LEICESTER City's Kelechi Iheanacho has been placed on standby to replace Bordeaux's Samuel Kalu in the Super Eagles camp after he collapsed in training and was rushed to hospital in a major health scare.
NIGERIA'S main opposition the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed the gubernatorial candidate forms for candidates willing to seek its ticket for the forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa State elections at N20m ($55,333).
MILITARY chiefs have unveiled a new light tactical automobile manufactured by the Nigerian Army Vehicle Manufacturing Company (Navmc) to help address the country's growing security challenges.
Of late, kidnapping has become very rife in Nigeria as armed men, mainly Fulani have taken over many of the country's motorways. They adduct passengers and hold them hostage in forest camps until ransoms are paid and if their families do not pay up, they kill them and dump their bodies in rivers.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigeria's state governors to enforce free and compulsory basic education for every child of primary and junior secondary school age very vigorously in a move to stamp out illiteracy and the growth of terrorism.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's wife Aisha is believed to have been the main force behind the decision of new senate president Senator Ahmad Lawan's decision to withdraw the appointment of his media aide Festus Adebayo.
NIGERIA'S Super Falcons have qualified for the knockout stages of the ongoing Fifa Women's World Cup and are due to face Germany in the Round of 16 after results in other groups enabled them to qualify as one of the four best third placed teams.
[1] Today is June 21. It was on this day in 1942 that the man who was arguably Germany's best ever soldier Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, took the Libyan port of Torbuk against all odds. After two years of repeated failures, he managed to penetrate its defences and occupy the city. With the Boko Haram resurgence and President Buhari telling us that only God will judge the terrorists, Nigeria desperately needs an Erwin Rommel
AFROBEAT king Femi Anikulapo-Kuti will be one of the three musicians performing at the opening ceremony of the 32nd African Cup of Nations tournament kicking off in Egypt tomorrow.
Femi, a four-time Grammy award nominee, will be joined by two other musicians, Hakim from Egypt and Dobet Gnahore from Ivory Coast. This year's expanded African Cup of Nations involving 24 teams, which lasts until July 19, will be preceded with a colourful opening ceremony.
ADAMS Oshiomhole has received a vote of confidence from the 36 chairmen of the state chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on response to recent attacks on him by several high ranking party members.
GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai has lost in the Kaduna high court after a judge ruled that the recent Religious Bill seeking to curb the activities of Christian and Muslim clergymen was a gross violation of the fundamental human rights as captured in the Nigerian constitution.
LEICESTER City's Kelechi Iheanacho has been placed on standby to replace Bordeaux's Samuel Kalu in the Super Eagles camp after he collapsed in training and was rushed to hospital in a major health scare.
NIGERIA'S main opposition the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed the gubernatorial candidate forms for candidates willing to seek its ticket for the forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa State elections at N20m ($55,333).
MILITARY chiefs have unveiled a new light tactical automobile manufactured by the Nigerian Army Vehicle Manufacturing Company (Navmc) to help address the country's growing security challenges.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigeria's state governors to enforce free and compulsory basic education for every child of primary and junior secondary school age very vigorously in a move to stamp out illiteracy and the growth of terrorism.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's wife Aisha is believed to have been the main force behind the decision of new senate president Senator Ahmad Lawan's decision to withdraw the appointment of his media aide Festus Adebayo.
NIGERIA'S Super Falcons have qualified for the knockout stages of the ongoing Fifa Women's World Cup and are due to face Germany in the Round of 16 after results in other groups enabled them to qualify as one of the four best third placed teams.
AFROBEAT king Femi Anikulapo-Kuti will be one of the three musicians performing at the opening ceremony of the 32nd African Cup of Nations tournament kicking off in Egypt tomorrow.
ADAMS Oshiomhole has received a vote of confidence from the 36 chairmen of the state chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on response to recent attacks on him by several high ranking party members.
GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai has lost in the Kaduna high court after a judge ruled that the recent Religious Bill seeking to curb the activities of Christian and Muslim clergymen was a gross violation of the fundamental human rights as captured in the Nigerian constitution.
