I watched the film clip released soon after the death of F.W. de Klerk, who as president of South Africa dismantled the apartheid system that he and his ancestors had helped put in place. He died at his home near Cape Town last Thursday. He cast a pathetic sight...
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Ghana’s dream of a return to the World Cup in Qatar next year is very alive following its 1-0 win over South Africa at the Cape Coast sports stadium on Sunday. The home team who needed to win to qualify for the African playoffs began the match well by...
Nigerian troops have eliminated a top-ranking Commander of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and other terrorists in a brutal military offensive at Askira Uba, Borno State after the killing of a senior army officer. The ISWAP terrorists had in a reprisal attack over the killing of...
Senator Biodun Olujimi, representing Ekiti South Senatorial District in the Senate, on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti indicated her interest to contest the state Governorship election, slated for June 18, 2022. Olujimi who disclosed her decision to newsmen in a telephone conversation in Ado-Ekiti, is contesting under the platform of the...
Dr Sani Shinkafi, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, on Sunday said that there is no order from the Federal High Court restraining the party from conducting congresses in Zamfara. Shinkafi stated this at a news conference, in Gusau on Sunday, while commenting on the...
The Super Eagles’ delegation to Saturday’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Liberia in Tangier, Morocco flew into Lagos on Sunday morning aboard a chartered Air Peace flight, with team captain Ahmed Musa insisting they would best Cape Verde in their final group qualifier. The aircraft touched down at the...
The Vice President of The Dangote Group and brother to Aliko Dangote, Sani Dangote, is dead. Sani Dangote reportedly died after a protracted illness in the United States on Sunday. The Dangote Group in a short statement Sunday night confirmed the death. “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHI RAJIUN!It is...
Suspected jihadists killed at least 19 gendarmes and a civilian in an attack early Sunday in northern Burkina Faso, officials said. The pre-dawn attack, one of the deadliest to hit Burkinabe defence and security forces since jihadist violence erupted six years ago, targeted a “detachment of the Inata gendarmerie”,...
Serbia stunned Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal to qualify for the 2022 World Cup as Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 90th-minute winner secured a 2-1 victory in Lisbon on Sunday. Portugal now face two rounds of playoffs in March if they are to make it to Qatar, unlike Spain, who qualified with a 1-0...
The Bauchi state government is poised to access N30billion grant from the World Bank, to address the state’s myriad environmental challenges, Kabir Ibrahim, The Director-General of the state Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) has said. Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Bauchi, on Sunday,...
Long queues have resurfaced in Abuja filling states as motorists struggle to purchase Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most fuel stations were locked while long queues were noticed in retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on...
American business magazine, Forbes, says 44 newcomers joined its list of 400 America’s richest people in 2021, a post on its verified Instagram page @Forbes has revealed. According to the magazine, the 400 richest Americans are now 40 per cent richer than they were last year—worth a collective $4.5...
The death has been announced of Paschal Onyinyechukwu Utomi. He was the son of Mr Jerome Utomi, a Public Affairs Analyst and Programme Cordinator, (Media and Public policy), Social and Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA). Pascal was aged 13years and 10 months. According to a statement released by the group,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Men of The Katsina Stste Police Command have repelled an attack by bandits on Gidan Duka village, in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, during which it rescued 11 kidnap victims in Safana. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, who...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In a collaborative efforts aimed at preventing further proliferation of illicit trafficking and flow of Small Arms and Light Weapon (SALW) in the African Continent, the European Union (EU) and The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) in partnership with the Leadership Initiative for...
As the three-day 2021 Board and Management Retreat (BMR) organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) comes to a close, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has re-emphasised the confidence of Management in the continuous support of its Board of...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described as misleading, a publication by an online newspaper (not NATIONAL ACCORD) on Nigeria military warning politicians and officers against a Coup which it credited to Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu- the Army Spokesman. In a statement on Sunday by...
The Association of Arewa Community in Igboland has called for support for the emergence of an Igbo person as president of Nigeria in the 2023 General Elections. Its National President, Alhaji Mohammed Umaru, who made the appeal at a news briefing on Sunday in Umuahia, described the Igbo people...
iProduce Africa, an agribusiness hub sponsored by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), says it has concluded plans to train no fewer than 200 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and agri-entrepreneurs to boost their capabilities. A statement issued on Sunday, in Abuja, by Aisha Waziri-Umar, Chief Executive Officer, iProduce Africa,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The management of University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has honoured 44 staff of the Safety Unit of the university for their role in the rescue of staff of the University and children who were abducted recently by gunmen from the Giri Quarters in the early...