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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday claimed that he is leaving Nigeria in a better state than he met it when he was elected in 2015. Buhari who stated this while addressing Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast today, 28 May 2023, said “I am confident that I am leaving office with Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015.” The President who also thanked Nigerians for their overwhelming support to him and his administration, apologized for some of the difficult decisions he made that brought pain and untold hardship to Nigerians. “In the course of revamping the economy, we made some difficult…

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles suffered their first defeat of the 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, losing to Brazil, who topped Group D with a superior goal difference. The Brazilians, who were superior in the match played at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona la Plata, made Ladan Bosso’s side come crashing down thanks to goals from Jean Pedroso and Arsenal’s Marquinhos in the 43rd and 45th minutes, respectively. What it means to be Nigerian, Osinbajo tells naturalized Nigerians The Samba boys took control of the game after surviving that early attack from the Flying Eagles and have now extended their U20 record…

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) clinched a record-breaking 11th Ligue 1 title with one game to spare when they drew 1-1 at Racing Strasbourg on Saturday. The result put them on 85 points, four ahead of RC Lens, who secured second place with a 3-0 home victory against AC Ajaccio. Messi’s strike, a fine finish from Kylian Mbappe’s pass, is his 496th in Europe’s top five leagues, taking him past Cristiano Ronaldo’s mark of 495. It is his 32nd for Paris Saint-Germain and could be his last, as he is expected to leave this summer. Kevin Gameiro bundled in an equalizer, but…

Luton Town FC have secured promotion to the English Premier League after defeating Coventry City FC on penalties today in the promotion play-off final. Luton, who finished third in the Championship table behind Burnley and Sheffield United, saw off Sunderland in the semi-final to reach the final at Wembley. Coventry, on the other hand, finished fifth in the league table and got their place in the final by defeating Middlesbrough. The match, which ended 1-1, saw Rob Edwards team take the lead in the 23rd minute courtesy of a goal from Jordan Clark, despite having two goals disallowed and their…

“It’s about hope, optimism, courage, and hard work,” says the VP. 385 foreigners from the US, UK, and others are now Nigerian citizens. Nigeria’s cultural diversity, hard work, innovation, and infectious optimism of its people are some of the attributes that make it a great country, one that welcomes all classes of people from all over the world, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President spoke today while representing the President at the 1st 2023 Award of Nigerian Citizenship by Registration and Naturalisation to 385 Foreign Nationals, which was held at the Nigerian Correctional Service Headquarters in…

Russia on Saturday rejected US President Joe Biden’s criticism of Moscow’s proposal to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, claiming that Washington has been deploying such weapons in Europe for decades. Russia announced on Thursday that it was moving forward with the first deployment of such weapons beyond its borders since the Soviet Union’s demise in 1991, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko confirmed the weapons were already on the road. On Friday, Biden expressed an “extremely negative” reaction to the news that Russia had proceeded with plans to deploy tactical nuclear pikes in Belarus. The Russian nuclear deployment plan has…

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to hold a farewell broadcast as President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces by 7 a.m. on Sunday, May 28, 2023. This was contained in a press release signed by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity. The statement reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari will make a farewell broadcast as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on Sunday, May 28, at 7 a.m. Television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for…

“I hired those with a desire to fix Nigeria,” the VP says. Despite challenges, the Nigerian story is one of hope, courage, and a great future. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has stated that his desire to make Nigeria better, alongside President Muhammadu Buhari, in the last eight years was the reason why he specifically hired those who have the desire to fix Nigeria. Prof. Osinbajo stated this yesterday evening in his remarks at a valedictory dinner organized in his honour by the staff of the Office of the Vice President (OVP). The Vice President was accompanied to the dinner…

Bayern Munich spectacularly snatched their 11th consecutive Bundesliga title with a last-matchday 2-1 win at Cologne on Saturday, courtesy of Jamal Musiala’s 89th-minute winner, grabbing the trophy from the hands of rivals Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund would have won their first title since 2011-12 had they beaten Mainz, but a 2-2 draw opened the door for the Bavarian. Man Utd open Neymar talks, Bayern battle Arsenal for Rice And they took advantage thanks to Jamal Musiala’s 89th-minute winner. A Cologne penalty had cancelled out Kingsley Coman’s earlier strike, but Musiala sent the away fans wild. It marked a successful end to…

Fake, substandard, expired, and unwholesome regulated products valued at N4.2 billion were destroyed by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday in Awka, Anambra State. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, represented by the agency’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Mr. Francis Nzeribe Ononiwu, said the public destruction of the pharmaceuticals would minimize the chance of their recirculation into the Nigerian market. She stated that the destruction of the counterfeit commodities demonstrates NAFDAC’s determination to protect the nation’s health and ensure that only authentic medications and nutritious foods of the highest quality are…