Late goals by Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano gave Japan an incredible 2-1 comeback victory over Germany in the World Cup on Wednesday. Germany who are four times champions had looked to be cruising to victory via an Ilkay Guendogan penalty but paid a fatal price for missing chances....
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By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia- The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued six young girls and a baby of about six months after busting a baby factory located at Ado Kasa, in Karu LGA of the state. The girls and the baby according to the police were rescued at St....
Bandits have abducted four people in the Kolo village of Gusau Local Government Area in Zamfara State and refused to collect old naira notes as ransom. Channels Television gathered that the bandits earlier demanded N10m as ransom but after the negotiation, they agreed to collect N5m. Sources from the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie as substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as well as 14 other board members. In a letter sent to the Senate which contained the list of nominees, Buhari asked the upper chamber to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja launched the new Naira banknotes, expressing delight that the redesigned currencies are locally produced by the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) PLC. Speaking at the launch of the new banknotes, which preceded the Federal Executive Council...
By OSE UMUKORO It is now obvious that some politicians in Nigeria prefer the gutter of infamy to the hallway of integrity and honour. If not, how do you place the blatant lies and obvious misrepresentations by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers; Adams Oshiomhole, former APC Chairman and Ovie...
To enhance fishing, safety of fishermen and improving quality of lives, the NNPC-Chevron Joint Venture donated two boats and fishing gears to Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on Wednesday. The donation was made in collaboration with the Ilaje Rural Development Initiative Committee (IRDC). The News Agency of...
Chairman of the Oyo State Christian Association Of Nigeria (CAN) Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, has described the destruction of Campaign Billboards and INEC Offices across the country as an act of wickedness. Akinyemiju made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, while reacting...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 35-year-old man, Eugene Izuchukwu, for allegedly swindling COVID-19 loan applicants of N28.8million in Benue. The police charged Izuchukwu with advance fee fraud and criminal intimation. The Magistrate, Mrs Erdoo Ter, however, did not take the plea of Izuchukwu for want...
Mr Christian Aburime, the Press Secretary to Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra, said there is no rift between his principal and a former governor of the state and the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Aburime who spoke to newsmen on Wednesday, said:”the alleged rift between my principal and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the redesigned naira notes of N200, N500 and N1000 at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the unveiling of the naira notes preceded the virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) with...
The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewale Adebayo, has advised religious leaders to participate in politics, but shun wrong practice in the system. Adebayo was speaking at the interactive session with the national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday in Abuja where...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday called on youths to join him on Peace Walk, for healing of Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu made the call in Lagos, during a news conference on the State Government’s position on the recommendations of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on EndSARS, submitted...
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, on Tuesday, urged South-East governors and Igbos to invest in the five states of the zone for it to be further developed. Anyim gave the advice in Enugu at a two-day 2nd Eastern Nigeria Investment Summit....
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make adequate provisions for the over two million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state ahead of 2023 general elections. He made the call at a roundtable discussion, tagged; “Contemporary Security Challenges and their...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it would be constitutionally and legally impossible to resume voter registration before the 2023 elections. INEC had ended the registration exercise in July but civil society groups have kicked, arguing that the move would disenfranchise millions of Nigerians. On Tuesday,...
Borno Govt. budgets N83bn to drill over 1000 boreholes By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Goal Prime Organization Nigeria (GPON), Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) and other partners has organized Water and Sanitation Health (WASH) drama and demonstrations...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said that Nigerians in diaspora with expired passport would no longer require visas to visit home. The Service, however, stated that they must show their expired Nigeria’s passport to ensure they were truly from Nigeria. Mr Tony Akuneme, the NIS Public Relations...
Saudi Arabia declared a public holiday on Tuesday for Wednesday, following their team’s shock win over Argentina at the Qatar World Cup. Captained by Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest footballer of all time, Argentina were expected to make short work of the unfancied Saudis before a deep run in...