A business mogul and philanthropist, Mr Tony Elumelu, has urged youths in Nigeria to work hard and build a bright future for themselves. Elumelu was one of the speakers at The Everlasting Arms Parish (TEAP)-RCCG Teens Career Conference 2023 holding in Abuja. He told the youth on...
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Champions Napoli survived an early scare as they began their title defence with a 3-1 win at newly-promoted Frosinone in their Serie A season opener on Saturday after Victor Osimhen scored twice. Napoli now have Rudi Garcia in the dugout after Luciano Spalletti took the Italy national team...
The National Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities (NAPWPD) has demanded a five per cent share of the N5 billion palliative approved by the Federal Government for states and local government councils. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government has approved the disbursement of...
Kylian Mbappe scored from the penalty spot 11 minutes into his return for Paris St Germain. But the defending champions had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Toulouse in their Ligue 1 clash on Saturday. Mbappe came off the bench to bury a spot-kick he earned...
Real Madrid new recruit, Jude Bellingham, scored twice and guided the Spanish giants to a 3-1 comeback win at Almeria on Saturday, with a stunning strike from Vinicius Jr guaranteeing the points. Bellingham took his tally to three goals in two games as Real secured their second successive win....
A superb strike by midfielder Julian Alvarez gave Manchester City a 1-0 win over Newcastle United in their first home game of the new Premier League season. The win capped off an evening of celebration of last season’s treble at the Etihad Stadium. The English Premier League,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed over the death of 36 soldiers killed in an ambush by armed bandits and a subsequent Nigeria Air Force (NAF) helicopter crash in Niger State. Buhari made his feelings known in a statement issued on Saturday...
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have met to discuss a joint defence strategy in response to the announcement by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS military intervention in the coup. Military staff of the three countries met in the Nigerien capital Niamey to decide on “concrete measures” in case...
The acting Comptroller-General (C-G) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, says the service will lead the way in using lobbying as a tool in governance. He said this in Abuja when he received a team of a lobbyist firm led by the immediate past Minister of Information...
Chief Uchenna Nwoye, the President General (PG) of Ifitedunu Town union in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra, has alerted the Nigerian Police that his life is still under threat. Nwoye, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Saturday, said those who attacked...
The Multinational Joint Tasks Force (MNJTF) combating insurgency in the Lake Chad region said it has continued to record mass surrender of insurgents. A statement on Saturday by the spokesman of the task force, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, said the development was due to the intensified kinetic and non-kinetic...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – A leading candidate for the presidency of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr. Ike Neliaku, has promised to facilitate the establishment of Africa’s first Public Relations University in Nigeria and to initiate the development of a ‘Nigerian Reputation House’ in Abuja if...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has donated relief materials to 23,000 farmers and vulnerable persons affected by the 2022 flood in Niger. The Director General of the agency, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, said this during the inauguration of the distribution of the support materials in Minna on Saturday....
China has conducted further military exercises near Taiwan, in response to a recent stopover by the Taiwanese vice president in the United States on a state trip. The Chinese military stated in a declaration on Saturday that these exercises were a “serious warning” to the “separatists” in Taiwan who...
The National Hunan Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for immediate action to address humanitarian issues in the country. The Executive Secretary of NHRC, Mr Tony Ojukwu SAN, , made this called on Saturday in a statement to commemorate the 2023 World Humanitarian Day (WHD). He called on...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Vanguard has welcomed recent moves by the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje to reconcile its aggrieved members as a good omen for the party. The group’s Convener, Mr Chibueze Oleka, said this while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Saturday. Oleka who reacted...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Monday as a work-free day for public servants in the state to commemorate the 2023 Isese Day. The Isese Day in Lagos is set aside to celebrate the indigenous Yoruba culture and traditions as...
Fridolina Rolfo scored one and set up the other as Sweden win bronze at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, with a deserved 2-0 win over Australia. The victory, sealed by Kosovare Asllani’s superb second-half strike, maintains the Scandinavians’ remarkable 100 per cent record in four FIFA Women’s...
*Cronies, Business Associates, Governors, Lackeys, desert former CBN Governor in his time of need Yes, since he got booted from office, Emefiele has certainly learnt a lot of hard lessons: that a friend’s loyalty, like power, is transient; and that when a man is down and out, something always...
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to leveraging on the domestic use, processing and export of Nigeria’s gas resources. According to him, it is the resource that will catalyse the fundamental restructuring of the nation’s economy for expansive growth during his tenure. Tinubu said this on Friday...