The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) Mr Osita Okechukwu, says President Bola Tinubu deserves commendation for not applying to join the BRICS economic group. At the 15th BRICS Summit in South Africa, the bloc admitted Argentina, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE among other intending developing countries into...
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Bundesliga record signing Harry Kane scored twice in his first league appearance in front of a home crowd on Sunday. Kane’s brace helped to steer champions Bayern Munich to a 3-1 victory over Augsburg, making it two wins out of two matches. Kane who joined for a...
Nigeria’s representatives in the 2023/2024 CAF Champions League, Enyimba International Football Club of Aba and Remo Stars FC of Ikenne have crashed out of the competition on home soil. This was after both sides failed to take advantage of playing at home in their preliminary stage, second leg...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has congratulated Master Adesina Ololade, a Kwara student who recently scored As (excellent) in all the nine subjects he wrote in the West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE). Ololade also went on to record an impressive 298 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination...
An 11-year old Oluwamayomikunsi Coker has emerged the winner of the 2023 Mathsbee competition in Oyo State. Coker clinched the N150,000 star prize at the Mathematics Competition organised by Mathsbee in Ibadan, Oyo State. Speaking on how she emerged the winner of the yearly competition, Coker said...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the air component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) and Operation Hadin Kai carried out successful air interdiction missions on some illegal refining sites and terrorists hideouts in Niger Delta and North East regions. This is contained in a statement issued by the...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, sympathized with the family of Chief Bala Kona, a former state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who died on Sunday. The governor’s condolence message is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Jalingo by...
Tolanibaj and Frodd, housemates of the ongoing Big Brother Naija, “All Stars” edition, have been evicted from the show. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, host of the show, announced this during the Sunday live eviction show. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vote percentage displayed after the eviction process...
The governorship candidate on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Benue in the 2023 general elections, Prof. Bem Angwe, has withdrawn his membership from the party. Angwe’s resignation was contained in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the NNPP Ward Chairman of Mbatyu in Gboko Local...
In two consecutive years, Insurance Sector Correspondent, Ebere Nwoji of THISDAY Newspaper, has emerged top best to win the Print Media Reporter of the year 2023 award instituted by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) two years ago, in 2022. NAICOM, which is the apex regulator of...
A former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, on Sunday, commended President Bola Tinubu on his move to resolve Nigeria’s dispute with the United Arab Emirate (UAE)’s Airline and its visa issuance. Uwak, in a statement, said President Tinubu’s move would reopen that corridor for Nigerians, who...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives have intercepted at least 514,420 pills of suspected hard drugs in Gombe, Adamawa, Ogun and other parts of the federation between Aug. 21 and Aug. 23. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that NDLEA officers recovered...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has congratulated the Edo State Government and the good people of the State on the 32nd anniversary of the state creation. Agba, a chieftain of the All Progressives...
At about 1 am, on the cold night of Friday, August 2, 2019, exactly two months after celebrating his 34th birthday, Malam Abubakar Idris, commonly known as Abu Hanifa Dadiyata, or just Dadiyata, was abducted in front of his house at Barnawa, a quiescent area of Kaduna. ...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – In a determined step towards bolstering transparency and combatting corruption in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has embarked on a transformative advocacy and solidarity visit to the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). This strategic...
Sarit, an 18-year-old girl from the Druze town of Kisra-Sumei, was threatened for years before her murder due to her sexual orientation. Haifa District Attorney’s office filed an indictment in Haifa District Court on Sunday against the individuals suspected of having murdered Sarit Ahmad on June 9, 2023....
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Sunday acknowledged the unforgettable determination of the founding fathers of Osun State which culminated into creation of the state on August 27, 1991 by the then Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamosi...
Russian investigators said genetic tests showed that the Wagner chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership, was among the victims of a plane crash last week. The Russian Investigative Committee said Sunday that it confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and head of the...
An oil theft situation assessment delegation deployed in the Niger Delta by President Bola Tinubu discovered an illegal oil connection on Saturday. From the illegal connection discovered at Owaza in Abia, Nigeria loses an average of 7.2 million dollars monthly, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. stated on...
The Chief Executive Officer of 11 Plc, Mr Tunji Oyebanji, has enjoined Nigerians to convert their petrol-powered vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) ones, noting that it is affordable and economical. Oyebanji gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in...