World Cup Qualifiers: Senegal beat Togo as Guinea Bissau and Guinea draw

Senegal secured a 2-0 victory over Togo at the Lat Dior Stadium in Thies on Wednesday, in Group H’s opening match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Sadio Mane and Abdou Diallo scored the two goals for the Teranga Lions as they started their campaign for a ticket to Qatar on a high note. The Senegalese […]
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Question on Buhari’s legacy

By Ikechukwu Amaechi PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari never ceases to confound. Even his most strident supporters are gradually but inexorably coming to the inevitable reality: he is a study in hypocrisy. His claim to higher standards is a ruse. Too often, he fails to follow his own expressed moral rules and principles. I will come back […]

IBB @80 and the future republic of Nigeria

By Segun Ige PRECISELY 10 days before his 80th birthday, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida spoke expressly regarding the nature and structure of the present pristine conditions of the presidency vis-a-vis what was obtainable during the military era. On the Arise TV interview aired on Friday, August 6, IBB offered his forthright perceptiveness, especially within the […]

Establishing peace in Mali: Ways and prospects

Ali Djawad  We talked to Grégoire Cyrille Dongobada, a military observer and political studies researcher, based in Central Africa, about the current situation in Mali in wake of constantly declining security situation in the region. The greatest concern with no doubt is the fact that the pace of deterioration of the security situation in Mali, […]

Banditry: Zamfara imposes dusk-to-down curfew, closes schools

The  Zamfara Government on Wednesday announced a dusk-to-down curfew on 13 local government areas in the state. Commissioner of Police in the state Ayuba Elkana announced the curfew while addressing newsmen in Gusau. Elkana said that the curfew is with immediate effect from 6 p.m. to 6 a. m. daily in the 13 local government […]

2022 Budget: Adamawa proposes N142 bln – Commissioner

The Adamawa Executive Council on Wednesday approved about N142bn as the 2022 proposed budget. Dr. Umar Pella, the state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, made the announcement to newsmen shortly after the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri in Yola. Pella said that the proposed budget envelopes are defined by medium-term […]

1 in 4 girls abused before attaining 18 years — Lagos Commissioner

The Lagos State Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo says that one out of four girls are usually abused in the state before getting to the age of 18. Onigbanjo, who is Chairman, Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), said this in Ikeja on Wednesday during a news conference commemorating September as […]

PDP extends sale of congresses forms to September 9

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the closing date for the sale of nomination forms for its forthcoming ward, local government and state congresses to September 9. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Wednesday. The party said the extension from the earlier […]

Poor Remuneration: Kwara Doctors threaten to down tools

The Nigeria Association of Government Medical and Dental Practitioners, (NAGMDP) Kwara Chapter, on Tuesday, threatened to withdraw their services across the state, over what they described as poor remuneration.

Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Fehinty become Kwik delivery brand ambassadors

By Chris Onuoha A Nigerian technology-driven delivery service firm, Kwik Delivery has unveiled two Nigerian celebrities as its brand ambassadors. Nigeria’s legendary footballer and former Super Eagles captain, Austin J.J Okocha and a female celebrity power-biker and entrepreneur, Fehinty was unveiled to the public, Tuesday August 31, 2021 in Lagos by the firm to upscale […]

Why character matters in politics

By Patrick Utomi ONE of the sad paradoxes of Nigeria’s political journey is the current widely held view that in politics anything goes. To explain the most disgraceful personal conduct, it seems ‘okay’ to just say ‘na politics na’. This dominant vice of politics, as the art of the indecent, rather than the art of […]

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