Mexico has continued their dominance over the Super Eagles, scoring twice in two minutes beat the Nigeria team 4-0 in a friendly match early Sunday. Although Nigeria called up largely home-based players for the game at the imposing 77,500-capacity LA Coliseum, it was the sixth meeting between the two...
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Nigerian woman based in Brazil, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part and handbag. The mother of three was arrested on Friday...
No fewer than 11 Cambodian villagers have died after drinking rice wine suspected to be toxic during a funeral, a police officer said Sunday, adding to the kingdom’s growing recent death toll from unsafe homemade alcohol. In the past two months, more than 30 people have died in three...
At least 29 people were killed and 50 injured Sunday when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country’s south, officials said. Another 17 on board the C-130 Hercules transport plane when it crashed while trying to land on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Beyond its proud history and traditions, Kano is a melting pot of diverse tribes and cultures and a place that is home to all and for all Nigerians, where they can co-exist peacefully regardless of differences, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved new postings for all senior special assistants and special assistants appointed from November, 2020 to date. The governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau today Sunday announced that all affected SSAs and SAs are to receive...
David Ospina saved two penalty kicks as Colombia advanced to the Copa America semi-finals with a 4-2 shootout win over Uruguay in Brasilia on Saturday. The Napoli goalkeeper dived low to his right to keep out Jose Gimenez’s penalty kick and then leaped to his left to palm away...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit, asking the court “to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose spending details of the overdrafts and loans obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since May 29, 2015 including the projects on which...
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, have rejoiced with Alhaji Aminu Ado Beyero on his coronation as the 15th Emir of Kano. Prof Danbatta, who hails from Danbatta Local...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogari has said that unless the Publishers of a Bauchi based online news blog: WIKKITIMES write an apology and a retraction over a “defamatory and libelous” story published against him, he would seek redress in court....
Electricity consumers in Kano State, have faulted Kano Electricity Distribution Company’s (KEDCO) claim of providing free meters to 40,000 customers, under its phase zero plan. A cross section of customers who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the metropolis on Sunday said the claim lacked empirical...
Lionel Messi scored one goal and provided two assists as Argentina kept alive their bid to end their 28-year Copa America title wait with a 3-0 quarter-final win over Ecuador. Messi hit the post early before showing composure to find Rodrigo De Paul for his maiden international goal in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The high powered Committee on Flood and Sanitation; headed by the Borno State Attorney General, Barrister Kaka Shehu Lawan has announced the ban on Langa Langa Sewage Disposal and Hygiene Services Company during a routine supervision of Saturday’s sanitation exercise in the state. This...
At least 43 people were missing off the southeastern coast of Tunisia after a boat carrying more than 120 migrants sank, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Saturday. “Eighty-four migrants were rescued and 43 others disappeared after a boat carrying 127 migrants sank off the coast of Zarzis” on...
Harry Kane scored twice as a buoyant England cruised through to the semi-finals of Euro 2020 with a one-sided 4-0 win over Ukraine in Rome on Saturday. Kane ended a worrying international scoring drought by netting in the 2-0 last-16 defeat of Germany in midweek and he put England...
At least seven people have been killed and ten others kidnapped in separate attacks carried out by bandits in Chikun, Kajuru and Giwa Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Among the victims were four persons who were kidnapped and shot to death by the bandits at Tsohon Gayan community...
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has officially handed over the programme of funding and management of Girl Child Education to the Zamfara government. UNICEF Chief Education Manager, Sokoto Office, Ms Miriam Moreso, handed over on Friday, at a meeting to mark the end of UNICEF’s girl...
The Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, has announced the indefinite suspension of academic activities in the institution. The suspension order was conveyed in a circular by the college’s Registrar, Mr Marcus Timothy, issued to the school community and sighted by our correspondent on Friday in Kaduna. The...