Category: News

Turkey national team coach Vincenzo Montella has praised Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen’s determination to remain with Galatasaray. The Turkish champions recently completed the permanent signing of the Nigerian international from Napoli in a deal worth €75 million. Negotiations between both clubs had dragged on for weeks due to disagreements over the payment structure before […]

Nigeria has opened its medal account at the ongoing 2025 Africa Weightlifting Youth/Junior Championship in Accra, Ghana. Rising star Ezenwa Chinaza Cecilia delivered an exceptional performance, clinching two gold medals and one silver medal in the 48kg youth category yesterday. Competing against the continent’s best young lifters, Chinaza showcased remarkable strength, composure, and technical brilliance, […]

Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, has emphasised that his team will be playing for pride in their final group match against Congo in the ongoing 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN). Chelle’s side has been eliminated from contention after suffering defeats in their first two group matches, losing narrowly 1-0 to Senegal and then experiencing […]

Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), organisers of the annual domestic league, and their sponsors, Zenith Bank PLC, are gearing up for the second phase of the 2025 Women’s Basketball League, scheduled to take place across both the Atlantic and Savannah conferences. The second phase is set to run from 24th August to 1st September. Felix Awogu, […]

Defending champions of the National Youth Games (NYG), Team Delta have entered closed camping ahead of the 9th edition, which will take place from 26th August to 6th September in Asaba. Over 600 athletes from Team Delta are camped at St. Brigid’s School hostel, the Delta Sports Commission hostel, and the Hockey hostel located in […]

Katsina State is fast emerging as a frontier in Nigeria’s clean energy transition as Governor Dikko Umaru Radda pushes two groundbreaking initiatives that could redefine the state’s power landscape: the formal takeover of the 10MW Lambar Rimi Wind Farm from the federal government and the approval of ₦19.89 billion for new solar power projects across […]

North East Development Commission (NEDC) has donated food and non-food items comprising 25kg bags of rice, cartons of spaghetti, 10kg bags of sugar, cartons of indomie noodles, gallons of vegetable oil, mats and blankets to 3,200 households affected by flash flood two weeks ago in various communities in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Many residents […]

Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the outcome of last Saturday’s by-elections in Basawa, Zaria Kewaye State constituencies and Chikun/Kajuru federal constituencies, describing the process as fraught with irregularities, intimidation and undemocratic practices. In a statement issued yesterday  by the state party chairman,  Edward Percy Masha, the PDP accused the […]

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Gombe State government for its efforts in reducing the number of out-of-school children. In a statement released via its verified Facebook page, the global agency applauded the state’s recent adoption of the National Framework on Out-of-School Children, describing it as a vital move toward ensuring that every […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has commended the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for the recent arrest of two high-profile leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group. The association also applauded the Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, for his efforts in […]