The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated the Cheetahs of Benin Republic in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers opener on Saturday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The win came following a tremendous performance by Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman who scored one and two goals respectively. Lookman opened the scoring in the first…
The Police in Cross River has arrested three suspects for allegedly robbing travellers along Calabar-Ikom highway. According to a statement by SP Irene Ugbo, police spokesperson in the state, the suspects allegedly robbed travellers of their valuables worth N455,000. Ugbo said the arrest followed a distress call on 2nd September 2024, from a motorist travelling…
A body of security experts, Brotherhood Old Boys Association (BOBA), has cautioned a set of persons described as renegades of a spiritual organisation, Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), against unhealthy disruption of public peace. Addressing journalists in Calabar, the chairman of the Association, Dr Daniel Udoette, said their utterances, defamatory publications and social media videos circulated…
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, has taken an indefinite leave of absence to attend to medical issues affecting his family. Ngelale who is also the Official Spokesperson of the President; Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen, disclosed this in a…
OPINION By Etim Etim Very few business organizations are as lucky as NNPCL, Nigeria’s state-owned oil company, founded over 50 years ago. Since its founding, the corporation has consistently failed to perform its basic functions and meet its organizational objectives; and rather than being liquidated or put up for sale for these failures, NNPC routinely…
