Porto edged Juventus 2-1 in their Champions League last 16, first leg clash Wednesday with the lacklustre Italian giants needing a late goal to grab a lifeline in the tie. Porto’s Iran attacker Mehdi Taremi pounced on an under-hit back-pass from Rodrigo Bentancur to beat Wojciech Szczesny in the Juve goal with barely a minute […]

The Management of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education (AIFCE) has confirmed the death of a senior lecturer, simply identified as Mr Echetama, who slumped and died in a lecture hall on Tuesday. The Acting Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the college, Mr Joseph Okwulehi, who confirmed the death to newsmen in his office on […]

By Dele Taiwo A Nigerian environmental expert, Benjamin Chinedu Odoh, is pioneering the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to tackle environmental and public health challenges across the country. Odoh, founder of the Afro Spatial Initiative, is using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to improve how safety and health risks are tracked and managed. With GIS, […]

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Wednesday in Abuja briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the security situation in his state with the president pledging to assist the northwestern state to address the lingering challenges. The governor, while briefing State House correspondents after he met behind closed doors with the president, said that a presidential intervention […]

… Niger Gov backs Senate call for state of emergency on security By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday evening, met behind closed-doors with the Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, at the Presidential Villa Abuja. Though the agenda of the meeting was not made public as at the time of filing this […]

Former Zamfara governor Ahmad Yarima has revalidated his All Progressives Party (APC) membership in Gusau. Speaking with newsmen shortly after revalidating his membership, Yarima urged the APC National Registration Committee led by Gov. Sani Bello of Niger to ensure that no member of the party was sidelined in the exercise. READ ALSO: Our ex-governors to […]

The  Minister of Works and Housing (FMWH), Mr Babatunde Fashola, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to bridging  infrastructural gaps in tertiary institutions across the country. Fashola said this at the handover ceremony of one kilometer road constructed at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku/Ozala in Enugu State. The Director of Press […]

By Shina Abubakar A school in Iwo, Osun State, St Anthony Catholic school at Oke-Bode is currently on Fire. Sympathizers were at the school but could not stop the raging inferno. One could not ascertain the cause of the fire as the time of filing this report, however, resident have alerted the Federal and state fire […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia says the entrance of the former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, into the party has further boosted the party’s chances ahead of the 2023 General Elections. The State Chairman of the party, Chief Donatus Nwankpa, said this in a telephone interview with  the News Agency […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has called for a renewed commitment in the war against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and others vices in the country. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba,  made the call at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Wabba said that the incessant increase in the current state of insecurity […]