Germany’s players celebrate scoring their team’s third goal during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group F football match between Portugal and Germany at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, on June 19, 2021. CHRISTOF STACHE / POOL / AFP Germany got their Euro 2020 campaign back on track — and blew...
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By LEKAN Agboola, Ilorin – Not less than 20, 000 All Progressives Congress, APC, members are believed to have withdrawn membership from the party after a symbolic burning of brooms, the party emblem, and flags in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The event held at the MM Event Center,...
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria is currently in Accra, The Ghana capital city, participating in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The Summit is chaired by Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo. President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina is also...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos – President Muhammadu Buhari, Governors of Plateau, Ekiti, Rivers, Oyo, Justices of various Courts, senior legal luminaries and people from all sectors of the society have converged at St. Monica’s Catholic Church, Rantiya, Jos for the Thanksgiving Mass in honour ofJustice Monica Dongban-Mensem to celebrate...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Faruk Yahaya was at the Theatre Headquarters Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) on his maiden operational visit to the Theatre from 16-19 June to assess the operational and welfare state of the...
So many people are today going through horrible things. They seem to have come to the end of their journey, end of their career and even on the edge of their life. It is like man and God have since abandoned them. Some have been dealt terribly by Satan,...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, has expressed satisfaction over security measures adopted by the school management for resumption. The union said the strategies would provide conducive atmosphere for learning and research activities. The ASUP branch Chairman, Malam Aliyu Kofa, made this known...
The fire that trailed the leakage from a moving cooking gas truck in Lagos on Thursday came from the kitchen of restaurant. The restaurant is located at the Ogun State Property Investment Corporation (OPIC) Plaza where other offices were equally burnt. Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency...
Zimbabwe recorded an impressive 21-0 victory against Mexico as the World Rugby Sevens Repechage got underway at Stade Louis II Nine men’s teams and 11 women’s teams are in Monaco to compete for the three remaining places at Tokyo 2020, and Zimbabwe got off to the perfect start with...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has inuagurated The Committee for the Absorption of World Bank’s Projects into the multi-sectoral crisis recovery projects for the Lake Chad Basin. Inaugurating the committee on Saturday in his office at the Government House, Maiduguri, The Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The 2021 Unified Tertiary Examination (UTME), has begun across the various Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the country. At the CBT centres located at Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Jabi and Global Distance Learning Centre, Central Area, Abuja, the exercise was going on smoothly....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)on Saturday said the country has recorded 13 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, bring the total numbers of confirmed cases to 167,155 cases. NCDC said this through its verified website on Saturday morning, also said...
Low turnout of voters has characterized Saturday’s State Assembly bye-election in Sabin Gari constituency of Zaria town in Kaduna state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seat occupied by Aminu Shagali, member representing the constituency, was declared vacant in April, after he was alleged to have...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos – The Leadership of Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) and the management of the newly approved Karl Kumm University have said the dream of the church to establish a university has been made possible through the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong. The Church said...
A tanker conveying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) crashed on Saturday, spilling its content at Community Road, Ijegun-Imore by Navy Town, Lagos causing panic among residents. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development to the News...
The Nigerian Navy has arrested 10 suspected vandals conveying 210,000 litres of diesel, Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), concealed in water tanks inside a large wooden boat around the Lagos Anchorage. A statement by the Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Sub-Lt. Veronica Effiong, on Saturday, said the vandals...
Twenty-seven people died and 13 more were injured in a bus crash in southern Peru in a Friday morning accident, British-based silver and gold miner Hochschild Mining said on Saturday. The company said in a statement that a bus operated by one of its contractors carrying workers was travelling...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA), has said it has deployed 180 workers to curtail the spread of gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines due to bacterial) in the state. The Chairman of the agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, who disclosed this...
Conservative judiciary chief Ebrahim Raising is clearly in the lead with most of the votes counted in Iran’s presidential election, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Saturday. Earlier his main rival, Abdolnasser Hemmati, a relatively reform-oriented candidate, made a concession statement on his Instagram account after media reports had...
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has passed a non-binding resolution calling for an end to arms deliveries to violence-ridden Myanmar. The 193-member body voted with a large majority in favour of the resolution, which also condemned the Feb. 1 military coup and called for the release of ousted...