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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has insisted that world football’s governing body “cannot solve geopolitical problems” amid mounting calls for Israel to be suspended from international competitions over the war in Gaza. Speaking after a FIFA Council meeting on Thursday, Infantino stressed that the organisation’s role is to unite rather than divide. “At FIFA, we are […]
Bandits, on Wednesday night, abducted two serving councillors and an Islamic cleric in Tsauni community, Gusau local government area of Zamfara State, after seizing the phones of policemen stationed at a nearby outpost. The councillors, who represent Gidan Goga and Tsibiri Wards in Maradun Local Government Area, were reportedly taken around 8:05 p.m. shortly after […]
The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a cleric and General Overseer of Champion the Truth Cathedral, Bishop Ndibueze Onyagoziri Okorie, for allegedly having a marathon sex with a 22-year-old female sickle cell patient in the State. Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Joshua Ukandu, said the suspect was their custody […]
Opposition leader and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has denied widespread reports that he planned to step down for a younger person in the 2027 presidential race, saying the reports were a misrepresentation of a recent interview he granted to the Hausa Service of the BBC. A statement signed by Atiku’s media adviser, Paul Ibe, […]
The Kano State Police Command has recovered illicit drugs and intoxicants valued at over N120 million in a series of operations across the state. Spokesman of the Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday, saying two suspected armed robbers were also apprehended during the operations. Kiyawa said operatives in […]
Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic, Aba (formerly Abia State Polytechnic), has regained accreditation for 33 programmes lost about three years ago, just as it has introduced 17 new courses. The rector of the institution, Christopher Okoro, stated this when the new leaders of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abia State council, […]
Katsina State governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has declared an all-out war on corruption at the grassroots level, warning that no government policy will succeed unless councillors take the lead in enforcing honesty and due process in local governance. Governor Radda stated this at the launch of the 2025 Sensitisation Campaign on Anti-Corruption, Due Process, and […]
Veritasi Homes and Properties Plc, one of Africa’s fastest-growing real estate firms, and Cooperative Investment and Thrift Society Limited (COOPLAG), on Saturday, held the official groundbreaking of Allied Towers, a luxury residential development in Ikoyi, Lagos. The project is part of a multi-million dollar partnership deal between Veritasi Homes and COOPLAG. The 11-floor project, sitting […]
Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has announced the immediate approval of new salary structures equivalent to federal government scale, for all health workers in the state, a landmark decision expected to boost morale and strengthen service delivery across the sector. The governor made the announcement on Thursday at the opening of the First […]
Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has visited Diffa Region in Niger Republic to strengthen existing collaboration between the Nigerian and Nigerien forces in the ongoing fight against insurgency, particularly around the shores of Lake Chad. Diffa is a community 17 km from Damasak town in northern Borno where thousands of Nigerians who were displaced […]
