The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has promised to do everything within its powers to kick human trafficking out of Nigeria. The Commander in Bayelsa, Mrs Abieyuwa Ikhidero, made the pledge in Yenagoa on Saturday after a road walk to commemorate the 2022 World...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Emirates Airlines has resolved to reduce its flight operations to Nigeria due to its inability to repatriate about $85 million in revenue. The Emirates noted that its flights would be reduced from 11 per week to seven at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)....
Calls on Christians to seek for alternative platform in 2023 By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The adoption of a Muslim-Muslim Presidential and Vice Presidential ticket by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is capable of leading Nigeria to disintegration like the USSR and Yugoslavia. Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, immediate...
9mobile has restated commitment to enabling growth of Nigerian businesses and fostering inter-sectoral collaboration to further boost economic development in Nigeria. Chief Financial Officer, 9mobile, Phillips Oki, who represented the CEO of 9mobile, Juergen Peschel, gave the assurance on Thursday when he led the company’s management team on a...
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, has said Nigeria and Benin Republic are likely co-host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Guinea has been awarded the hosting rights for 2025 but Africa’s football ruling body, CAF may likely strip Guinea of the hosting right of the biennial African...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Monrovia, the Liberia capital city, to attend the 175th independence anniversary of the country. The president’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja Malam Shehu noted that the...
Godwin Izilein, ex-Coach of the Super Falcons, says that Falcons will have a poor showing at the World Cup if they proceed with the same mentality in their campaign at Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. Izilein spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar...
Tobi Amusan on Sunday won gold in the Women’s 100 metres hurdles at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA. Nigeria left her best for the last day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, U. S. by winning a gold and a silver medal. The News...
The Falconets will be leaving in the next few days for Colombia to finalise their preparations for next month’s FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup finals scheduled for Costa Rica. Ademola Olajire, the Director of Communications at Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. “The national...
Glory Ogbonna, Super Falcons defender, has said that the team is disappointed over its inability to retain the African Cup of Nations trophy it won in 2018. Ogbonna, made this known when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the team’s base in Morocco. She said...
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Bauchi Field Office, says all is set to establish menstrual banks in some schools in Northern Nigeria. Mrs Mairama Dikwa, the UNICEF Education Specialist, told the New Agency of Nigerian (NAN) in Bauchi on Saturday, that the establishment would begin in November across...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons failed to finish among the top three at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) as they lost 0-1 to the Copper Queens of Zambia on Friday. The Falcons lost in the third-place playoff game after Evarine Katungo’s 28th minute goal made the difference at the...
The European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS said on Friday that, it would replace the gas from Russia with Nigeria Gas due to the invasion in Ukraine. The Deputy Director-General Department for (Energy), European Commission in Brussels, Mr Matthew Baldwin, said this at a news conference on...
Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has became the first player to win for the fifth time the African Woman Player of the Year award at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards. Oshoala warded off competition from Cameroonian Ajara Nchout Njoya and Zambia’s Grace Chanda to clinch her fifth title at...
Nigeria and Zambia will battle for the bronze medals of the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) on Friday at the Complexe Mohamed V in Casablanca – Morocco’s economic and industrial capital Head Coach of Zambia’s Copper Queens, Bruce Mwape, said on Thursday that his girls have put...
The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) Mr Osita Okechukwu has taken a swipe at the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for accusing the ruling party of stealing his idea to reform the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). While reacting to the...
The Senate on Wednesday, passed the Electricity Bill 2022. The bill’s passage was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Power. Chairman of the committee, Sen. Gabriel Suswam in his presentation, said the bill sought to among others, provide an Ideal legal and institutional...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has called on Nigerians to shun religious and ethnic division ahead of general elections in 2023. Amid the outrage triggered by the emergence of former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima – a Muslim – as the party’s vice-presidential...
Mr Gabriel Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Equatorial Guinea has lauded the initiative of the Nigerian government for the new Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, describing Nigeria as a great example for Africa. Lima made this known in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, following the...