Month: August 2025

Rasheedat Ajibade, captain of the Nigerian women’s national football team, has expressed the team’s determination to move beyond continental success following their unprecedented tenth Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title. Ajibade made her remarks at a celebratory breakfast hosted by MTN Nigeria in Lagos yesterday, where the telecommunications company announced a donation of N150 […]

Team Nigeria has concluded its participation in the badminton event of the inaugural African School Games in Algeria, securing two gold, three silver, and one bronze medal, for a total of six medals. Nigeria’s first gold was won by Precious Oluwagbotemi Adekunle, who exhibited remarkable skill, speed, and tactical awareness to defeat her Egyptian opponent […]

Katsina United have announced the arrival of seven new players ahead of the 2025-26 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season. The new players are Adekunle Samuel, Philip Ogwuche, Uche Collins, Adiku Moses, Bashir Usman, Innocent Arigu, and Azeez Falolu. Samuel, Ogwuche, and Collins were signed from Kwara United, Abia Warriors, and Bendel Insurance, respectively. Moses, […]

Stakeholders drawn from the National Council on Nutrition (NCN) chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, the House of Representatives, state assemblies and some civil society organisations (CSOs) have expressed dismay at the prevailing hunger and poverty in the country. The conferees at the “Strategic Policy Dialogue Across Focal States” converging for the two days summit […]

Enenche Joshua, coach of Air Warriors Basketball Club, has set his sights on winning the 2025 Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Women’s Basketball Premier League title. The Abuja-based club continued their impressive start to the season with a commanding 65-53 victory over Plateau Rocks in their second game, marking their second consecutive win. Air Warriors kicked […]

A new fashion-tech initiative, Kukuruku Republic, has set to launch in Abuja on August 31, offering what its founders describe as a fusion of digital storytelling and cultural preservation through wearable design. Each garment in the collection is embedded with QR codes that unlock curated content—ranging from African history and mythology to art, food, and […]

Amidst adversity, the operator of the Home of the Needy, which shelters and caters to over 4,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), has expressed optimism that the facility will produce future leaders. The founder, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, said the camp has supported the production of over 185 graduates from various Nigerian universities since its inception. In […]

A socio-cultural organisation, Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum, has called on security agencies in Ebonyi State to arrest, a social media critic, Mr. Cajetan Njoku, over what it described as false and malicious publication against Governor Francis Nwifuru. In a statement signed by its national president, Comrade Chibueze Elom and Hon Chidi Ogbonna titled “Refutation of […]

The World Igbo Congress, (WIC) has concluded arrangements to launch the ‘Igbo Federal Credit Union Bank’ at this year’s convention, which is scheduled to be held at the Marriott in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. The WIC Board of Directors chairman, Dr. Festus Okere, disclosed this and urged the Board to invite Igbo dignitaries […]

The former national president, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke said ASUU’s resilience saved public universities in the country from collapse during the past administration. Osodeke made the assertion at a grand reception held in his honour at the ASUU Secretariat, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State. His words, “Our […]