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 Fortune Abang Victor Ikoli, a former President of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), Qatar chapter has described President Bola Tinubu’s recall of Nigerian envoys globally, including Qatar, a bold move for diplomatic rebirth. Ikoli made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), onContinue Reading
By Oladele Eniola The British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, Mr Jonny Baxter, says his first few weeks in Nigeria has revealed the people as passionate, full of energy, and with entrepreneurial spirit Baxter, who is new in office, said this in his maiden media interview, with the News AgencyContinue Reading
By Oladele Eniola The United Kingdom issued some 132,000 visas to Nigerians in the first half of the year, Jonny Baxter, British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He revealed the number in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in LagosContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A former member of the House of Representatives, Mr Robinson Uwak, has thrown his weight behind the actions taken by the African Union (AU) and the international bodies against the military junta in Gabon. Uwak, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, condemned the latest coup inContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has lauded the Nigerian Navy for acquiring new platforms to fight illegal activities on Nigerian waters and in the Gulf of Guinea. Matawalle gave the commendation on Saturday at the Passing Out Parade of Batch 34 Trainees ofContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Prince Clem Agba, the immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, said that Benin-Auchi-Okene-Obajana Road has yet to be completed due to insufficient funds for the project. Agba spoke on the road project while sharing his thoughts with audience at the grandContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Former Heads of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, have called on the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 43 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, to promote democratic ideals. They made the call at the maiden reunion of the AlumniContinue Reading
