Nigeria’s hopes of repeating its past Olympic glory in the 4x400m men’s relay were dashed yesterday as the team was disqualified from the final at the Paris Olympic Games. The quartet of Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Dubem Amene, and Chidi Okezie had finished heat 2 with an impressive Season’s Best time of 2 minutes 59.81…
World Record holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has failed to reach 100m Hurdles final at the Paris Olympics after coming third in the first semi-final of the event. Amusan finished in a time of 12.55 seconds and had to wait to check the outcomes of the two other semi-finals to see if she would scrape through….
A severe flood has damaged the federal highway connecting Kano to Maiduguri, leaving a large crater in the middle of the road and forcing motorists to find alternative routes. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Muhammad, visited the affected area and highlighted the significance of the road as a crucial link between Nigeria’s Northwest and Northeast regions….
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has denied receiving a ₦570 billion hardship grant from the Federal Government, contrary to President Bola Tinubu’s claim in a recent nationwide broadcast. In a newsletter signed by the governor, Makinde explained that the funds in question were part of the World Bank-assisted NG-CARES project, a COVID-19 recovery program that…
Police operatives in Anambra State have launched an intensive manhunt on gunmen who attacked a police checkpoint in the state. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, in which he also revealed that yet-to-be-identified gunmen attacked a Police team at a…
Members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have apprehended some Fulani herdsmen kidnappers who specialize in kidnapping people inside bushes and lonely places in Anambra State. The arrested herdsmen kidnappers, numbering two, were apprehended over the week at Amanuke in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State after they ambushed and kidnapped some land…
Chidinma Adetshina, a former Miss South Africa contestant has pulled out of the competition. Earlier in the competition, many South Africans said she is a Nigerian citizen and not qualified to contest. A petition was even signed by thousands to compel her to withdraw from the competition. Recently, the South African Home Affairs Department began…
The Take It Back Movement, a key organizer of the EndBadGovernance nationwide protest, has announced plans for a one-million-man protest in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Saturday. According to Mr. Sanyaolu Juwon, National Coordinator of the movement, the protest will mark a critical juncture in the nationwide campaign, which began…
Professor Chukwuma Soludo, CFR, Governor Anambra State, has launched the second batch of the “One Youth, Two Skills” Solution. Governor Soludo launched the initiative at the International Convention Centre, Awka. Speaking at the event which witnessed about 8,620 participants that qualified for the second batch of the programme, Governor Soludo described the children and the…
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kenedy-Ohanenye, on Thursday, disrupted an ongoing event in the Federal Capital City of Abuja, accusing the organiser of impersonating the ministry. In a one-minute video posted on the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, #TheICIR, the minister disclosed that the…
