Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has hinted that no new player would be invited for the forthcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho. Speaking in an interview on the Eagles YouTube page after returning to Nigeria on Monday, Rohr debunked media reports that some...
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U.S. safety investigators on Tuesday said the pilot of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter flew through the clouds in an apparent violation of federal standards and likely became disoriented just before the helicopter crashed and killed the NBA legend, his 13-year-old daughter, and seven others. Chairman of the National Transportation Safety...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Private sector to invest and participate in the government’s drive to address the infrastructural deficit of the country. He made the call virtually during the launch of the Kano-Maraɗi standard rail line in Katsina. President Buhari said the rail line would traverse...
Nigeria has recorded 1,056 new cases of Coronavirus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a late-night tweet via its verified Twitter handle. Here are the details: Lagos-214 Osun-120 FCT-116 Plateau-88 Ebonyi-75 Kwara-73 Gombe-70 Ondo-57 Rivers-47 Akwa Ibom-38 Edo-25 Oyo-23 Kano-22 Delta-19 Katsina-18 Borno-16 Nasarawa-13 Ekiti-8...
… Confirms death of Mai Kanuribe, two others The convoy of Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was not involved in accident, spokesman to the governor, Malam Isa Gusau has clarified. The clarification, Gusau explained, was in response to “a completely inaccurate news flash published online by an international...
The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has justified the development and planned deployment of the “Eye-Mark Web Application” in tracking, monitoring and evaluating execution of development projects embarked upon by the Federal Government countrywide. Mr. Agba said that the GRID 3 geo-spatial technology,...
.. Flags off Kano-Maradi rail project By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja directed the Ministries of Transportation and Finance to conclude financial arrangements with appropriate co-financiers that will partner with the Federal Government f0r construction of West-East Coastal rail line from Lagos to Calabar,...
By BARBARA KALU, Abuja – The Press Council Amendment Bill 2019, sponsored by the Honourable Member representing Ado/Ogbadigbo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency, Dr. Francis Ottah Agbo entered Second Reading as the House of Representatives resumed sitting on Tuesday A statement by Mr. Andrew Agbese, the Media Adviser to Dr. Agbo, said...
….As Sylva launches NUCOP By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has called on stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to join in working towards reducing operations cost to achieve the $10 or less per barrel production cost target. Group Managing Director of NNPC,...
The Federal Government on Tuesday closed its case in the trial of 10 sailors accused of hijacking a vessel on the high seas. The suspected pirates are Frank Abaka, Jude Ebaragha, Shina Alolo, Joshua Iwiki, David Akinseye, Ahmed Toyin, Shobajo Saheed, Adekole Philip, Matthew Masi, and Bright Agbedeyi. They...
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu says President Muhammadu Buhari is working hard to fulfill his campaign promises and social contract he entered into with the Nigerian electorate. Dr Onu made this known on Tuesday at Uburu in Ohaozara LGA of Ebonyi while speaking with newsmen...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on Feb. 22, arraign former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, in the Federal High Court, Abuja, for alleged financial impropriety. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Tuesday because the former minister was yet to be served with the court...
Cameroon National football team’s ex-captain, Samuel Eto’o, is in good health after he was involved in a road accident in his country Sunday morning, sources have said. Renowned sports journalist and close aide to the legendary football star, Martin Camus Mimb, who confirmed the accident, said in a tweet...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- A district head, Mai Kanuribe of Lagos, Alhaji Mustapha Muhammadu, and other two persons have been confirmed dead in a ghastly road accident involving their vehicle which accompanied the convoy of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State. The accident, it was learnt took place...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Borno- The Nigerian Army has denied social media reports of the alleged killing of five soldiers and workers of The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) by Boko Haram Terrorists during repairs of an electricity facility along Maiduguri- Damaturu road in Borno State. According to a statement...
The Nigeria Army Headquarters on Tuesday, appointed Brigadier General Mohammed M. Yerima as the new Spokesperson of the Nigerian Army. Brigadier Yerima who is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and African Public Relations Association (APRA), was formally A Deputy Director Reserve Defence Headquarters before...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The position of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), regarding the mandatory use of pictures taken during UTME/DE candidates’ registration to forestall impersonation came to light with the arrest of the duo of Mr. Buhari Abubakar Ismail and Mr. Ajeru who were arrested in Kano....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja-The Association of Igede Media Professionals (AiMP) has called on Governor Samuel Ortom to prevail on the authorities not to withdraw the security personnel keeping the peace in Oju Local Government Area, following last weekend’s violent clash between Ibilla and Ukpa communities in the state as...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will expend not less than N100 million on the prosecution of 200 out of the over 400 persons involved in impersonation in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this...
A notorious leader of bandits, Auwalu Daudawa, and six members of his gang on Monday repented and surrendered 20 AK-47 rifles and one RPG to security agencies in Zamfara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Daudawa and six others had declared their repentance from banditry before Governor...