By Ijeoma Okigbo Nigerian women’s senior cricket team on Saturday defeated their Rwandan counterparts by six wickets in their opening game of the 9th KwibukaT20 Women’s tournament. The game at the Gahanga Cricket Stadium in Kigali saw the hosts winning the toss and opting to bat. Gisele Ishimwe had theContinue Reading
By Edith Nwapi The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Saturday viewed the first video evidence presented before it by Mr Peter Obi and his party, Labour party. Obi and his party are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election which brought President Bola Tinubu into power. RespondentsContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The 9th Senate had passed 500 Bills in four years, says the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. He said this in his remarks on Saturday during the valedictory session for the outgoing senators of the 9th Assembly. “Today, I address you with mixed emotions. On the one hand,Continue Reading
By Amina Ahmed Bauchi State on Saturday moved to vaccinate girls in the state against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). It plans to target girls between the ages of nine years and 14 years as HPV is the most common sexually-transmitted infection. The Bauchi Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) consequentlyContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger accompanied 340 pilgrims and three officials from the state to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to bid them farewell for the 2023 hajj. A statement by Hajiya Ummikhaltume Kuta, Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor in Minna on Saturday, said the governorContinue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, says medical colleges in Nigeria must develop the capacity to train more doctors to bridge the brain drain gap in the sector. Hamzat spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday while reacting toContinue Reading
By Polycarp Auta Acute shortage of water is forcing residents of Sabongida community in Langtang South Local Government of Plateau into constant battles with animals for drinking water from dirty ponds. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the community on Sunday, found that there wasContinue Reading
By Mustapha Yauri The Nigeria Army says 6,251 newly-recruited soldiers would be deployed to counter activities of criminal elements. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya made the disclosure on Saturday in Zaria, Kaduna State at the passing-out parade of the 84 regular recruits intake. Yahaya noted thatContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde The Federal Government has so far evacuated 2,371 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan. Dr Onimode Bandele, Director of Special Duties, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) gave the figure in Abuja on Saturday when 125 stranded Nigerians arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Toba Ajayi An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Yusuf Jimoh has called on Nigerians to patronise home-made products and stop condemning anything made in Nigeria. Jimoh, who made the call in Ilorin on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said Nigeria makes goods that worthContinue Reading
