By JIMIN GEOFFREY, Markudi – Benue State Government has pledged to give financial support to families to the more than 120 security personnel who were killed in their line of duty while defending the state between 2017 to date. Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed this on Sunday during an interdenominational...
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At least 19 people died and dozens were injured when a fire tore through a high-rise apartment building in New York City on Sunday, its mayor said, in one of America’s worst residential fires in recent memory. Both the New York Times and CNN sourced unnamed officials as saying...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared 19 individuals wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites which are responsible for the black soot menace in Rivers State. The governor in a statewide broadcast also directed the Rivers State Head of Service to query one Mr. Temple Amakiri, a...
Captain Vincent Aboubakar scored a brace of penalties as hosts Cameroon came from behind to beat Covid-ravaged Burkina Faso 2-1 in the opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations in Yaounde on Sunday. Gustavo Sangare had given Burkina Faso the lead in the Group A match at the...
Raising funds for Nigeria’s large infrastructure deficit has become critical to the country’s productivity across all sectors of the economy. According to reports, Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit is estimated to be 100 billion dollars (N41.12 trillion) annually. Indeed, President Muhammadu Buhari, during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26,...
It was excitements galore, as residents of Umuahia, Abia capital, on Sunday, witnessed first rain in 2022, which lasted about one hour. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that first rain for the day, which was a light shower, started at about 8:45 a.m. and ended at about...
The United Nigeria Ambassadors (UNA) says the South-East Geo-political zone will support the emergence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the country’s next president if he accepts to run for presidency in 2023. Mr Timothy Nwachukwu, National Coordinator of the UNA, a political group committed to the unity and...
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has reiterated his commitment to ensuring that power return to the Southern Senatorial District of the state come 2023. Governor Ayade, while addressing some stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Governor’s Lodge on Sunday in Calabar, said his decision to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday said a record number of global broadcasters will beam the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) from Cameroon to millions of fans in 157 countries. A statement issued on Sunday by The CAF’s Communications Department, said...
Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, says the team is prepared to take on record-holders, Egypt, in their first game of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Tuesday. The former Leicester City man spoke after a training session of the three-time African champions on Saturday in Cameroon. “Today’s...
President Muhammadu Buhari will embark on a state visit to Ogun State on Thursday, January 13. The President was billed to visit the Gateway State on December 21, 2021 but the official visit was postponed indefinitely. In a statement issued on Sunday by Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary...
Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, has recovered from COVID-19, about ten days after he tested positive for the disease. His Italian side, Napoli, confirmed this via their social media platforms on Sunday afternoon. “Victor is negative for COVID and will return to Italy in the coming hours,” the Serie...
Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy could miss Senegal’s opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations against Zimbabwe after he was among a new group of players to test positive for Covid-19. Mendy, captain Kalidou Koulibaly and forward Famara Diedhiou returned positive results Saturday during required tests 48 hours ahead...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) has confirmed one female adult dead and three male adults injured in a fatal crash that occurred on Sunday at Bayara Village along Bauchi-Dass road. The FRSC Commander, Bauchi State Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed the crash to...
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has been named Polish sports person of the year for the third time. The 33-year-old, who broke Gerd Mueller’s record of 40 goals in a Bundesliga season last term, also won in 2015 and 2020. “The sports person of the year award means a...
Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Adamu has urged the Super Eagles to display the resilient Nigerian spirit and win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy in Cameroon. The Emir gave the charge on Sunday in Bauchi when the leadership of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC), paid him...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Sunday for Accra, Ghana, to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the extraordinary meeting was to discuss...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Road Safety Corp in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has stated that 413 people lost their lives in 480 crashes that occurred from January to December, 2021, across the state. Mr. Abdullahi said this in a release titled: “The annual RTC Report in...
By UMAR ARDO, Ph.D – I just read with consternation in the Social Media the above titled article said to have been written and published in Thisday Newspaper of 18th January, 2015, by the columnist, Simon Kolawole. Even though it escaped my attention when first published several years ago...
A prominent Afghan university professor who openly criticised the Taliban’s hardline regime has been arrested in Kabul, a spokesman for the government said. Professor Faizullah Jalal has made several appearances on television talk shows since the previous US-backed government was ousted in August, blaming the Taliban for the worsening...