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Kylian Mbappé scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain reversed its first-leg loss at home to return to the Champions League semifinals with a 4-1 win over Barcelona on Tuesday. PSG took advantage of a first-half red card to Barcelona defender Ronaldo Araujo to advance 6-4 on aggregate and make its first last-four appearance since 2021. Former Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembélé and Vitinha also scored for PSG after Araujo was sent off in the 29th minute for fouling Bradley Barcola to stop a breakaway. Barcelona had gotten off to a good start and opened the scoring with a goal by Raphinha in…

Following a nationwide blackout on Monday, Nigerians are now beginning to experience national grid power restoration. The national grid, which collapsed at 2 a.m. on Monday, has been restored to 2,755.93 megawatts as of 5 p.m. yesterday. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), while confirming the restoration of the national grid, said the collapse was following a fire incident at the Afam Power Generating Station in River State. The spokesperson for the commission, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. This will be the sixth time in 2024 that the grid has collapsed, resulting in nationwide power outages…

Malam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has called for prayers and support from the citizens for the APC administration in its quest to turn things around. El-Rufai said this when he spoke with newsmen in Maiduguri on Monday, urging the president to also explore the possibility of amending some of his policies that were not yielding the desired results. The ex-Kaduna governor also advised President Bola Tinubu to drop any of his appointees who failed to deliver on their mandate. “You appointed a person into a position, and he is not working according to expectations. You should have…

Former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has advised President Bola Tinubu to drop any of his appointees who failed to deliver on their mandate. El-Rufai said this when he spoke with newsmen in Maiduguri on Monday, urging the president to also explore the possibility of amending some of his policies that were not yielding the desired results. “You appointed a person into a position, and he is not working according to expectations. You should have the humility to tell him that I need a better person; go and do something else,” El-Rufai said. El-Rufai also called for prayers…

Dr. Ayo Teriba, the chief executive of Economic Associates (EA), says the recent Naira appreciation will impact the country’s inflation in three to twelve months. In an interview with the Daily Post on Monday, Teriba disclosed this while reacting to the March inflation figure, which rose to 33.20 percent. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the March inflation figure showed that the prices of goods and services continued to soar despite the appreciation of the naira to the dollar. However, Teriba said the inflation figure in March represents a lag of months. He noted that it will take three…

Across major markets, prices of goods are moving away from the lower denomination of the Naira currency as inflation bites harder. Not too long ago, a sachet of pure water cost N5, while N20 gained popularity as the denomination used to “settle” police officers at checkpoints, the Daily Post reported. However, in the past couple of years, these notes have struggled to find items they could be attached to. A market survey showed that more than half of Nigeria’s legal tenders cannot make purchases. Despite this, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, recognises the following denominations: 50 kobo, N1, and…

Reno Omokri, a social influencer, has claimed that there was more to the prison sentence of controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, than the Naira abuse he was convicted of. Chronicle NG reported that Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced Bobrisky to six months in jail without the option of a fine for naira abuse. Reacting, Omokri said the Nigerian government used the Naira abuse charges as a facade to clap down on the crossdresser. According to him, the Nigerian government wanted to clamp down on the trending cross-dressing culture in the country…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Abdullahi Ganduje as its national chairman. Ganduje was suspended by members of his ward, the Ganduje Ward, in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State on Monday. His suspension followed alleged corruption charges levelled against him by the state government. Recall that the Kano High Court had said Ganduje will, on April 17, 2024, be arraigned on charges bothering allegations of bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds, including the purported acceptance of $413,000 and N1.38bn in bribes. Haruna Dederi, the Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, confirmed the development…

Nationwide blackout looms as the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has insisted on withdrawing their services if the Nigerian government fails to rescind the recently approved electricity tariff hike. In a statement, NUEE’s acting General Secretary, Dominic Igwebike, warned the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, that its members would take decisive action if the tariff withdrawal continues. Recall that on April 3, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) raised the electricity tariff for band customers receiving 20 hours of power supply daily. The tariff hike saw Band A customers paying N225 per kilowatt-hour, up from N66KWh. However, NUEE joined…

Nigeria has witnessed its sixth national grid collapse of 2024, as electricity generation on the system collapsed from 2,583.77 MW at 2 a.m. on Monday to 64.7 MW around 3 a.m. Nigeria generates an average of 4,000 MW of electricity for an estimated 200 million citizens across the country. But this is hardly sustainable, as the grid continues to record incessant collapse due to gas supply constraints, transmission infrastructure vandalism, and liquidity crises, among others. Data from the Independent System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, showed that only one electricity generation company, Ibom Power, was active…