The Abyssinia Battalion was on Saturday crowned as the champions of the 2025 Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Cadets Brigade Inter-Battalion Sports Competition The Abyssinia battalion surged ahead of three other regular cadets battalions at the NDA to emerge as the overall champions at the 2025 Cadets Brigade inter-battalion sports...
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Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of Livestock Development, Prof. Eustace Iyayi, has revealed that Nigeria requires 1.7 million metric tonnes of milk annually but currently produces only about 600,000 to 700,000 metric tonnes. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja...
President Bola Tinubu has received with deep sorrow the tragic news of an accident involving members of the Kano State contingent who were returning from the recently concluded National Sports Festival in Ogun. On behalf of the Federal Government, the President extended condolences to the government and people of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO), has disowned a fake Face-Book Account opened in the name of the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi aimed at defrauding unsuspecting members of the public. IThis is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Acting Director,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to local content, technology transfer, and the empowerment of Nigerians as he commissioned the first phase of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and several major road projects across the country. At the ceremony in Lagos on...
Former Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi has said that Nigerian leaders and elites are not the country’s problem; rather, the problem lies with the followers. Amaechi made the remarks at a public lecture themed: “Weaponisation of Poverty as a Means of Underdevelopment: A Case Study of Nigeria,” held to...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; a Prelate, Catholic Church Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, and others have called for urgent action against poverty for sustenance of democracy. They made the call at a public lecture to commemorate former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi’s...
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won the Champions League for the first time in their history as Luis Enrique’s brilliant young side outclassed Inter Milan on Saturday in the most one-sided final ever as teenager Desire Doue scored twice in an astonishing 5-0 victory. Achraf Hakimi, playing against his former club,...
Super Eagles Coach, Eric Chelle, has expressed a mix of optimism and concern after the 2025 Unity Cup final. While acknowledging the positives from the tournament, Chelle emphasised that Nigeria must significantly improve to secure a spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals in the USA. “This game...
Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated Jamaica 5-4 on penalties to win the Unity Cup in London on Saturday. Moses Simon and Samuel Chukwueze scored for Nigeria in each half, as the match ended in a 2–2 draw before proceeding to a penalty shootout. The Super Eagles scored all five...
Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Plateau has said Zainab Idris, one of its pilgrims who found lost 5,000 dollars and returned it to rightful owner has made the state and Nigeria proud. Its Executive Secretary, Alhaji Daiyabu Daudu, said this while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of the ongoing...
The Federal Government has initiated an action to ensure the collapsed bridge destroyed by flood at Mokwa in Niger State was immediately rebuilt. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen while responding to questions in Minna on Saturday. The News...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has presented 17 brand new 2025 model SUVs to local government chairmen to enhance grassroots service delivery statewide. Fred Itua, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said Okpebholo was joined by the Deputy Governor, Dennis Idahosa and other top officials at the event on...
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003, Mr Chibudom Nwuche, has said the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is becoming a world class city under President Bola Tinubu and Nyesom Wike. Nwuche said this in Abuja on Saturday, when he accompanied the FCT minister on...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, retired Brig.- Gen. Bashir Adewinbi, on Saturday said the escalating security challenges in the country was a gang-up by the oppositions against President Bola Tinubu. Adewinbi, a security expert and immediate past Osun Amotekun Corps State Commandant, stated this...
Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan lock horns in Saturday’s Champions League final with the French side hoping to win European club football’s biggest prize for the first time and the Italians eyeing their fourth title. The match, which kicks off at Bayern Munich’s 75,000-capacity Allianz Arena at 9:00pm (1900...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sued a former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, for allegedly stealing and unlawfully acquiring 753 housing units located at Plot 109, Cadastral Zone C09, Lokongoma District, Abuja. In the eight new counts filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital...
Katsina State Government on Saturday called for the cancellation of the English language examination recently conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The called followed an incident which led to the commencement of the examination several hours behind the scheduled time nationwide on Wednesday. The position of the...
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has directed the early payment of June salaries to all civil servants across the state, beginning Monday, to enable them to prepare for the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah) festival. The directive, announced in a statement issued on Saturday by the Governor’s Press Secretary, Malam Abubakar...