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Jigawa Police command has confirmed the death of 95 people and 50 got diffident degrees of injuries in Majiya village of Taura local government area in Jigawa. Confirming that accident, the Jigawa state command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawal Shiisu Adams, said, “Today (Wednesday) a Petro Tanker from Porthacourt going to Nguru in […]
As Nigeria celebrates its 64th Independence anniversary, the maritime sector is yet to achieve the status of a maritime hub for West and Central Africa, despite controlling approximately 70 per cent of the region’s cargo traffic, ADAKU ONYENUCHEYA reports. In sixty-four years of independence, Nigeria’s maritime industry remains a critical but underutilised sector, and far […]
The Confederation of African Football, has postponed the second leg of the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 qualifier fixture between the Super Eagles and Libya. Recall that on Sunday, the Nigeria’s players and officials were detained by Libyan authorities at a remote airport Al-Abraq for over 13 hours. INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that the delegation’s flight […]
Despite not playing their matchday 4 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Libya’s Mediterranean Knights, the Super Eagles of Nigeria remain top in Group D with seven points from three games. Also in the group, Rwanda secured a crucial 2-1 victory over Benin in their match, played at the Stade Amahoro on Tuesday. The […]
Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi was on Tuesday elected president of the African Table Tennis Federation, ATTF. Enitan, a former Lagos State Sports Commissioner was elected unopposed. The sports administrator succeeds Egypt’s Khaled El-Salhy as president of the ATTF. The election took place at the ATTF’s 2024 Annual General Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He’s the […]
Nigerians have been called upon to adapt to the current economic realities to foster meaningful progress, as fuel subsidies have long hindered the country’s sustainable development. This is as Nigerian professionals across various sectors of engineering, law, healthcare, manufacturing, and science, among others, have been urged to uphold ethical standards and contribute actively to addressing […]
The former governor of Ekiti state Ayodele Fayose has questioned the position of the PDP as the main opposition party in Nigeria In a recent appearance on Channels Television Politics Today, Fayose also ditched his PDP counterpart Atiku Abubakar and noted that he is no longer the voice of the opposition In the trending interview, […]
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has delisted the Group D second-leg fixture of the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria and Libya. The Super Eagles of Nigeria were scheduled to take on Libya in the Second Leg of the qualifier on Tuesday (today). The Super Eagles had earlier beaten Libya 1-0 in […]
A 39-year-old British woman named Helen Davey, who lived in northeastern England and ran a beauty salon, was tragically killed in June by malfunctioning ottoman bed. She was leaning over the storage area of an Ottoman-styled ‘gas-lift’ bed when the mattress platform unexpectedly fell, trapping her neck against the upper surface of the side panel […]
Rwandan authorities are perpetrating serious human rights abuses in detention facilities, including torturing inmates, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, denouncing a lack of accountability for those responsible. Under President Paul Kagame’s three-decade rule, political dissent and free speech have been crushed, with international campaigners long decrying the shrinking civil rights space in the small east […]