January 2023

Ajax fired Schreuder as winless run continues

Dutch champions, Ajax Amsterdam, have fired Coach Alfred Schreuder after a 1-1 draw with Volendam on Thursday extended his side’s winless run to seven league games, the club said. Schreuder was appointed on a two-year contract in May to replace…

Gov. Sule loses 36-year-old son, Hassan

Alh. Hassan Sule, son of Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa is dead. Mr. Ibrahim Addra, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, confirmed the incident on Friday in Lafia. Addra said that the deceased died on Thursday night after he was…

CHOLERA: Nigeria records 583 deaths from 23550 cases

Nigeria recorded 23,550 suspected cases of cholera in 2022 with Borno taking the lead with 12,459 cases. The country also lost 583 lives to the scourge in 2022, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Ifedayo…

CBN begins cash swap in Bayelsa communities

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun a cash swap policy in Bayelsa, through agents, to distribute the newly-redesigned naira notes to rural communities. Reports state that the CBN recently made arrangements with super agents, as well as mobile…