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Yearly Archives: 2024
NFF attributes Super Eagles’ victory to Tinubu’s support
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has attributed victory of the Super Eagles’ against Angola yesterday to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
The NFF President Ibrahim Gusau, speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abidjan on Saturday, … Read the rest
Nigerian women top forced prostitution list in Belgium – Official
The Belgian Government has said Nigerian women constitute the highest number of people forced into prostitution in the European country.
The Director-General of the Belgian Office for Foreigners, Freddy Roosemont, disclosed this during a press conference held in Abuja, on … Read the rest
UK firm opens football academy in Nigeria, begins selection process
A United Kingdom-based football coaching company, Onyelen Football Coaching, has stormed Nigeria with exciting life-changing training opportunities for boys and girls within the age bracket of 7 to 25 wishing to build world-class football careers.
The company, which runs UEFA … Read the rest
Atiku to Tinubu: Resign if you can’t keep Nigerians safe
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to step aside if he can’t handle the worsening insecurity in the country, especially the spate of kidnapping.
The former vice president said despite rising cases of insecurity, the … Read the rest
A national emergency on insecurity – By Reuben Abati
The biggest problem Nigeria faces at the moment beyond the parlous state of the economy is the general insecurity in the land and it is about time government declared a national emergency on the challenge. Certainly, the phrase “national emergency” … Read the rest
Kidnappers release Lagos PDP chairman
Philip Aivoji, the chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was abducted by some gunmen along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has regained his freedom.
Aivoji and some other party chieftains were abducted at the Ogere … Read the rest
Osimhen, Lookman fire Nigeria into AFCON quarter-finals
The combination Victor Osimhen’s pace and Ademola Lookman’s timing in the 18 yard area handed Nigeria a 2-0 win over Cameroon in the the round of 16 match of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast at the … Read the rest
Judicial ignorance or hatchet job? The Plateau case
By Dan Agbese
When a doctor errs, he increases the population of the cemetery. When a judge errs in a criminal case, he increases the prison population. Think of the men and women who went to hospitals to be saved … Read the rest
Bishop bags life imprisonment for raping church member
An Ikeja, Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence court has sentenced founder of iReign Christian Ministry, Feyi Daniels, to life imprisonment for “raping a church member.”
Earlier today, the trial judge, Rahman Oshodi, found the Lagos-based cleric guilty of rape … Read the rest
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