By Victor Okoye The National Association of Nigeria Professional Footballers (NANPF) has pledged to intensify player education on Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) rules, especially on betting and match-fixing. NANPF President, Sunday Abe, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, stressing the association’s commitment to upholding theContinue Reading
Terrorists By Sumaila Ogbaje Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have neutralised several terrorists in multiple operations across Borno and Yobe States, a military source has said. The source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the operations were part of sustained effortsContinue Reading
By Sunday Dare Three visits in less than a year. That is not mere coincidence, it is deliberate strategy. And as usual, disingenuous reportage from a section of the press is insinuating some obsession of President Tinubu with Brazil. Well, Yes. But It is an obsession in pursuit ofContinue Reading
Dismembered By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo The police command in Kwara says it arrested a man, who allegedly dismembered the body of his pregnant sister-in-law, Mrs Esther Enemo at Egbejila Road in Temidire community, Ilorin. This is contained in a statement by the command Spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, on Saturday in Ilorin.Continue Reading
Detention By Obinna Unaeze The Police Command in Anambra has detained a suspected Chinese miner over alleged illegal mining activities in Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement in Awka. According to him, operativesContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Veteran journalist, Yakubu Mohammed, says an unexplainable friction between late Chief MKO Abiola, the publisher of the defunct National Concord, and late Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpu and himself led to founding of Nigeria’s first weekly news magazine, Newswatch. Mohammed, who together with Giwa, Ekpu and DanContinue Reading
By Nana Musa The Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) has elected a new National Amirah, Dr Fadimatu Hamza from Plateau. The election was conducted at its 40th anniversary and National Convention in Kaduna on Saturday, after a four-day gathering of member from across the country. Continue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson/Celine-Damilola Oyewole The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu is committed to empowering women economically to achieve Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs). The first lady said this on Saturday in Lagos at the official flag-off of Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) in South-West Geo-politicalContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says it will prioritise youth and women by allocating 50 per cent of elective and appointive positions to them. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, National Secretary of the party, stated this in Lagos during the affirmation of PDP, Labour Party and other members whoContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Some victims of the recent flood in Mokwa, Niger, have alleged exclusion from the N1 billion state government compensation. The victims makes the allegations in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Mokwa on Saturday. NAN recalls that Gov. Umaru Bago hadContinue Reading
