: Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, the Flamingos, on Wednesday, lost to Colombia in a penalty shootout during the competition’s semi-finals. The Powerpuff Girls beat Flamingos to reach the final of the U-17 Women’s World Cup in India. The game ended with no goal from both team without the extra time and settled with a penalty shoot-out. Read More »
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2023: Presidential Candidates commit to inclusive and equitable government
Over 500 women groups have converged at the 6th edition of Voice of Women Conference and Awards held today Tuesday 25 October 2022 at the NAF Conference Centre Abuja. VOW2022 with the theme Towards Rebuilding Nigeria: An Agenda Setting for an inclusive and accountable Nigeria was geared towards ensuring inclusivity and empowering women to decide Nigeria’s next President. Invitation letters ... Read More »
NiDCOM, IOM parley on better diaspora relations
Stakeholders in the Diaspora matters have described reinforced networking and synergy among all as critical for the promotion of diaspora relations for national building. This was one of the highlights at the fourth Summit of the Standing Committee on Diaspora Matters and the State Diaspora Focal Point Officers (SDFPOs), organised by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), and the International ... Read More »
INEC has 9.5m new Voters Prof Manhood Yakubu
he made this known during his quaterly meeting with Political parties REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROF. MAHMOOD YAKUBU, AT THE THIRD QUARTERLY MEETING WITH POLITICAL PARTIES FOR THE YEAR 2022 HELD AT THE INEC CONFERENCE ROOM, ABUJA, ON WEDNESDAY 26THOCTOBER 2022 The Chairmen and Leaders of Political Parties National Commissioners Directors and other Senior Officials ... Read More »
Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery Will Transform our Downstream Sector, Says Ghana Petroleum Authority
Chief Executive Officer, of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) of Ghana, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, said the coming onstream of 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Dangote Petroleum Refinery will transform the Ghanaian downstream sector through the reduction in the cost of importation of petroleum products into Ghana. Speaking at the 16th Oil Trading and Logistics Expo in Lagos with the theme: “Regulating Downstream Energy ... Read More »
BREAKING: Return Kanu to Kenya and pay him 500m, court orders FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has ordered the Federal Government to pay the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N500 million as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse from Kenya. The Court also ordered the Federal government to return him to Kenya from where he ... Read More »
i remain with Wike and Makinde Mimiko
Dr Olusegun Mimiko has been inundated with calls and messages from the general public, and his political friends and concerned individuals around the nation; and in particular, his teeming supporters across the length and breadth of Ondo State, seeking clarity on a fake news making the rounds since yesterday that he had ditched Governors Nyesom Wike, Seyi Makinde and their ... Read More »
AMAA 2022: Sanwo-Olu promises to support AFA graduands with grants
Lagos, Nigeria – The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to support freshly graduated students of the African Film Academy with grants to help them start up in the creative sector. Sanwo-Olu made this known on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, when a total of 890 youths sponsored by the Lagos State Government graduated from the African Film Academy. The ... Read More »
Ortom wrong to label Atiku agent of Miyetti Allah – Dele Momodu
Director of Strategic Communications of Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu has faulted Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state for allegedly labelling the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku as ‘agent of Miyetti-Allah.’ Momodu made this assertion while reacting to Ortom’s comment on Atiku and Miyetti Allah in Benue on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. He said, ... Read More »
Abiodun mourns former HoS, Engr. Bisiriyu, describes death as shocking, painful
The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has described the death of the former Head of Service in the state, Engineer Isiaq Olanrewaju Bisiriyu, as shocking, painful and a great loss to the state. Abiodun, who noted that the former Number One civil servant in the state was a thorough-bred public servant and astute administrator, declared that Ogun has lost one ... Read More »