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Nigeria’s Super Falcons will miss the services of Asisat Oshoala who is ruled out of the WAFCON tournament with a grade 2 MCL strain. Oshoala sustained the injury in the 82nd minute of Nigeria’s 1-2 loss to South Africa on Monday July 4, 2022 in the opening Group C clash …

The late OPEC Secretary General, Dr Mohammed Barkindo during his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja. By Solomon Asowata Abuja, July 6, 2022 Dr Mohammed Barkindo, the Secretary-General, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is dead. Mr. Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 6, 2022 Nigerians in New York, U.S, have written the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on the scarcity of passport booklets in Nigerian Consulates and embassy in the U.S. In the letter, jointly signed by Mr. Francis James, a board member of the Organisation …

By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo Ilorin, July 5, 2022 The Police Command in Kwara has confirmed the killing of police inspector, Adebayo Adeforiti, and abduction of a Chinese national by some gunmen at CGC construction company along Shao/Oloru Expressway on July 2 at about 16:15hrs. This is contained in a statement issued …

Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said that Nigeria is the first African country and the fifth country in the world to commence issuance of the Enhanced E-Passport. Speaking at the commissioning of the Enhanced E-Passport in Washington DC , United States of America (USA), on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, …

Mikel Obi joined youngsters at a sandy pitch in Ebute Metta for a grassroot game recently. The former Chelsea and Super Eagles star thrilled the youngsters and fans who surrounded the pitch with his scintillating skills. Mikel recently launched a “Back to Base” project in Nigeria with the aim of …

Col. Milland Dikio (rtd.), Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP)), has appealed to the Niger Delta people in the diaspora to invest their money in the region. Dikio made the appeal in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media, Neotabase Egbe issued on Monday. Dikio listed various opportunities in …

Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Commercial Bank, Nigeria in the World Finance Banking Awards 2022, retaining the award for a second consecutive year. The Bank was also named as the Best Corporate Governance Bank, Nigeria in the World Finance Corporate Governance Awards 2022. The awards, which were …

Americans all over the world and residents in the United States of America (USA) are celebrating the Independence Day of the superpower today, July 4 as they do every year with different activities, including fireworks, barbecues, family get-togethers and parades. The Fourth of July is a federal holiday in the …

By Busayo Onijala Lagos, July 4, 2022  U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard on Monday highlighted the similarities between Nigeria and her country as it marked its 246th Independence Day celebration. She stated the similarities in her message on the country’s Independence Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

… Calls for preservation of Ijaw culture Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again stressed the urgent need to allow the establishment of functional state-owned Police across Nigeria. Governor Diri, who was speaking during the gala night to wrap up the 2022 Ijaw Diaspora Convention in Newark, New Jersey …

  KongaPay, a frontline mobile money platform and a member of the Konga Group, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has signed a landmark deal with Bibimoney, a UK-based industry leader to expand access to financial inclusion for many in Nigeria, while also raising standards in the Fintech ecosystem in Nigeria …

Las Vegas (U.S.), July 3, 2022 (Reuters/NAN) Israel Adesanya outpointed Jared Cannonier via a unanimous decision to retain his middleweight title in the main event of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 276. The judges scored the bout 49-46 49-46 and 50-45. In a clinical, albeit unspectacular performance, Adesanya’s superiority in striking was …

Nigeria’s male basketball team D’Tigers booked a place in the second round of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers with a 20-0 win over Mali. The Malians failed to show up for the game handing the Nigerians their 3rd win from five games to join Cape Verde and Uganda in …

By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, July 3, 2022 Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) says he never asked Christians to buy guns for self-protection. “I never asked Christians to go and buy guns. Samson in the Bible did not fight with guns,’’ the …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 1, 2022 The International Criminal Court (ICC) (www.ICC-cpi.int) marked its 20th anniversary on 1 July 2022. On this day in 2002, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court entered into force upon ratification by 60 States, officially creating the ICC. Marking the day, the President …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, July 2, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening returned to Abuja after a five-day State Visit to Lisbon, Portugal, where Nigeria and the European nation signed Memorandum of Understanding in diverse sectors. While in Lisbon, the Nigerian leader held several bilateral engagements which culminated into …

   (From left) Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri; New Jersey Secretary of State, Ms. Tahesha Way and Amb. Lot Egopija, Consul-General of Nigeria in  New York at an economic meeting in Trenton, New Jersey.   By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 2, 2022 Bayelsa State Government and the State of …

The 22nd Milo Basketball Championship ended in great excitement as the boys from Bishop Dimieari Grammar School, Obom Bayelsa State defeated Government Secondary School, Karu, FCT, 36 to 33 in a nail-biting encounter. The game was in a draw situation with each team holding 33 points and only 22 seconds …

Interaction with the global community is the inevitable reality of modern nation states and indeed societies. It is not a recent phenomenon. It is only more enhanced across all levels of governance and social interaction in the global North and South. More and more activities are controlled by global standards …

  The African Diaspora Congress (ADC), a coalition of African and African Diaspora groups worldwide, has called on United Nations (UN) Human Rights Commission, the Governments of Morocco and Spain as well as the African Union (AU) to urgently investigate the mistreatments and deaths of at least 23 African men at the …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, July 1, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon and City Council Members, expressing gratitude and appreciation to them for accommodating Nigerians and those fleeing the war in Ukraine. Buhari also used the occasion to congratulate him and his party on their …

  As part of his Trade and Cultural Mission to the United States of America (USA), the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has been having meetings with political, business and health leaders in New Jersey. He has had meetings with officials in the office of the New Jersey Governor, …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 1, 2022 The UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Muhammed, has tested negative for COVID-19 after testing positive for the virus some days ago. UN Spokesperson, Mr. Stéphane Dujarric, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday at the UN headquarters in New York. Mohammed …