Centennial tribute to a great Rivers gentleman

Centennial tribute to a great Rivers gentleman

CHIEF Godfrey Kio Jaja Amachree – fondly addressed as “GKJ” by his many friends – was born 100 years ago, on February 27, 1917, to Chief Sekin Jaja Amachree, a pioneering colonial administrator of Kalabari extraction who was widely known as “Pa Sekin”.
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Korea grants Nigeria $500,000 to fight VVF

Korea grants Nigeria $500,000 to fight VVF

Korean Republic International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has given $500,000 grant to the United Nations Population Fund, (UNFPA) Nigeria, to scale-up support for fistula repairs and emergency obstetrics care in Borno State.

NDIC records N53bn operating surplus in 2016

NDIC records N53bn operating surplus in 2016

THE Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it recorded N53 billion as operating surplus for the 2016 operating year. Managing Director/Chief Executive, NDIC, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, disclosed this while defending the 2017 budget of the Corporation before the House Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters.

Updated: Premier League champions Leicester sack Claudio Ranieri

Updated: Premier League champions Leicester sack Claudio Ranieri

Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as manager of Leicester City just months after leading the club to a remarkable Premier League title triumph, the Midlands side announced Thursday. The Italian’s position has come under intense scrutiny this season during a slump that has left the Foxes just a point above the relegation zone. That follows […]

Reps summon Emefiele over alleged $17bn undeclared oil sales

Reps summon Emefiele over alleged $17bn undeclared oil sales

The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee investigating the alleged stolen 17 billion dollars oil and gas sales on Thursday ordered Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, to appear before it within one week.

Ag President Osinbajo summons IGP over kidnap of German archaeologists

Ag President Osinbajo summons IGP over kidnap of German archaeologists

Abuja – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the kidnap of two German archaeologists, Prof. Peter Breunig and Mr Johannes Behringer in Kadarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The IGP briefed the acting President on efforts so far made by police to rescue the victims unhurt […]

Cameroon deports 517 Nigerian refugees

Cameroon deports 517 Nigerian refugees

Cameroon has forcibly repatriated more than 500 Nigerians who had fled into the country due to the Boko Haram insurgency, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

World donors gather in Oslo to tackle Nigeria famine

World donors gather in Oslo to tackle Nigeria famine

UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo on Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions of people threatened by famine in northeastern Nigeria, a Boko Haram stronghold.

Europa League results

Europa League results

Europa League round of 32 second leg results on Thursday: Osmanlispor (TUR) 0 Olympiakos (GRE) 3 (Ansarifard 47, 86, Elyounoussi 70) Olympiakos go through 3-0 on aggregate Ajax (NED) 1 ((Viergever 49) Legia Warsaw (POL) 0 Ajax go through 1-0 on aggregate APOEL (CYP) 2 (Sotiriou 46, Gianniotas 54-pen) Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 0 APOEL go […]