The Confederation of the African Football (CAF) on Monday released the fixtures for the first-round of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league, whose preliminary round was concluded at the weekend. CAF said in a statement that the first-leg matches will be played 22 and 23 of December, 2020, and the...
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The Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has described as shocking the death of veteran sports writer Muyiwa Daniel. The State NUJ Chairman, Adeleye Ajayi said this in a statement in Lagos. “We were optimistic that he would overcome the sickness, unfortunately, he passed on while about...
The latest figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that the country recorded 318 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, with no related fatalities in the last 24 hours. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Sunday. The public health agency stated that 124...
The Police Command in Bayelsa has announced the recovery of bodies of the six policemen who went missing after a boat mishap in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred on Dec. 4 when one of the...
God hates idolatry/occultism with passion. He hates worshiping, trusting or consulting other gods, spirits, mediums or powers. In fact, this is the primary reason why he warned Israel against marrying from other nations or allowing heathen foreigners to live in their midst. It is to avoid these demonic influences....
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 203 Special Forces (SF) and Combat Search and Rescue Personnel have been graduated by the Nigerian Air Force in order to tackle the growing insecurity in the country. This was disclosed by the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Ground training Command, Air Vice...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi A Sule said, the current strategy employed in the fight against insurgency in the northeast could not resolve the decade long war. Engr. Abdullahi stated this on Saturday when he led a delegation comprising of the former...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the 36 state governors from borrowing N17 trillion from the pension funds in the name of carrying out infrastructural development in their respective states. In an open letter dated 5 December...
The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), in its commitment to ensure that residents at the grassroots have access to affordable, effective and quality healthcare, has partnered with First Bank of Nigeria Limited to utilise its over 13,000 Firstmonie Agents as payment channels for the Lagos State Health Scheme...
Manchester City provisionally broke into the Premier League top four after first-half goals from Raheem Sterling and Kevin de Bruyne gave them a comfortable 2-0 home win over struggling Fulham on Saturday. The result lifted City into fourth place on 18 points from 10 games while Fulham, who suffered...
*** Teenager among four suspects arrested *** Police smashes motorcycle-snatching syndicate in Bauchi By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A teenager and three others have been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of the Member of the State House of Assembly representing Dass Constituency, Hon. Musa Baraza, the Bauchi State...
“I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. Do not worship any other gods besides me. Do not make idols of any kind, whether in the shape of birds or animals or fish. You must never worship or bow down to them, for I,...
A new airline is preparing to start flights in South Africa next week, entering the industry at a time when carriers near and far are going bankrupt amid the worst crisis in aviation history. Lift, owned by Johannesburg-based leasing company Global Airways, will operate three Airbus SE A320 jets...
At least three personnel of the Nigeria Police Force have drowned Friday on their way to Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The incident occurred on the eve of the Saturday Senatorial Bye-election holding in two senatorial zones of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By BARBARA KALU – Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has challenged the local broadcast media to take the lead in telling the Nigerian story in order to guard against distortion of facts by a section of the foreign media. The Minister gave the challenge in...
Togolese football star, Emmanuel Adebayor has since the late hours of Friday, December 4, 2020 taken the top-spot on social media platform Twitter. The former Arsenal striker has been trending over what is suspected to be a relationship heartbreak he might have suffered in the past. Screenshots of posts...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has received a Cameroonian military delegation led by the 4th region joint military commander, General Saly Mohammadou at the Government House, Maiduguri. He was accompanied by General Bouba Dobekreo, Commander Sector 1 Multinational Joint Task Force; Brigadier General Essoh...
The two main candidates in Ghana’s 7 December presidential election have committed to a peaceful vote by signing a peace pact on Friday on behalf of their respective political parties. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party and former President John Dramani Mahama of the National...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 324 new infections of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC, on its verified website on Friday, stated that the new infection were reported from 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It said that Friday’s infections bring...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that improvement in relations between Nigeria and South Africa will speed up the process of development on the African continent The Nigerian leader made this known when he met with the Chairman of the African National Congress (ANC) and South Africa’s Minister of...