Plateau United are back to the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) after edging close rivals, Rivers United 1-0 yesterday in the Match-day 18 clash in Jos. The climb to the top is also a fallout of defeats to Lobi Stars and Sunshine Stars and failure of Akwa …
Read More »Sports Minister, Dare, Graces Rejuvenated Sports Festival in Ilorin
Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said that the importance of grassroots sports development cannot be over emphasised. He said this while speaking to newsmen at the grand finale of the Kwara State Sports Festival on Saturday. He added that the resuscitation of the sports …
Read More »Super Bowl 2020: Kansas City Chiefs Pull off Sensational Comeback to Beat San Francisco 49ers
Patrick Mahomes produced a staggering fourth-quarter performance to guide Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in 50 years as they came from 10 points behind to stun the San Francisco 49ers in Miami. Quarterback Mahomes, 24, had endured a difficult evening under the pounding pressure of the …
Read More »Insecurity: ‘Enough is enough’, says CAN in Lagos, joins nationwide demonstration
Apostle (Prof.) Alexander Bamgbola, CAN chairman in Lagos, addressing press during protest at Yaba, Lagos Lagos branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has now joined her national body to demand an end to the spate of insecurity and killings across the states of the country. Following the recent …
Read More »Adeboye leads march as Christians protest killings
From Justina Asishana, Minna; James Azania, Lokoja; Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi; Vincent Ikuomola, Adeola Ogunlade, Gbenga Omokhunu Abuja, Isagie Otabor, Benin; Toba Adedeji, Osogbo and Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta Nationwide ‘Prayer Walk’ in cities Man with explosives held in Winners chapel Christians on Sunday staged a nationwide protest against the resurgence of …
Read More »Federation Account revenue hits N10.2tr
By Collins Nweze The federally collected revenue, which is shared among the Federal, state and Local governments, rose by 7.3 per cent year-on-year to N10.2 trillion in 2019, a report by Afrinvest West Africa Limited has shown. According to the report, which quoted Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistics, while …
Read More »Ex-SDP Secretary, others defect to APC
Former National Organising Secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Emeka Atuma, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), along with his supporters. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atuma, represented Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency (2003-2007) on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, before moving to …
Read More »Okada/Keke ban: Lagos govt. gives update on alternatives, issues fresh warning
The Lagos State Government has said that it plans to roll out alternatives, to provide commuters with options, after the ban on the operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in six local government areas and nine local council development. The ban took effect from Saturday, February 1. In a statement posted on …
Read More »Boko Haram: Buhari needs to wake up – Ndume
Amidst cries over the increasing insecurity in the country, the lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to wake up regarding his constitutional duty of saving lives. Ndume decrying the insecurity ravaging the country, said the situation in …
Read More »Insecurity in Nigeria: Pressure mounts on President Buhari to resign
The National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Kunle Edun Esq and the Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, CHURAC, led by Alaowei.E. Cleric Esq and other stakeholders on Sunday backed Sen. Enyinnanya Abaribe’s call for President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office over the spate …
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