Team Nigeria ended its Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games campaign on Saturday at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, raking in one more gold and a bronze medal. The team finished with four gold, one silver, and five bronze medals. Making eight appearances at the games, Nigeria went to the 2020 Tokyo...
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has mourned Olajide Sowore, assuring that the state government will bring his killers to book. Obaseki gave the assurance on Saturday while commiserating with a former presidential candidate and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, over the killing of his brother. Olajide, a student...
The Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde, has predicted that the party ill govern Oyo state in 2023. Dr. Olatunde told newsmen in Ibadan on Saturday after the Ibadan South-East Local Government congress of the party. He said the party had shown...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, have arrested two suspects with cannabis sativa worth N9.5 million. In a statement, The Media Officer of the taskforce, Maj. Ishaku Takwa, said...
Undoubtedly, we live in a nation where public leadership scorns ideas from citizens and sees it as a form of distraction to public policies. Again, ours is a country where grit, tenacity, perseverance coming from far sighted citizens is considered divisive. The above ill-considerations by the public office holders...
Mr Yunana Barde, Jema’a chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s Kaduna State loca council poll, has promised to accept the outcome of the election in good faith. Mr. Barde made this known when he spoke with newsmen shortly after casting his vote at his Kogum...
The Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Alhaji Yusuf Zailani, has commended the state Independent Electoral Commission for introducing the electronic voting machine in Saturday’s local government councils poll. Alhaji Zailani spoke with newsmen on Saturday shortly after casting his vote at his Rigachikun polling unit, adding that the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hajia Ramatu Tijjan has urged Nigerians to shun violence and embrace peace to ensure peaceful co-existence in the country. Hajia Tijjani made the call on Saturday at a Peace Summit organised by the Messengers...
The death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 198,587. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 7,869,709 as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has blasted a so-called investigation report on COVID-19 origins recently released by the U.S. intelligence community. “I would like to note with regret that the publication only led to another round of insinuations around a generally important and, I emphasize, a purely scientific...
At least three people have died after a boat capsized off French Guiana carrying about 20 migrants. At least three people have died after a boat capsized off French Guiana carrying about 20 migrants travelling from Brazil to an illegal gold-mining site, local authorities said. The small wooden boat...
A prominent Ugandan academic arrested on accusations of spying for regional rival Rwanda has been released following an intervention by President Yoweri Museveni, a businessman familiar with the case said on Saturday. Lawrence Muganga, 45, vice-chancellor of the private Victoria University, was arrested on Thursday by joint security forces...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunications providers to shut down services in Zamfara State. The shutdown is to last for two weeks. This was disclosed in a memo signed on Friday by the vice-chairman of the NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta, and addressed to one of the telecoms...
By BABARA KALU, Enugu – The Methodist Church of Nigeria Prelate, His Eminence, Dr. Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu Uche, has advised Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, to ensure that the governorship position continues to rotate among the three senatorial districts of the state, namely Enugu East, Enugu West and...
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Board (PHCB) has called on residents who took the first COVID-19 vaccine to go for seccond dose. The Acting Executive Secretary, FCT PHCB, Dr Ndaeyo Iwot, gave the call during the social mobilisation committee meeting for second phase of COVID-19 vaccination...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin-City – The Edo State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of one, Mr Olajide Sowore, the younger brother to social activist, Mr Omoyele Sowore. The police said the deceased was shot dead in Edo by gunmen in the early hours of Saturday. NATIONAL ACCORD...
The non-arrival of election materials and electoral officers at various polling units in many parts of Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna state has delayed the start of voting in the area. NAN correspondent who monitored the turnout of voters noted the presence of police and other security...
The Federal Government has raised alarm over the use of what is called “deep” fake news to attack it and its officials. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, raised the alarm in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, in Sal Island,...
Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has been killed. Sowore, in a terse post, said his brother was killed by suspected herdsmen/kidnappers in Edo state. According to him: “My immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore was today shot and killed near Okada in Edo state...