Nigeria U-20 star Kpaboro Arierhri has opened up about his decision to sign with Norwegian club Lillestrøm SK, despite receiving offers from top European clubs. Arierhri’s Rise to Prominence The 18-year-old striker was instrumental in helping Beyond Limits Football Academy win the 2024 Viareggio Cup in Italy, scoring in the final against C.N Brazzaville. His…
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has rejected the proposed 65 percent increase in electricity tariffs by the Federal Government. The union made the position in a communiqué issued at the end of its first quarter 2025 National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting held on Thursday in Abuja. The Special Adviser on Energy to the…
President Bola Tinubu has removed Prof. Aisha Maikudi as the Vice Chancellor of University of Abuja, also known as Yakubu Gowon University. This was announced in a press statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, adding that his principal also dissolved the entire governing council of Yakubu…
A 15-year-old boy stormed a small regional airport in Arkansas with an AR-style rifle while demanding a plane. The unidentified teenager entered Signature Aviation, a business at the Texarkana Regional Airport, around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, and approached the front counter flashing the rifle and a handgun, demanding an aircraft and access to the…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. The Canadian navy’s Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa has completed a four-day friendly visit to Cambodia where, as with all other foreign warships, it was not given access to the China-developed Ream naval base. The frigate is on a mission to “promote…
