For the first time in six months, Nigeria’s Super Eagles have fallen outside the top five African teams in the latest FIFA World Rankings. Despite moving up one spot globally from 44th to 43rd, the Nigerian national team was overtaken by Côte d’Ivoire, which climbed five places to 41st, securing Africa’s fifth position. Morocco held…
Some determined constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District on Thursday vowed to press ahead with the recall process of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the National Assembly. They insisted that they would fine-tune the process. The constituents, in a statement issued on Thursday by one Salihu Habib, said there was no going back on their resolve…
The military high command has said the days of notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Bello Turji, are numbered. The military’s reaction came less than 24 hours Turji k!lled 12 farmers in Lugu town, Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. It specifically dismissed the claims that the military had downscaled operations against herdsmen, terrorists,…
The Nigerian military says its troops deployed in different operations, killed key terrorist commanders and several of their foot soldiers in the first quarter of the year. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Markus Kangye, a major general, made this known while briefing journalists on operations of the military on Thursday in Abuja. Mr Kangye said…
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on Thursday apologised to the people of Lagos over the disruption caused by the sudden closure of the Independence Bridge. Umahi made the apology when he toured the bridge in Lagos. He said that the closure of the bridge was for urgent rehabilitation of the collapsed retaining wall but…
