Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Thursday night defeated archrivals, Cameroon 1-0, to reach the Semi Final of the 2022 Womens Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). Rashedat Ajibade scored the only goal in the 57th minute of play to help Nigeria break a resilient Cameroon setup and seal a place in the …
Read More »Allow Nigerians with expired passports to return home – Aregbesola orders Immigration
By Moses Omorogieva Lagos, July 13, 2022 The Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to Nigeria with their expired International Passports. Aregbesola gave the directive on Wednesday, in Lagos, while responding to a complaint by a …
Read More »Biden on first visit to Middle East as U.S. president
Washington, July 13, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden is set to kick off his first visit to the Middle East since he assumed office 18 months ago when he arrives in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Talks with Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, President Isaac Herzog and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu are …
Read More »Lewandowski begins pre-season training at Bayern Munich
Munich, July 13, 2022 Robert Lewandowski started pre-season training at Bayern Munich on Wednesday amid report that FC Barcelona can sign the World Footballer of the Year before the end of the week. Lewandowski, 33, had his first training unit the day after undergoing fitness tests in Munich. However, Lewandowski …
Read More »U.S. researchers perform pig-to-human heart transplants
Los Angeles, July 13, 2022 Doctors at New York University (NYU) Langone Health, an academic medical centre have successfully transplanted two genetically engineered pig hearts into recently deceased people, the team announced on Wednesday. The surgeries, known as xenotransplants, were performed on June 16 and July 6 at NYU Langone, …
Read More »Soyinka strikes 88 in fine fettle By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Today is the great man’s 88th birthday. Given all the battles he fought over the years, hardly any prophet could have prophesied that Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka would live to the age of 88. The towering writer who stunned the world as the very first black man to win the …
Read More »Bayelsa Govt seeks more investments by SPDC
Bayelsa State Government has called for better collaboration with The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) to enable more investments in the state, and to give more value to people of Bayelsa. The state’s Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the call during a business meeting with the management …
Read More »US-based coalition hails Obi – Ahmed Presidential ticket; Urges Nigerians to keep date with history come February 2023
Washington, DC.- Saturday, July 9, 2022 A United States of America (USA)-based pressure group, the Nigerian – American Coalition for Justice and Democracy (NACJD), has said that the choice by Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate for the 2023 general election, of Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed as his …
Read More »Bart Nnaji at 66: History vindicates the just By C. Don Adinuba
As Bart Nnaji, globally acknowledged engineering professor and Minister of Science and Technology from August, 1993, to November, 1993, who was to become the Minister of Power from July, 2011, to August, 2012, marks 66 years on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, many Nigerians, on taking a critical look at the …
Read More »World population to hit 8 billion on Nov. 15 — UN
By Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu Abuja, July 12, 2022 The United Nations (UN) has announced that the world’s population is projected to reach eight billion on Nov. 15 this year. The information is in a statement released on Monday in New York by the UN to mark the 2022 World Population Day …
Read More »Gov. Lalong hails nomination of Nigerian as Registrar at International Court of Justice
By Martha Agas Jos, July 12, 2022 Plateau’s Gov. Simon Lalong has expressed delight at the shortlisting of Mr. Ibrahim Pam as the only Nigerian among 12 candidates for the position of Registrar at the International Court of Justice at The Hague. Pam is currently Executive Director, Green Climate Fund …
Read More »Nigeria signs agreement with Germany for repatriation of 1,130 looted Benin bronzes – Lai Mohammed (See pictures)
By Taiye Olayemi/Franklin Ohaegbu Lagos, July 11, 2022 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday said that Nigeria had signed an agreement for the repatriation of 1,130 Benin bronzes from Berlin in Germany. Mohammed during inauguration of The Art Hotel in Lagos, said that the bronzes …
Read More »Ijaw in diaspora seek enhanced living condition in N’Delta region
By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, July 11, 2022 The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) says it is committed to surmounting the developmental and environmental challenges confronting the Niger Delta region. The President of the group, Prof. Mondy Gold, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Yenagoa and made available to the …
Read More »Pogba returns to Juventus after leaving Manchester United
London, July 11, 2022 Ten years after Paul Pogba left Manchester United to sign with Italian side Juventus on a free transfer, history repeated itself on Monday for the France midfielder. He bid farewell to the English Premier League (EPL) and returned to the Serie A club. Pogba, who left Manchester …
Read More »Attacks on Buhari’s convoy, Kuje Prison: Reasons why youths must take back Nigeria, shun ethnic, religious sentiments; Birth new nation in 2023.
Washington, DC.- (Thursday, July 7, 2022). A group, Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy (NACJD) has said that the recent attack on the advance convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in his home state, Katsina and the breaching of the Kuje, Abuja Correctional Centre by well-armed terrorists are indications that no …
Read More »Diri visits UN headquarters in New York … Meets Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General; Assures on SDGs; Seeks Niger Delta clean up
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, says his government remains committed to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations (UN) to enhance the living conditions of the people of the State. Governor Diri, who gave the assurance when he visited the Deputy Secretary-General of …
Read More »Nigerian Midfielder, Joe Aribo, completes Southampton transfer; Wants to gun for Cups.
Super Eagles Midfielder, Joe Aribo, has joined English Premier league side Southampton ahead of the 2022/2023 Season. The versatile midfielder has signed a four- year deal with the Saints following an agreement with his former employers, Glasgow Rangers. Southampton announced the signing of the Nigerian Midfielder on Saturday evening with …
Read More »Guterres, Biden mourn former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 8, 2022 United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres and U.S. President, Joe Biden, have paid tributes to a former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on Friday. Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving leader, was shot from behind while speaking at a campaign …
Read More »Buhari commiserates with Japan on death of former Prime Minister
President Muhammadu Buhari has, on behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, extended “heartfelt condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and to the Government and people of Japan in the wake of the gruesome assassination of the former Prime Minister.” President Buhari, in a statement …
Read More »The exit of Boris Johnson. By Dr Eddie IROH
The tenure of Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has come to an end. The ouster of the man was on the cards this time around. But his end was predicted by the media amidst a crisis of ethics around Boris Johnson early in his administration …
Read More »Buhari in Dakar, Senegal for International Development Association Summit for Africa
Nigerian movie ‘Citation’ wins best international film award
The award recipients By Priscilla Osaje Abuja, July 7, 2022 Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan’s movie ‘Citation’ has won the ‘Best International Film’ award at the 2022 National Film Festival (NFF) in the United Kingdom. The renowned filmmaker took to his Instagram page @kunleafo to announce the great achievement to his …
Read More »Human behaviour critical to environmental conservation, preservation — Chevron
By Fabian Ekeruche Lagos, July 7, 2022 The Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Ltd., Mr. Richard Kennedy, says that human behaviour is critical to the preservation and conservation of the environment for a better future. Kennedy said this at the 20th edition of Chief Lawal Edu’s memorial lecture organised by the …
Read More »Blatter, Platini acquitted by Swiss court in FIFA fraud trial
Bellinzona (Switzerland), July 8, 2022 Former FIFA president Joseph Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini were on Friday acquitted by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in a FIFA fraud trial. The two ex-football officials had been charged by federal prosecutors in Switzerland with defrauding FIFA in connection with a payment …
Read More »Barkindo’s final words to me By FEMI ADESINA
Here today, gone tomorrow is a common saying. But with the then outgoing Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, it was here in the morning, gone at night. On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari had a schedule by 10 am to …
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