Nigeria on Monday was guaranteed its first medal at the Tokyo Olympics after Blessing Oborududu won her women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling semi-final match. Oborududu beat Mongolia’s Battsetseg Soronzonbold to reach the final. Although the final match is yet to be…
At least one person was killed in an altercation between hoodlums and members of the Soludero Vigilante group in Shasha area of Ibadan. It was gathered that, members of the vigilante group apprehended one of the hoodlums who was suspected…
Some prominent political leaders are billed to discuss the sustainability of Nigeria as a nation in Abuja to whether the continued unity of the nation is still a realistic proposition or a myth following agitation by sections of the country…
The July edition of the monthly Ogun State Environmental Sanitation Exercise billed for Saturday 31st July has been cancelled. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment,Mr Ola Oresanya,the exercise was cancelled because of…
Next month’s European Super Cup match between Chelsea and Villarreal in Belfast can be attended by up to 13,000 fans, the European continent’s football ruling body UEFA said on Friday. UEFA said ticket applications for the Aug. 11 game at…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has promised to do everything within its powers to kick human trafficking out of the country. The Commander in Bayelsa, Mrs Abieyuwa Ikhidero, made the pledge in Yenagoa on…
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has clarified that the 10 Nigerian athletes disqualified for ineligibility at the Tokyo Olympics were not banned over drugs offence. Adeniyi Beyioku, Secretary-General of the federation, said this in a statement on Friday against…
Malam Yusufu Abubakar, the Acting Executive Chairman, Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIERS), said that his agency collected N17.5 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020. Abubakar made this known to members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria…
The Students of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, on Friday protested over planned strike by the institution’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) . Damilola Okunomo, President, Students Union Government (SUG), told newsmen in Okitipupa…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended warm felicitations to His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the 22nd anniversary of his ascension to the throne. The President, on behalf of the people of Nigeria, and of himself, wishes the King…
