Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne were on target as Manchester City beat Burnley 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to stay within a point of second-placed Liverpool. In spite of the goals and the win, it was another lacklustre display from Pep Guardiola’s side against winless opponents....
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Dr Aisha Mohammed, Wife of the Bauchi State governor, has inaugurated a campaign entitled, “Not too Late to Learn ” for adult women, that would improve the academic performance of school girls in the state. Briefing newsmen in Bauchi on Saturday, Mohammed stated that the campaign would be implemented...
The Ebonyi chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday in Abakaliki elected Mr Tochukwu Okorie as the new chairman of the party in the state. Okorie polled a total of 1,240 valid votes to defeat his only opponent Mr Silas Onu, former state publicity secretary of the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ogun – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says its patrol team from Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Lagos, was attacked by smugglers on Saturday afternoon, during an operation along Shagamu Inter-change in Ogun State. The Ag. Controller of the Unit, Hussein Ejibunu disclosed this in a...
Enyimba International Football Club of Aba on Saturday recorded a precious win away in the 2021/2022 CAF Confederation Cup’s second preliminary round first leg match. Cyril Olisema scored from the penalty kick spot three minutes from time to give Enyimba a precious away win over Senegal’s ASC Diambars in...
A former Commissioner for Works in Enugu State, Mr Ugochukwu Agballah on Saturday emerged the new chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC had on Saturday held its state congress to elect members of the state...
The Small and Medium Scale Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has supported 16 Agri-cooperative groups in Katsina State with N4.6million to boost their businesses. The Director-General (DG) of the Agency, Alhaji Dikko Radda, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Saturday. Radda explained that...
Leicester piled pressure on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with a late goal spree in their thrilling 4-2 victory against troubled Manchester United on Saturday. Solskjaer will face renewed scrutiny after United’s collapse at the King Power Stadium left them without a win in their last three Premier League games. The...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), convened a dissemination meeting on Thursday to present findings from the Data4COVID19 Africa challenge, Nigeria Project. According to the health agency, findings from the project will provide scientific evidence to inform public health...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Director-General, Cross River State Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau, Bar Alphonsus Ogar Eba on Saturday emerged as the concensus Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State. Eba was elected through consensus voice votes by the party stakeholders on Saturday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In reaction to current realities bedeveling the polity, as regard which region gets the next presidency, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has noted that the leadership of the country should be mutually complimentary to guarantee betterment of Nigeria. Towards achieving this, Tambuwal...
… as severe hunger reaches 5-year high The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that it may soon be forced to cut food rations to more than half a million women, men and children in north-eastern Nigeria unless urgent funding is secured to continue life-saving operations in crisis-ridden...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Nigerian Orthopaedic Association has estimated that Mmore than six million people have die from traumatic injuries annually across the world. Prof. Kunle Olawepo, President of the association, made the declaration in a statement issued on Saturday in Ilorin to commemorate World Trauma Day...
Director-General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, DR JANETH EKPEYONG, in this exclusive interview, speaks on the electronic delivery of health care services (also known as e-health) – what it entails, the benefits, growth and challenges in Cross River and Nigeria generally. She spoke to...
Relief will soon come to residents of Ondo South Senatorial District, who have suffered excruciating pain of electricity blackout for 14 years, going by promises made by their Senator in the national assembly. Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, representing the District in the National Assembly has re-assured the constituents that they...
Mr Paul Omotoso has emerged the Ekiti Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following Saturday’s State Congress. Omotoso’s emergence was through affirmation at a programme held at the Mini Pavilion, around Fajuyi’s Round About, Ado-Ekiti. The Chairman, APC congress Election Committee for Ekiti, Alhaji Yusuf Galambi, announced that...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the Nov. 6 Anambra governorship election will be embarrassingly transparent as it has put facilities in place to achieve an all inclusive electoral process. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Anambra state, Dr Nwachukwu Orji, made the assertion in Awka, on Saturday during...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Adamawa’s Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri casted their votes in Yola on Saturday as the nationwide Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) states congresses went underway. The 2,614 delegates drawn from the 21 Local government areas of Adamawa are participating at the congress. Speaking, shortly before the election,...
The Kaduna State Government says it has treated no fewer than 12,251 malnourished children between January and August 2021. The State Nutrition Officer, Mrs Ramatu Musa, disclosed this on Saturday in Zaria at the end of a two-day third quarter review meeting with Local Government Nutrition Focal Persons (NFPs)....
There has been a shooting at the venue of a parallel state congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State. The incident occurred on Saturday during the exercise organised by a group led by the lawmaker representing Ogun Central district, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, at the palace ground...