Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has unveiled his final squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Peseiro named 25 players in the squad for the biennial competition. Chippa United goalkeeper, Valentine Nwabili is the only new face in the squad. Captain Ahmed Musa and his assistant,...
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Calas Vegas Band has emerged overall winner of the Carnival Calabar competitive events. The winning band is led by the former Minister for Culture and Tourism and former Cross River Commissioner for Tourism, Chief Edem Duke. The band which was one of the newest bands, performed energetically and...
Hope Udoaka, a gold medalist at the Renewed Hope Table Tennis Invitational Challenge held at the Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos has disclosed that she had no coach or accommodation during the tourney. Udoaka, who represented Cross River, made the revelation in an interview with...
Calabar on Thursday stood still as the parade of the bands took centre stage in the ongoing cultural festival christened “Carnival Calabar”. The parade, which saw the various bands in their colourful costumes dance through the 12 kilometres carnival route, also saw a large number of residents, tourists...
Two Police personnel were shot dead by suspected assailants at Uga roundabout, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra on Thursday evening. The gunmen said to be on a kidnap mission, were operating in the area when a team of policemen attached to a motorcade but unaware of...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said the prices of beef, rice, beans, onion, tomato, and other food items increased in November. Average price of 1kg of boneless beef increased by 29.61 per cent from N2,337.46 recorded in November 2022 to N3,029.50 in November 2023. “On a...
The Vatican approval of blessing for same-sex couples has elicited opposition from episcopal conferences across Africa. And it has become pertinent to ask: Why do these bishops detest homosexuals? What crime have gays committed? Why are these clerics against the union of persons of the same sex?...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Theatre Command Headquarters , Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Hadin Kai, North-East, has decorated five newly promoted Colonels to the rank of Brigadier Generals and three other paramilitary officers serving under the command to higher ranks by their respective security services. ...
A child rights advocacy group in Bayelsa, DO Foundation, on Thursday, kicked against the Dec. 26, traditional marriage between a 4-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54- year- old man at Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. DO Foundation, in a statement availed to the News Agency...
A female passenger has been confirmed dead in an accident involving two vehicles opposite Ihembosi Junction, Okija along Owerri Road, Anambra State. Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa and state officials on Thursday paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Rotimi Akeredolu, former governor of Ondo State, in Ibadan. Aiyedatiwa described the demise of the former governor as a great loss, not just to Ondo State and...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said democracy must be progressive and inclusive with a primary focus on addressing poverty through the provision of job opportunities for youths and quality education for all Nigerian children. Receiving members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC),...
Chairman of the BUA Group,Alhaji Abdul-Samad Rabiu, said that the company would maintain its promise of selling cement at the price of N3,500 from January 2024. He said this while speaking with State House Correspondents after a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Lagos. He said...
Some physically challenged persons participating at the ongoing 20th edition of the Carnival Calabar on Thursday expressed excitement over their involvement in the event. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that they would forever cherish the gesture extended to them by the Cross...
Kano Pillars Football Club on Thursday defeated visiting Kwara United 2-1 in the Nigeria Professional Football League. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the week 16 match which was played at the Sani Abacha Stadium Kofar-Mata, Kano, was watched by large number of spectators. Both sides...
The nation’s bourse on Thursday rebounded with unprecedented profit, as the market capitalisation gained N401 billion or 0.99 per cent to close at N40.776 trillion, as against N40.375 trillion recorded on Wednesday. The All-Share Index (ASI) also grew by 733.94 or 0.99 per cent to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi hosted Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcons striker and 2023 CAF Women’s Player of the Year, on Thursday in Lagos. President Tinubu and the First Lady congratulated the Barcelona Femeni star on winning the best African female...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, on Thursday signed the Community Guard Corps bill into law, noting that it will further help the conventional security agencies towards ensuring uncovering every hiding place of the bad elements. The governor, while addressing members of the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Vice President Kashim Shettima, has applauded Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, for his commitment to infrastructure development Shettima, gave the accolades on Thursday, at the official commissioning of a 5km Masaka-Luvu Road, in Karu local government area of the state. The...