Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Tuesday ended their 2021 FIBA AfroBasket campaign on a sour note with a 68-80 loss to lowly-rated Uganda in Kigali, Rwanda. The Nigerian senior men’s basketball team who were the competition’s champions in 2015 had qualified for…
The Borno government has confirmed 559 cholera cases in the state. Mrs Juliana Bitrus, the state’s Commissioner for Health, said this when she spoke with newsmen in Maiduguri on Tuesday. Bitrus said 43 deaths have also been recorded out of…
The pair of Ahmed Koleosho and Isau Ogunkunle on Tuesday failed to reach the semi-finals of their men’s team event of the table tennis competition at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. This was after the duo lost 0-2 to the French…
The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) has appealed for public support to enhance its obligation to the Nigerian society. BSN’s General Secretary, Pastor Samuel Sanusi, made the appeal when he led the BSN management team on a courtesy visit to…
Mrs Sangita Duggal, a Nutrition Manager, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has emphasised the need to give children food with vital vitamins for their proper growth. Duggal made the call in Maiduguri on Tuesday at the opening session…
The Ondo State Government has released the results of the 2021 Common Entrance Examination, also known as Placement Examination, to the 304 state public secondary schools. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Meshack Olaoluwa, the Head of…
…..Number of severely malnourished children in Kaduna State is on the increase. Those admitted for special care at Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) sites increased from 2,796 in the first quarter of 2021 to 8,157 in the second quarter…
Dr Michael Arimanwa, Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, on Tuesday cautioned newly-matriculated students of the institution against engaging in cultism and examination malpractice. Arimanwa, who gave the advice at the institution’s 43rd matriculation ceremony at Nekede, near Owerri, the…
A Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa, on Tuesday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between Mercy Okolie and her husband, Henry Nwaodi on grounds of battery. Delivering judgment, the judge, Abubakar Tijjani said all efforts to reconcile the parties failed “This…
The pair of Tajudeen Agunbiade and Alabi Olufemi on Tuesday in Tokyo qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s team event of the table tennis competition at the 2020 Paralympics. In the Class 9 to 10 quarter-final fixtures at the…
