There exists some points that highlight as impressive the recent launch at the State House, Abuja, of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-2025, a successor plan to both the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP 2017-2020) and the Vision 20:2020, by the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government. The...
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French forward Kylian Mbappe has won the Best Men’s Player of the Year at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards on Monday. The 23-year-old Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) star scooped the prize in a ceremony at the Armani Hotel. He beat six-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo; Lionel Messi, Mohamed Salah, Karim Benzema,...
One person is said to have died Monday when a passenger bus plunged into a canal at the Iyana-Oworo area of Lagos State. Eyewitnesses say the commercial vehicle was conveying people believed to be attending a party in the area when the driver lost control on the narrow bridge...
For centuries, there have been heated debates over the sources of economic growth in developing economies and why some countries reflect strong economic growth compared to others. The hypotheses have often centred around crude oil, agriculture, revenues, private capital, bubbling stock market, stable security, low unemployment rate, high standard of...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed gratitude to many of his promoters on social media platforms. He, however, pleaded that some promoters should stop comparing his performance with other governors, since all states have their peculiarities. The Governor Zulum’s Special Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The member representing Etung and Obubra Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Mike Etaba, has empowered the people of his constituency with 150 Motor-Bikes, 31 Mini-buses, two Siena buses, sewing machines, fertilisers and mechanised farming equipment. Hon. Etaba said on Monday that...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A group of youths, Concerned Mwari Youth Forum, has dismissed as untrue, a letter allegedly written by Yakubu Dogara, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, that there was security threats in the area. The Youths said...
Kano State Government says it will soon commence the distribution of football kits, worth over N98 million, to amateur football clubs in the 44 local governments areas of the state. Mr. Kabiru Lakwaya, the Commissioner for Youths and Sport, made the disclosure on Monday in Kano during the Annual...
The Premier League in England announced on Monday that 103 new coronavirus cases among club players and staff. It was the highest weekly number recorded since testing figures began being circulated in May last year. The league has also confirmed it has reverted to emergency measures following a raft...
Olympique Lyon and second division Paris FC have both been thrown out of the French Cup, the French Football Federation said on Monday. This was after fan violence during their abandoned game on Dec. 17. Paris FC also cannot use their Stade Charlety for their next five home games...
Former Iran captain Mehdi Mahdavikia has reportedly come under fire for wearing a shirt with a small Israeli flag on it during a friendly match. The match was organised by football’s world governing body FIFA. Reports on Monday said that Mahdavikia faces consequences, including losing his job as Iran...
Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senate Minority Leader, on Monday declared interest to contest the Abia governorship seat at the 2023 general elections. Abaribe made his interest known at a civic reception organised in his honour by Nzuko Ahiaba La Abayi, a sociocultural organisation in Ahiaba in Obingwa Local Government Area...
Some Nigerian Movie Directors on Monday proffered solutions through which the problem of piracy could be tackled in the country. They gave different suggestions in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that piracy has been an age-long problem in which miscreants duplicate...
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki believes Nigeria’s political system has failed the nation. According to him, the kind of politics played in 1999 is no longer relevant as young people are set to take over. The Governor made the comments during a Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders meeting in Benin-City...
Mali’s military-dominated government on Monday launched a four-day national forum on returning the country to civilian rule following the country’s August 2020 coup. The authorities have showcased the “National Conference on Reform” as a chance for the public to foster change, but major groups have already lashed the project...
A few hours to the commencement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Congress in Zamfara State, some political thugs have attacked the venue of the exercise. The programme initially slated for the Zaitun Oil mill, behind State Pilgrim Board has been moved to the Command Guest House in Gusau,...
A conjoined twins have gotten a good shot at life after landing two jobs with two salaries. The twins were abandoned by their parents when they were born. Sohna and Mohna Singh, from Punjab, India, are working for the first time having received government jobs. The 19-year-old twins will...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri- The Imo State Police Command on Monday released the former Imo State gubernatorial candidate, Uche Nwosu from its custody. Recalled that Nwosu, a son-in-law to former Governor Rochas Okorocha, was on Sunday whisked away by the security agencies at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre...
Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural group, says it would establish a football association for nomadic children in Jigawa state. The State Chairman of the association, Alhaji Umar Dubantu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday. According to him, the establishment...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, Europe (NIDO-Europe), Italy Chapter, says about 1.5 million out of its 3 million registered members in Italy are affected by scarcity of Nigerian passports. Mr George Omo-Iduhon, Chairman of the chapter said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...