof. Benjamin Okaba, President, INC Worldwide, made the appeal at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. Okaba said the appeal became imperative in view of two Bills before the Senate sponsored by Sen. Joel Onowakpo, representing Delta South Senatorial District. The Bill sought to establish the establishment of the two schools in those areas. He said that Ijaw people globally were thrilled at the prospects of having such…
Mr Paul Chukwuma, an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the November 8, 2025 governorship election in Anambra, has promised to end insecurity and Monday sit-at-home in the state. Chukwuma told newsmen on Sunday in Umueri, Anambra East Local Government Area, pledged to deploy local content to achieve the measure. He said his manifesto would prioritise the security of lives and property if given the mandate at the state APC primary election. “Everything my administration will do in terms of security we must do that in accordance with the rule of law. “In tackling insecurity in Anambra State, anything…
The Anambra government has secured investment funding and strategic partnership of over $500 million from the various agreements signed at the end of the second edition of its investment summit held on November 14. The summit had the theme “Changing Gears: Accelerating Anambra’s Economic Transformation” with development partners, financial institutions, captains of industries, and government officials in attendance to discuss investment opportunities in the State. Mr Mark Okoye, Managing Director of Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA) who gave the post summit summary on Sunday in Awka said the State was poised to become a leading economic hub…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have arrested a 50-year-old businessman, who allegedly ingested 90 wraps of cocaine at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, (AIIA), Enugu. The Director, Media and Advocacy, (NDLEA), Mr Femi Babafemi made this known in a statement on Sunday on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspect was intercepted on Wednesday at the arrival hall of the Enugu airport. He said that the suspect was arrested during the inbound screening of passengers arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on an Ethiopian airlines flight following months of intelligence and surveillance on him. “The suspect…