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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Latest FIFA Rankings for African countries The following are the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, published in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday. World ranking African ranking Countries 22 1 Senegal 26 2 Tunisia 32 3 Nigeria 33 4 Algeria 34 5 Morocco 46 6 Egypt 49 7 Ghana 55 8 Cameroon 57 9 Mali 59 10 C d’Ivoire 60 11 Burkina Faso 61 12 DR Congo 72 13 Guinea 73 14 Cabo Verde 75 15 South Africa 82 16 Benin 84 17 Uganda 87 18 Zambia 88 19 Gabon 94 20 Congo 100 21 Madagascar 101 22 Mauritania 102 23 Kenya 107 24 Zimbabwe 108 25 Guinea-Bissau […]
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Latest Politics, Women Politics
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Diezani Alison-Madueke By Femi Ogunshola Former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke forfeited assets worth N47.6 billion to the Federal Government. The EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, who made this known today said the jewellery component of the assets was worth N14.6 billion. Bawa disclosed the figures before the House of Representatives adhoc committee investigating the […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Chinese man , Marra Thai, (middle)and other suspects arrested for theft of rail tracks and rail sleepers By Abankula, with agency reports A Chinese national, Marra Thai and an aide of Gov. Abdullahi Sule were among the 15 people arrested for theft of rail tracks and rail sleepers in Nasarawa state. Governor Sule’s aide was […]
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Biafra, Imo, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Amid the insistence of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that its May 31, 2021, sit-at-home order would hold across the five states of the South East, the Imo Government, yesterday, asked residents to go about their activities without fear. The Governor Hope Uzodimma administration said it had finalised arrangements with security operatives to contain […]
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Headlines
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Hike in terminal handling charges move businesses to neighbouring countries • Dealers lament rising cost, low patronage for used vehicles • This is a ploy to discourage vehicles importation, stakeholders allege Beginning from June 1, 2021, Nigerians with a low budget would be unable to purchase cars while those with a high budget will pay […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Army, DSS shoot seven ESN members dead, arrest five in Rivers Suspected ESN members arrested By Okafor Ofiebor, Port Harcourt The Nigerian army says it has carried out joint clearance operation with the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and killed seven operatives of the Eastern Security […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
20 Generals may go as Buhari appoints Farouk Yahaya as new COAS …His appointment as Regular Course 37 officer wipes out Course 35, 36 intakes By Kingsley Omonobi President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff, with about 20 Generals of Regular Course 35 and 36 expected to […]
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Abia, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
The Rivers State Police Command has paraded a member of Abia State vigilante group, Okorie Chukwuma, for allegedly killing his boss, Mr. Eyinaya Ogbonna. The Guardian gathered that the deceased, a businessman based in the United States of America, had returned home to invest in Nigeria and was building a gas station. He was said […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics
Friday, May 28th, 2021
New chief of army staff Major General Farouk Yahaya By Abankula Major General Farouk Yahaya has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya succeeds Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died last Friday in an Air Force plane crash.. Yahaya’ s appointment was announced today by Brigadier General Onyema […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, May 27th, 2021
A group known as the Muslim Congress has submitted a memo to the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, proposing the implementation of Sharia in the southwest region. The Islamic religious law is implemented in Muslim-majority states in the Northern region, despite the constitutional provision that states be secular. Sharia is alien […]
