A former Board Member and South-East Director of Nationwide League One (NLO), Ebere Amaraizu, has urged the Super Eagles to wake up from their slumber in the ongoing 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON). Amaraizu made the call on Sunday shortly after the match between Super Eagles of...
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Pandemonium broke out in a church at Obosi, Anambra on Sunday as a man suspected to be insane dealt machete cuts on a congregant. “Preliminary information revealed that the man of God in the church claimed he could heal the insane man and started praying for him. “As...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuj Troops of 192 Battalion, 81 Division, Nigerian Army on Sunday, intercepted a suspected transnational drug syndicate with illicit substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday, led a delegation of Borno people to attend the funeral prayer of his spokesperson, Malam Isa Umar Gusau, which was held at the National Mosque in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The...
Super Eagles of Nigeria drew 1-1 with Equatorial Guinea in their opening Group A fixture at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte D’Ivoire. Victor Osimhen scored in the 38th minute to cancel out an Ivan Salvador goal two minutes earlier. The result placed the Super...
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said the best way to pay tribute to the nation’s fallen heroes is to sustain joint offensives against non-state actors. Abubakar said this on Sunday in Abuja in his tribute to the Armed Forces of Nigeria in commemoration...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport has recovered 30,000 packs of tramadol 225mg consisting 300,000 pills. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, an imported strong synthetic strain of cannabis, packaged in 324 bags with a gross weight of 111.2 kilograms in Onikan area of Lagos Island. The NDLEA...
Transition Implementation Committee Chairman, Shendam LGA of Plateau State, Dr Kemi Nshe, has said President Bola Tinubu’s neutrality and the Supreme Court’s unbiased judgment, have restored Nigerians’ hope in democracy. Nshe stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Jos, following...
the Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to Nigeria, Amb. Kalilou Traore,has said his country spent more than US$1 billion to organise the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) competition. Traore made this known during an interview on sideline of the official unveiling ceremony of the ‘AFCON Village’ on Saturday...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Police Force says its has began investigation into the abduction of six sisters in Bwari Area Council of Abuja. This comes after one of the abducted sisters, identified as Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, was killed by the gunmen who are demanding N60 million ransom....
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Cross River State, Prof. Sandy Onor, has called on genuine lovers of the state to support Governor Bassey Otu led administration to enable him to succeed in moving the state forward. Onor made the...
Almost a quarter of a century into current dispensation of uninterrupted democratic governance in Nigeria, opinions are diverse as to success or otherwise of the experience. Sir (Dr) Mike Okiro, former Inspector General of Police and former Chairman of Police Service Commission, spoke with Dapo Olaosebikan and Demola...
By ARMSTRONG ALAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that former leaders of the state tried to scuttle his second term electoral victory by making him lose at the Supreme Court. He however said that his persistence which made him spend seven days in Abuja...
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to review the integrity performance of his cabinet members in a bid to achieving the Renewed Hope Agenda. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, made the call while speaking with journalists on Sunday in...
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 100th day on Sunday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “no one will stop us” from destroying the militant group. The conflict has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with more than 23,000 people reported killed in Gaza and much of...
Denmark turns a page in its history on Sunday when Queen Margrethe abdicates and her son becomes King Frederik X, with more than 100,000 Danes expected to turn out for the unprecedented event. The hugely popular chain-smoking Queen Margrethe II, 83, will leave her residence at Copenhagen’s...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Assembly has postponed its plenary resumption to January 30, 2023. The Clerk to the House of Representatives, Yahaya Danzaria, disclosed this in a message addressed to all members of the House of Representatives. Danzaria said plenary will resume on January 30. He...
Enugu State Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Prince Lawrence Ezeh, has paid the bill of a woman, Mrs Joan Orajiobi and her triplets, detained by an Enugu private hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Orajiobi, who delivered triplets at Praise and Grace Hospital and...