Julius Joshua of Akwa Ibom has qualified for the final of the men’s -63.5kg full contact event in the kick-boxing competition of the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin. Joshua, gold medalist at the 2018 NSF in Abuja, defeated…
Gov. Samuel Ortom has congratulated former President of the Senate, David Mark on his 73rd birthday. This is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Terver Akase in Makurdi on Thursday. Ortom described Mark as a statesman,…
The President of the Directors’ Guild of Nigeria, Victor Okhai, on Thursday described capacity building as very strategic and essential for the country to have a better movie industry. Okhai who spoke with newsmen also identified welfare and partnership as…
The Follow Taxes, an NGO says it will reward citizens who consistently report irregularities in procurement processes in Kaduna State. The Co-Founder of the NGO, Dr Saied Tafida, made this known on the sidelines of two days training for State…
This year’s French Open has been postponed by a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will begin on May 30, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) said on Thursday. The claycourt Grand Slam, which was postponed by four months last…
By Edosa Okunbo The Edo State Government said it might be forced to close down the on-going 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) unless the Federal Government fulfill its counterpart funding of the games. In a statement released last night on…
A man, identified as Ahmed Saka, has set ablaze the room of his ex-lover, Mutiat Oladele, in Ibadan, leading to the death of the woman and her two children. Reports said that the incident happened on Wednesday night at Shogoye,…
Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono, the 74 year-old minister of agriculture has reportedly married an 18 year-old lady from Kaduna. The secret wedding happened Saturday in Jere town of Kaduna State, with few people as witnesses, reported Daily Nigerian. The young…
The JAMB is to clampdown on some cybercafes and tutorial centres who specialise in defrauding unsuspecting candidates during registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The warning is contained in the board’s weekly bulletin – Vol. 2, No 18,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Kano State has destroyed fake electric cables and counterfeit products worth N8 million. ASC Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, spokesperson for the command, said this in a statement on Thursday in Kano. Idris-Abdullahi…
