For years, visitors pulled into the parking lot of Maranatha Baptist Church in rural Plains, Georgia in the wee hours to queue in the pitch black for Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school class. Some were Christians, some were not. Many were Americans, while a substantial number came from other countries...
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State says council election will hold in all the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in 2025. The APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, made this clarification in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, following speculations about...
The following are the results of Match Day 19 fixtures in the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday and dates of the remaining fixtures: El kanemi Warriors FC 1-0 Kano pillars FCNiger Tornadoes FC 0-1 Enugu Rangers FCIkorodu city FC 2-1 sunshine Stars FCLobi Stars FC...
Liverpool thrashed West Ham United 5-0 at the London Stadium to stretch their Premier League lead to eight points on Sunday with Mohamed Salah once again in irrepressible form. The Egyptian has been enjoying a vintage season despite uncertainty over a new contract and scored once and provided two...
No fewer than 200 bikers on Sunday thrilled revellers with spectacular and breathtaking stunts during the Bikers’ Parade session of the 2024 Carnival Calabar, held in Calabar, Cross River. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bikers covered the 12km distance of the carnival route, exciting fun...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the seizure of 15,325 litres of petrol to be auctioned off at ₦400 per litre. The National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, ACG Hussein Ejibunu, said the petrol, when auctioned, will ease transportation hardship during the festive season. Ejibunu announced during a press...
The political crisis enveloping Rivers State shows no sign of letting off as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has accused former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili, of siding with Governor Siminalayi Fubara against him instead of playing a fatherly role in resolving the issues....
Manchester City ended their five-game winless run as Pep Guardiola celebrated victory in his 500th game in charge with a 2-0 win at Leicester City on Sunday. Savinho’s first-half goal and an Erling Haaland header after the break earned a much-needed three points for the faltering champions at the...
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division (3 Div)/ Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH), Major General AE Abubakar on Saturday unveiled the Mariya Abiodun Lagbaja (MAL)Recreational Park at Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Jos, Plateau State. The army in a statement posted on its X handle, noted that the park is...
Former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, has commended Governor Siminalayi Fubara for navigating through political challenges in the past 12 months and more since the crisis broke out in October 2023. Odili noted that Governor Fubara’s struggles were not driven by personal interest but were aimed at safeguarding...
The Jerusalem court hearing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has postponed hearings set for next week as Netanyahu undergoes a prostate operation on Sunday. The hearings will now be held on January 6 and subsequent days. Netanyahu is charged with fraud, embezzlement and bribery. The accusations against...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja-– Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have arrested a 48-year old businessman, Ifeanyi Orizu for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that Orizu was intercepted...
Syria’s transitional government has vowed to dissolve and restructure all security agencies of the toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime accused of mass killings and abuses. Al-Assad, who ruled Syria for more than two decades, fled the country earlier this month as Islamist-led rebels advanced on the capital Damascus during...
A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike and adverse weather conditions were cited by authorities as likely causes of the crash that flung...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have apprehended a 25-year old suspected female ammunition courier, Shamsiyya Ahadu. The Coordinator, Joint Media Coordination Centre of the operation, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar– The city of Calabar, Cross River State, came alive as dignitaries from across Nigeria and beyond gathered for the 2024 Carnival Calabar. The event, themed “Our Shared Prosperity,” was attended by Hajia Aisha Buhari, wife of the immediate past president of Nigeria, and her children,...
The Calas Vegas carnival band has emerged winner of the 2024 Calabar Carnival. The band, which had also clinched the first position during the 2023 Calabar Carnival, beat six other bands to emerge overall winner again in 2024. This was announced after the Carnival Street party as the bands...
The UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar, Cross River, was abuzz with excitement on Friday night as Nigerian music sensations, Runtown and Iyanya, displayed electrifying performances at the 2024 Calabar Carnival Live Concert. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the duo’s energetic performances were a perfect blend of...
The police in Adamawa have apprehended three members of a notorious gang group known as “Shila boys” in Yola for alleged robbery. The police spokesman in Adamawa, Suleiman Nguroje, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Yola. Nguroje said the police received credible information that five of...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has said that a more active Guards Brigade was expected in 2025. Matawalle said this while responding to questions from newsmen at the Elite Guards’ West Africa Social Activities (WASA) 2024, on Saturday in Abuja. He therefore, charged the troops...