The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it received 61 cases of human rights abuses in the month of July in Kano State. The NHRC Zonal Coordinator, Alhaji Shehu Abdullahi, disclosed this to the Newsmen on Thursday in Kano. Abdullahi…
Yakubu Adesokan’s best lift of 155kg was just not enough to push him into a medal position on Thursday in the men’s powerlifting -49kg at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. The 42-year-old who won the competition’s -48kg at the London…
A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday, sentenced one Udoh Okon to one year at a correctional centre for an offence bordering on lottery scam. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured…
The management of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has withdrawn 193 students of the institution over poor academic performance in the 2019/2020 academic session. This was said in a statement by Mrs Uredo Omale, Head, Public Relations and Protocol Unit, on…
Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board, promoters of Kerrygold Avantage Milk, has emphasised the importance of taking milk, saying it is packed with essential nutrients for healthy living. Ese Okpomo, Board Bia’s West Africa Manager, in a statement on Wednesday…
Latifat Tijani put Team Nigeria on the medals table at the ongoing 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Thursday by winning the women’s -45kg event of the powerlifting competition. The 39-year-old Ogun indigene had a best lift of 107kg to…
Gov. Godwin Obaseki will herald the 30th anniversary of the creation of Edo with a campaign to plant 10 million trees in line with the government’s reforestation initiative. Chief of Staff to Obaseki, Mr Osaigbovo Iyoha, made this known in…
Venus Williams will miss the upcoming U.S. Open due to an injury, becoming the third U.S. female, after her sister Serena and Sofia Kenin, to announce on Wednesday. Two-time U.S. Open champion and former world number one Venus made the…
No fewer than 75 players from 10 states and the FCT are currently jostling for one million naira prize money in the ongoing first edition of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Open Squash Challenge in Abuja. The Chairman, Nigeria…
An aviation expert, Mr Richard Aisebiogun, has identified activities of unviable airports factor responsible for failure of airlines in Nigeria. Aisebiogun, a former Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said this during the Aviation and Cargo Conference organised…
