Enyimba International FC of Aba Media Manager, David Orji, has said the club is not recruiting new players for now. Orji made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Aba According to him, the club is still accessing players’ performance in the just...
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Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has approved the release of N1.9 billion for the payment of four-year accumulated leave allowances owed to public primary schools’ teachers in the state. Senior Special Assistant to Mbah on External Relations, Mr Uche Anichukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in...
By DAYO AWONIYI – Nigeria’s Super Falcons have commenced preparations for their first appearance at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in 16 years. The team’s camp in Jerez de la Frontera, outside Sevilla, has come alive with 14 players reporting for duty. Training began on Sunday, with team...
The Rivers State House of Assembly faction, loyal to former governor, Nyesom Wike, has given Governor Siminalayi Fubara a seven-day ultimatum to re-present the 2024 budget of the state. The Speaker of the faction, Martins Amaewhule, gave the ultimatum during a sitting of the members in Port Harcourt...
The Founder, Diary of a Naija Girl (DANG), Ifedayo Agoro, a.k.a Ife, has revealed that she broke off her engagement two months to her wedding because she did not want to get married for the wrong reason. DANG is an online community that strategically inspires engagement through creative...
Four big trees fell on Monday at the popular Jattu Market in Etsako West Local Government of Edo killing four persons and injured many others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the scene of the incident, reports that the trees came down following a storm...
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta has uncovered two illegal refining sites in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta. Navy Commander Patrick Ali, the Base Operations Officer (BOO), representing Commodore Abba Muhsin, Commander, NNS Delta, on Monday led naval personnel to the sites in the coastal communities...
The Joint Task Force, codenamed, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), has arrested four suspects and recovered 48,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Rivers. The Commander, Rear Adm. John Okeke, said in a statement on Monday in Yenagoa that the arrest and recovery were made by the Operation Delta...
The Kano State chapter of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has rejected the suspension of Governor Abba Yusuf from the party by a faction of the National Executive Committee of the party, describing it as illegal. The party also dismissed the expulsion of the leader of the...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The current fuel queues in the FCT and some parts of the country is as a result of the disruption of ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.).,...
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in waves of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Monday. Kiev was among the cities worst impacted with seven dead and at least nine injured, the city administration said. Kryvyi Rih...
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Russia’s claims that there had been an air defence error causing a deadly strike on a children’s hospital in Kiev that caused extensive destruction on Monday. “What cynicism the bastards in the Kremlin have shown, that it was allegedly Ukrainian air defence and...
Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), a non-governmental organisation, has cautioned Nigerians against contemplating the model adopted by the Kenyans in their recent anti-tax protest. Chairman Board of Trustees of CCC, Retired Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, gave the advice while addressing newsmen on the centre’s Conflict Trends Analysis (CTA) for...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on Monday sought to take over the trial of Karl Toriola, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd; and others. Counsel to the AGF, Mrs Aderonke Imana, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed Sept. 26 for arraignment of another two senior staff of Rural Electrification Agency (REA) by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged N1.84billion fraud. The officials, who are being prosecuted separately, are Aminat Asuni...
French President, Emmanuel Macron is refusing to accept Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s resignation following the surprising outcome of the snap parliamentary elections in France, the Élysée Palace announced on Monday. Macron has asked Attal to remain prime minister for the time being in order to ensure the country’s...
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, on Monday, sentenced a security guard, David Jackson, 72, to life imprisonment for defiling a 7-year old girl. Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Jackson to life imprisonment and held that the prosecution had proved the three ingredients...
The National Population Commission (NPC), is prepared to conduct the National Population and Housing Census but awaiting President Bola Tinubu’s approval for a date, the Chairman, Mr Isa Kwarra, has said. Kwarra said this on Monday in Abuja at a media conference, to herald the commemoration of the...
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and other emergency responders have recovered the body of a female biker trapped under a loaded containerised truck in Lagos. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Taofiq Adebayo, Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA,...
Jigawa State Police Command on Monday confirmed that two persons lost their lives, while 18 others were rescued in a boat mishap that occurred in the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this in a statement in Dutse, on Monday. Shiisu explained that...