BY GODWIN OBI A few weeks after winning the WAFU B U-20 Championship, Nigeria again underscored her undoubted strength in youth football on Friday when she also won the U-17 title in the region, as the five-time world champions, Golden Eaglets defeated the Young Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Bandits have gone on rampage in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, burning two tractors and abducting 22 farmers. The incidents happened at Rafin-Daji community, Gurdi ward of Abaji Area Council of Abuja. Rafin-Daji shares boundary with Zago community in Niger State. Both communities are connected through river Gurara. SaiduContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A federal lawmaker Senator Smart Adeyemi has said Senators will not abandon Senator Ike Ekweremadu and some of them are making efforts to reach out to him. He was reacting to allegations of organ harvesting levelled against former Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI 2023: Lawan, Akpabio, Umahi Missing As INEC Releases List Of Senatorial Candidates The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the list and particulars of candidates vying for various positions at the federal level in the 2023 general elections. Conspicuously missing were the names of Senate President AhmadContinue Reading
The attorney general of the Federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami has filed a counter-affidavit to prevent an out-of-court settlement in a suit bothering on judges’ emoluments. The action was instituted by a senior advocate of Nigeria, Sebastian Hon asking for an order of the court to compel theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu has expressed concern over the wave of defections of federal lawmakers in the party to opposition parties. He said this on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with party members at the National Assembly. Senator Adamu admittedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Over 60 trafficked children in Taraba State, North-East Nigeria have disappeared after they were rescued and placed on a rehabilitation programme in Jalingo, the state capital. Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku expressed shock over disappearance of the more than 60 trafficked children who were in the custodyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Nigeria is holding back about $450 million in revenue earned by foreign airlines operating in the country. Vice President for Africa and the Middle East, IATA, Kamil Al Awadhi, made the remark on Sunday at the opening of its 78thContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has commenced preparatory works to deploy high-resolution magnetometer to validate the on going wreck removal exercise of all identified wrecks listed for removal along the Badagry Creek in Lagos. The Agency’s Director General Dr Bashir Jamoh who disclosed thisContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP and former Kano Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has confirmed that his party is in talks with the Labour Party and its presidential standard bearer, Peter Obi for an alliance ahead of the 2023 general elections. Kwankwaso spoke inContinue Reading