NFF says Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium not ready for CAF competition
Mr Bola Oyeyode, Director of Competitions, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), says the current state of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium is below standard for Africa Football Confederation (CAF) competitions.
‘Many dead’ in avalanche-hit hotel after Italy quake
Several people have died after a ski hotel was hit by a huge avalanche in earthquake-ravaged central Italy, local media reported Thursday quoting rescue services.
‘Rolls Royce paid massive bribes over three decades to win contracts in Indonesia, Nigeria…’
Thursday said it had launched a probe into revelations that Rolls-Royce paid millions of dollars in bribes to win contracts, including to airline employees and government officials.
UAD’s untimed anger, doomed protests
The United Action For Democracy (UAD) last week acted a drama of the absurd. The group assembled idle “area boys” in Lagos in the guise of protests against what it termed policies that exacerbated hardships on Nigerians by the administration of President Muhammedu Buhari (PMB).
“My major grief is that my child was not harmed by Boko Haram but by the military”
Four-year-old Kaka-Hauwa Aji shrieked in pain and sweat rolled down her bare torso, as two nurses in crisp white hijabs disinfected a gaping shrapnel wound on her neck.
African troops on standby as Gambia deadline expires
African forces were poised to enter The Gambia Thursday after President Yahya Jammeh refused to leave office, ignoring a midnight deadline to stand down or face military action.
Expelled student masterminded killing of Ibadan Commandant
The 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan, yesterday, said the killing, last December, of Colonel Anthony Okeyim, Commandant, Command Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan, was masterminded by a student, who was expelled over theft.
Delta women shut down East-West Road over rape by herdsmen
UGHELLI—WOMEN of Orhorho community, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, protesting incessant rape and attack by herdsmen, barricaded the East-West Road, yesterday morning, preventing vehicles from the Warri and Port Harcourt ends from passing through.
Fatal IDP bombing: Buhari cancels FEC meeting as Reps probe bombing
THE regular Wednesday meetings of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, could not hold, yesterday, due to the accidental bombing of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs’ camp in Rann, Borno State, by the Nigerian Air Force, on Tuesday.
24 injured, as Kano traffic officials clash with NURTW
KANO—A policeman and 23 others were injured in a free-for-all between officials of Kano Road Traffic Agency, KAROTA, and members of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Kano yesterday morning.
Made in Nigeria? The bags have it!
THE way things are going with the Nigerian economy, we will be looking up to other sectors other than oil and gas to take us out of the doldrums. The agricultural sector – touted for so long to have this ability – has been dismally slow, while tourism has become impossible due to the state of infrastructure and security in the country.
