Africa’s Best! Osimhen, Asisat Crowned 2023 CAF Footballers of the Year
Monday’s award capped off a sterling year for the Super Eagles forward whose historic feat in the imperial Moroccan city of Marakesh ended Nigeria’s 24-year-old wait for Africa’s top individual prize. Osimhen saw off competition from Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah. At the event, a smiling Osimhen hailed the impact of Nigerian […]
26 Rivers lawmakers loyal to FCT minister Nyesom Wike Defect to the APC
26 lawmakers of Rivers State loyal to the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike , today defected to the All Progressives, APC. The lawmakers dumped the PDP for the APC today during plenary . They cited division in the PDP national as a reason for their defection. The lawmakers also condemned the non payment of their November allowance […]
Nigerians mourn death of veteran NTA Newscaster, Aisha Bello Mustapha
In the early hours of today, the news of the death of veteran NTA broadcaster Aisha Bello Mustapha broke the internet. Following the news, Nigerians on major social media platforms described Aisha as a professional and model broadcaster. She was popular with the Network News at Nine, alongside another Veteran, Cyril Stober. The tragic news […]
BOB MARLEY’S BIOPIC IS SET TO BE RELEASED IN 2024 – (HERE’S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW)
Iconic reggae singer Bob Marley is getting the Hollywood treatment. Bob Marley: One Love, a biopic that covers three years of the musician’s life, will premiere on Feb. 14, 2024. The movie will be released on Feb. 14, 2024 after getting pushed back from a January 2024 premiere. Kingsley Ben-Adir stars as Bob Marley. His other film credits include One Night in Miami and Barbie, […]
Dangote Refinery Receives Its Maiden Crude Cargo
In a major step towards boosting Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity and attaining energy security (self-sufficiency), Dangote (www.Dangote.com) Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals plant has purchased 1 million barrels of Agbami crude grade from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO), one of the largest trading companies in Nigeria as well as globally, trading over 8 […]
Super Falcons seal Nations Cup qualification after Cape Verde win
Super Falcons have sealed a spot in next year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after beating Cape Verde 2-1 at the Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde in Praia. The Nigerian ladies had in the reverse fixture played at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja last Thursday won emphatically 5-0. Cape Verde took the lead in […]
New UK immigration rules to hit Nigerians, others
UK’s Home Secretary James Cleverly declared “enough is enough” as he unveiled plans he promised would deliver the biggest ever reduction in net migration from countries like Nigeria after levels soared to a record high. Cleverly said overseas care workers many of whom come from Nigeria will be barred from bringing family dependants and the […]
Victims get mass burial as death toll from Kaduna village bombing rises to 120
On Tuesday, about 85 victims of the incident were given mass burial. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, who was present during the burial apologised to the people of the community. He said he has ordered a thorough inquiry into the incident to ascertain what led to the tragic incident. Also, President Bola Tinubu and the […]
Rivers United Suffers First CAF Defeat
Rivers United suffered their first defeat of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation’s Cup group stage, despite Alex Oyowah giving the team some ray of hope late on in a fervent atmosphere at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday. Oyowah finished clinically into the corner to half the host two goal lead after they had […]
Nkanu Daniel Victor Emerge MTN’s M-Pulse Spelling Bee
Nkanu Daniel Victor of the Intimacy with Christ School, Nasarawa state has emerged the WINNER of the MTN M-pulse Spelling Bee after a keen contest with the 1st runner up, Oluwa-damilola Adeolu of St. Metropolitan College, Ado-Ekiti. The visibly happy Twelve year-old who won a whopping – two point five million Naira, a laptop, a mobile phone device – had identified “hard work” and parental support as backbone […]
