Nigeria coach Imama Amapakabo has urged his squad to forget a 4-1 first leg drubbing in Togo and create African Nations Championship (CHAN) history by overcoming the deficit. Ayoub el Kaabi (L) scores one of his nine goals that helped…
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SURREAL NORTH V SOUTH KOREA FOOTBALL MATCH ‘LIKE WAR’
South Korea’s footballers had no idea their surreal World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang would be played in an empty stadium -– a match Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min described as “very aggressive” and one official likened to warfare. 2 The…
Read MoreNOLLYWOOD ACTRESS, FUNKE ADESIYAN BECOMES AISHA BUHARI’S AIDE
Nollywood actress, Funke Adesiyan has emerged one of the political aides of Nigeria’s first lady, Aisha Buhari. Yoruba actress, Funke Adesiyan has been announced as one of the recently appointed political aides to Nigeria’s first lady, Aisha Buhari. [Allnewsng]…
Read MoreAMERICAN BOXER PATRICK DAY DIES OF HEAD INJURY
Patrick Day, right, was knocked down in the 10th round by Conwell on Saturday night in Chicago American boxer Patrick Day has died four days after suffering a head injury during his super welterweight bout with compatriot Charles Conwell. He…
Read MoreWHY YOU MUST GIVE YOUR CHILD VEGGIES, FRUITS DAILY
A Nutritionist at the State House Medical Centre in FCT, Mrs Nelly-Margaret Akuchie, has stressed the need for daily consumption of vegetables, fruits and cereals as part of children’s meal. Akukchie disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of…
Read MoreBUHARI REGIME VS NIGERIAN WORKERS: NO AGREEMENT REACHED ON NEW MINIMUM WAGE
Few hours into the midnight deadline for industrial action over the minimum wage agreement between labour and the President Muhammadu Buhari regime, no agreement has yet been reached. Labour had said it would go on strike on October 17 (Thursday)…
Read MoreAISHA BUHARI: I’VE ACQUIRED 2.7 HECTARES OF LAND TO BUILD SECRETARIAT FOR FIRST LADIES
President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, says she has acquired a property in Abuja on which she will construct a regional secretariat for the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM). She did not state whether it was a personal…
Read MoreNIGERIA’S SAMUEL OWOLABI, EKENE ODINAMBA ARRAIGNED FOR $24,000 ADVANCE FEE FRAUD
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned two suspects before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the federal high court, Ibadan for Advance Fee Fraud. The suspects, Samuel Tanimowo Owolabi (aka Dr. Keilah Forgey, Jame Romero, Romero Williams) and Ekene Kingsley…
Read MoreMONKEYPOX HITS LAGOS, RIVERS, AKWA IBOM, OTHER STATES
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed five new cases of monkeypox in Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. The resurgence came two years after the index case was reported in the country. While Lagos, in the current…
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