Fears are being raised over the health conditions of two Super Eagles players, Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, whose Premier League side Leicester City yesterday said first-team players have been self-isolated after showing symptoms of coronavirus and “have been kept away from the rest of the squad”, manager Brendan Rodgers has said. Rodgers did not […]

  The Gombe Ministry for Rural, Community Development and Cooperatives says N600 million has been earmarked for water projects in the rural communities across the 11 Local Government Areas of the state. Alhaji Usman Jahun Commissioner, Ministry for Rural and Community Development, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says Nigeria will require additional 350 billion dollars to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will end in 10 years’ time. The Resident Representative of UNDP in Nigeria, Mr Mohamed Yahya made this known while hosting the House of Representatives Committee on SDGs led by the Chairman, Rep. […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Friday, ordered that the dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, should be granted his freedom. The court, in a ruling by Justice Anwuli Chikere, held that Sanusi who was deposed as Emir by the Kano State government last Monday and forcefully […]

South Africa’s Supreme Court on Friday threw out an appeal by embattled ex-president Jacob Zuma, who sought to halt a corruption trial on charges related to a 1990s arms deal. Zuma had approached the top appeals court, arguing that a high court was wrong last year to refuse his application for a permanent stay of […]