By Sumaila Ogbaje A total of 2,000 athletes from 42 countries will participate in the third edition of the African Military Games to be hosted by Nigeria in Nov. 2024. AVM Abidemi Marquis, Director of Sports, Defence Headquarters, made this known while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, on theContinue Reading
Prof. Rufai Ahmed, the immediate past National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has left the party. Rufai, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said he decided to quit “after consulting widely”. Rufai’s action is considered by observers as a huge blow to the party whacked byContinue Reading
PremiumTrust Bank is to celebrate Ekiti governor Biodun Oyebanji’s first anniversary in office with a play on Col. Adekunle Fajuyi, the late military governor of old Western Region. The play, which is to be staged in collaboration with the Duke of Shomolu Productions, a theatrical plays producing outfit, chronicles theContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Nigerian rugby national team, the Black Stallions, have been placed in a dicey pool as the team bids to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games scheduled to hold in Paris, France. The Olympics will hold from July 26 to Aug. 11, 2024 with most of theContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) on Sunday called for the conservation of the declining vulture population in Nigeria to prevent extinction and looming epidemic. Mr Oladapo Soneye, Communications Manager, NCF, who made the call in a statement in Lagos, said that vultures are the only species ofContinue Reading
As the crisis in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) rages on, key stakeholders of the group say that Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, its presidential candidate, is in the best position to restore order. Some of them, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that Kwankwaso was theContinue Reading
By Femi Ogunshola The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the utilisation of ecological funds released to the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) has uncovered N81.2 billion allegedly spent to plant 21m trees in 11 states. The investigation is from 2015 till date. Rep. Isma’ila Dabo,Continue Reading
By Fortune Abang Angola has declared the readiness to deepen its bilateral cooperation with Nigeria. Téte António, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during his visit to Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. António was in Nigeria to deliver the AngolanContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni The Federal Government is set to revamp the nation’s steel sector to enhance the economy as well as create employment opportunities. The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuabi Audu, said this in Abuja when he met with heads of agencies and departments in the ministry. Audu saidContinue Reading
By Cecilia Ologunagba Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will address the 78th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu, in hisContinue Reading
