Super Eagles vice-captain, William Troost-EKong has called on soccer-loving Nigerians to rally behind the team. The Super Eagles started their campaign at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with a disappointing 1-1 draw against the Nzalang Nacional of Equatorial Guinea. Jose Peseiro’s side must now avoid defeat against hosts Cote d’Ivoire in their next game…
It is common to see players of a particular country playing for another country in international football competitions like the Nations cup History is replete of such scenario. England, Germany, Spian, France have all in the past and even presently have players from other countries playing for them John Fashanu a Nigerian in the eighties…
A campaign vehicle belonging to, Edo State deputy governor and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, gubernatorial aspirant, Philip Shaibu has been reportedly attacked by armed men suspected to be hoodlums. The hoodlums vandalized the vehicle in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of the state on Sunday night. Reports say the incident happened on Monday after…
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, challenging the victory of Siminalayi Fubara as governor of Rivers State. This is as the apex court also reserved judgment on the appeal presented by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Patrick Tonye-Cole. Counsel for the APM and its…
The Code of Conduct Bureau has invited the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, over the involvement of his company in an alleged N438m contract scam uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The CCB has commenced an investigation into the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers by the…
President Bola Tinubu and ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo are among top dignitaries attending the inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State for a second term in office. Tinubu, who was earlier at an event in Abuja for the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri around 1 pm on…
Latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics show that the country’s inflation rate is now at 28.9 %. This was disclosed in the NBS December 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) which was released on Monday afternoon. The CPI measures the rate of change in the prices of foods and services. Before Monday’s release, the…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt. Hon Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has arrived the State amidst jubilation after his victory at the Supreme Court last Friday. The Governor arrived Akanu Ibiam International Airport at exactly 3:40pm Joining to receive the Ebonyi leader on Sunday at the Executive Council Chamber New Government House, Abakaliki were members of…
President Bola Tinubu has performed the wreath-laying ceremony with other dignitaries to mark the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Abuja. All services chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Christopher Musa, and heads of other security agencies among others also took part in the ceremony. The programme, which is organised yearly…
In a major operation, troops from the 192 Battalion, 81 Division, Nigerian Army, successfully apprehended a suspected transnational drug syndicate. Acting on credible intelligence, the troops intercepted a Sienna 2001 Model Space Bus, loaded with 296 wraps of illicit substances believed to be Cannabis Sativa. The operation took place on Sunday, January 14, 2024, along…
