Aside coronavirus: 10 Nigerian news you might have missed
ICPC probes N1.68 billion assets linked to Lagos Commissioner Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) is probing assets worth about N1. 68 billion allegedly linked to a Commissioner in Lagos State, Sunday Vanguard learnt last week. The probe was reportedly launched after the ICPC received a petition detailing assets allegedly linked to the Commissioner, a woman, […]
Federer keeps Team Europe ahead in Laver Cup with win over Kyrgios
Roger Federer maintained his 100 per cent Laver Cup record against Nick Kyrgios on Saturday with a thrilling 6-7(5) 7-5 10-7 victory over the Australian to give Team Europe a 5-3 lead. Playing in front of 17,000 fans in Geneva, home favourite Federer beat Kyrgios for the third time in as many editions of the […]
FG to build industrial clusters in 9 Niger/Delta states ― Akpabio
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio says the Federal Government is planning to build industrial clusters in nine states of the Niger Delta. The minister made the disclosure at a meeting with the management staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt. According to a statement by the commission’s Director […]
70 per cent of farmers in Nigeria are women ―SWOFON
Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation (SWOFON) have attributed most challenges facing farming by women is the activities of “political farmers’’ while claiming that 70 per cent of farmers in Nigeria now are women. This statement was made by the national coordinator of the group, Mrs Janet Adejoh, in Abuja. Participants, who spoke with News Agency […]
Oshoala grabs brace as Barcelona wins Atletico 6-1
Nigeria international Asisat Oshoala grabbed a brace as Barcelona continued their rampant start to the Women’s Primera Division season by thrashing champions Atletico Madrid 6-1 on Saturday. The Catalans had begun the campaign with a 9-1 thrashing of CD Tacon, the club absorbed by Real Madrid. But they got off to a bad start in […]
Yahaya Bello wants urgent rehabilitation of Lokoja-Okene-Ekiti road
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently rehabilitate the Lokoja-Okene-Ekiti road. Bello, who made the call while speaking with newsmen at his hometown, Okene, on Saturday, described the condition of the road as deplorable and called for the urgent intervention of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). He said […]
