Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Sunday call on all Nigerians not to allow prophesies of doom to define them as a people. Abiodun, who is still hopeful that Nigerian will be great again despite its poor economy and corrupt system, encouraged Nigerians not to be despair saying a greater Nigeria is possible in the…
Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has admitted he is disappointed that Cote d’Ivoire has withdrawn from next month’s friendly match. Rohr, speaking to NationSport, however, noted that their replacement, Algeria is a worthy opponent. The Elephants were initially scheduled to face Nigeria on October 9 in Austria. But the Nigerian Football Federation…
Justice Ayo Salami said he regrets heading the presidential panel set up to investigate Ibrahim Magu’s tenure as EFCC chairperson, two lawyers present when the jurist allegedly made the statement. Mr Salami stated this on Friday at the close of Mr Magu’s defence hearing held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja The panel, headed by…
Award-winning Japanese actress, Yuko Takeuchi has been found dead at the age of 40. Yuko was found dead early on Sunday morning by her husband, actor Nakabayashi Taiki, in their Tokyo apartment, according to Variety. Her death was confirmed at a hospital. The actress did not leave a note, but the outlet noted ‘death by…
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have abducted a Catholic priest in Delta state for the second time in four years Rev. Fr. Jude Onyebadi, the Parish Priest of Saint’s Peters & Paul, Issele Asagba, was said to have been monitored and kidnapped on his farm, at the weekend, where he went to inspect his farm, workers and pay…
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has assured the people that he and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, will perform better in their second term than they are doing in the first term. He said his administration will work for peace to pave the way for greater development of the state. Obaseki spoke yesterday at Samuel Ogbemudia…
Governor Babagana Zulum’s convoy came under a Boko Haram attack on Sunday, September 27, barely 48 hours after his convoy was attacked by insurgents on Friday, September 25. The attack on Sunday occurred along the Baga-Kukawa axis of Borno and it was gathered that troops of the Nigerian air force were mobilized immediately to the scene of the…
Nigeria Aruna Quadri yesterday inspired TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell to a 3-2 home win against TTC Bremen in week two of the Table Tennis Bundesliga (TTBL). It was German international Ruwen Filus that started the campaign for TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell against Kazakhstan’s Kirill Gerassimenko but the German failed to start well for the home team as…
Three policemen who participated in the September 19 governorship election in Edo state and were returning to Lagos have died in a fatal accident that occurred on the Benin-Ore Expressway in Ondo State. The deceased were returning back to their base alongside some of their other colleagues when the vehicle they were traveling in got involved in…
Hawks have rescued 10 women from an alleged human trafficking ring and arrested five people in early morning raids in Rustenburg and Kuruman. Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi, who confirmed the development on Sunday, September 27, said the women are from Limpopo, Lesotho and Namibia and were trafficked to work in brothels in Rustenburg and…