Five-time world champions Golden Eaglets on Friday edged the Young Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 to win the WAFU B Under-17 Championship at the Cape Coast Stadium in Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victory for Nigeria has come barely few weeks after they claimed...
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Team Nigeria on Friday qualified for the men’s 4×100 metres relay event of the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, U.S.. The quartet of Favour Ashe, Godson Brume, Alaba Akintola and Udodi Onwuzurike, who are reigning World Under-20 champions, ran a new time of 38.34 seconds. The team booked...
The Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, says there is more of internal trafficking than external trafficking. Waziri-Azi disclosed this on Thursday in Benin at a meeting she held with stakeholders and partners of the agency in Edo. She explained that...
The WHO says Nigeria is one of the countries that have reported cases of monkeypox. It says more than 3,200 cases have been confirmed in 48 countries and in five of its regions globally. “In Nigeria, the proportion of women affected is much higher than elsewhere. “It is critical...
Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos, has been ranked as the world’s second least liveable urban area due to social unrest, terrorism and conflict. According to the latest 2022 Global Liveability Index, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Lagos 171 out of 172 countries in the list of most liveable cities in the world for...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Great Britain where he again reiterated his resolve to respect the maximum term limit in the Nigerian Constitution. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement in...
Registration for the eNaira hackathon, geared towards ideating innovative solutions for the newly launched digital currency, organised by the Africa Fintech Foundry (an innovative hub established to identify and accelerate innovative startups in Africa), in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is billed to open on June...
President Muhammadu Buhari says it’s not in his place to determine if the political ambition of Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, infringes on any laws that affects his productivity. Buhari stated this on Tuesday during his interview with Bloomberg. There have been debates around the central bank’s independence following...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has called on the media to use their various platforms to promote peace and guard against acts, capable of promoting division in the country. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, made the call at a media briefing on Wednesday...
YouTube has called for Black creators, artists, songwriters, others for Black Voices Fund, Class for 2023,. Solafunmi Sosanya, YouTube Lead for Nigeria, said on Wednesday that the fund created in 2020 would support Black creators, artists, songwriters, and producers with the resources and support that would enable them to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja on Wednesday, June 22, for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. A statement issued by the president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, said President Buhari...
President Muhamamdu Buhari has defended the federal government’s decision to keep paying fuel subsidies. In a response to Bloomberg, the President said the effects of removing fuel subsidies would have been too harsh on the Nigerian people. He said the government is working on boosting local capacity in order...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is decentralising the nation’s national grid through renewable mini-grids to address the challenges of electricity supply across the country. The president, who revealed this in an interview he granted Bloomberg News, said the Federal Government had earmarked 550 million dollars to provide 20,000...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Nigeria is holding back about $450 million in revenue earned by foreign airlines operating in the country. Vice President for Africa and the Middle East, IATA, Kamil Al Awadhi, made the remark on Sunday at the opening of its 78th annual general...
Nine-time African champions Nigeria will take on the senior women national football team of Japan in an international friendly match at the Noevir Stadium in Kobe, Japan on Oct. 6. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Falcons are ranked 39th by world football governing body...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested over 17,647 offenders, convicted and jailed 2, 369 between January 2021 and May 2022. The Chairman, NDLEA retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa said this during a press briefing in commemoration of the World Drug Day on Monday in Abuja....
The 2022 Global Peace Index has ranked Nigeria 143 among 163 independent nations and territories, according to the level of peacefulness. Nigeria moved three places up on the log from the 146th position it was ranked last year. Other countries ahead of Nigeria in the ranking are Mauritius 28;...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Labaran Shuaibu Magaji, a senatorial aspirant in the just concluded primary election for Nasarawa West Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who left for a brief holiday to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has returned to Nigeria. Magaji, who...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that as many as 141 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported in-country, up from the previous 110 cases. The NCDC, via its verified website, disclosed this on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that when scientists investigate the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A National Centre for the Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanism has been established, with the signing of Executive Order 12 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed...