FIFA badge referee Akintoye selected for CAF Women’s Champions League
Nov. 6, 2023 Nigerian Elite Referee and FIFA badge, Yemisi Akintoye has been selected for the 2023 African Women’s Champions League taking place in Cote d’Ivoire from Nov. 5 to…
ICAN audit ranking: Ekiti, Lagos, Osun earn excellent rating as some states consistently improved their rankings over the years
Nov. 6, 2023 Ekiti, Lagos and Osun States have topped rankings in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Accountability Index rating system for states’ compliance with audit rules…
Opening of Oyingbo flyover marks delivery of second Red Line train infrastructure
Nov. 6, 2023 Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, opened the T-shaped Oyingbo Overpass Bridge to traffic, marking the delivery of another ancillary infrastructure of Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red…
ATJPC ends 2nd phase of sittings, seals suspected mass grave, says 322 verified as killed or dead as a result of violence
Nov. 5, 2023 The Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission has concluded its second phase of public hearing. Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, Chairman of the Commission disclosed this to the News…
Lightning kills 3 secondary school students in Anambra
Nov. 5, 2023 Lightning killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Saturday. An eye witness told the News Agency of Nigeria…
Police in C/River arrest kidnap suspect while hiding in girlfriend’s ceiling
Nov. 5, 2023 Police in Cross River on Sunday arrested a fleeing suspect in Saturday’s abduction of a former Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC employee. The suspect was hiding in…
Tilewa Adebajo retracts statement on debt Securitisation
Nov. 5, 2023 Mr. Tilewa Adebajo has retracted his statements on the National Assembly’s approval of the securitisation of Ways and Means advances the Central Bank of Nigeria granted the…
N13bn worth of opioids seized in Lagos raids as trafficker excretes 86 wraps of heroin
Nov. 5, 2023 The National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA says no less than Fourteen Million, Four Hundred and Eighty One Thousand, Five Hundred and Nineteen pills of Tramadol and bottles…
NDLEA arrests 3 blind members of drug syndicate; intercepts 3.2kgs Saudi-bound cocaine
Nov. 5, 2023 Operatives of the Nationa Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested three blind men operating an illicit drug ring between Lagos and Kano, while another blind member…
Stolen nationhood: In search of a beautiful yesterday, by Ken Ugbechie
Indeed, there was a country, apologies to Chinua Achebe, one of Africa’s best literary exports. There was also a nation, complete with all the props of nationhood. Nostalgic nudging makes…