Author: Isa Isawade
Suspected UAE spy commits suicide in Istanbul prison
One of the two detainees held by Turkey on suspicion of spying for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has committed…
Avengers: Endgame beats box office records with $1.2bn debut
Disney’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ has smashed the record for the highest opening weekend, raking in $1.2 billion worldwide. The Marvel Comics…
Avoid economic instability during transition, IMF urges Algeria
Algeria needs to focus on avoiding economic instability during its political transition after the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a…
Agriculturist urges Nigerians to embrace agriculture
Mr Jerry Ossai, an agriculturist, has stressed the need for Nigerians to embrace agriculture as one of the ways of…
Golden Eaglets will do better in Brazil – Coach
Abdu Maikaba, Flying Eagles Assistant coach and coach of Plateau United on Monday, said that the the Golden Eaglets would…
Results: JAMB warns UTME candidates against fraudsters
The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates awaiting their results against…
Aftermath of fire outbreak: TCN restores electricity to Apo substation
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored normal bulk transmission of electricity to its Apo transmission substation…
JAMB releases 2019 UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has assured candidates of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination that results would be…
EFCC FC beat Setraco FC to win 2019 FCT FA Cup
EFCC Football Club of Abuja on Sunday defeated Setraco FC 1-0 to win the 2019 FCT Men’s FA Cup competition.…
Rovers FC win Cross River FA Cup
Rovers Football Club of Calabar on Sunday won the 2019 Cross River Football Association (FA) Cup. Rovers defeated Ben Ayade…
Aspire FC beat FC IfeanyiUbah Feeders to win NEROS/Anambra FA Cup
Aspire Football Club of Adazi Ani on Sunday beat FC IfeanyiUbah Feeders 4-3 on penalty kicks to lift the 2019…
Rangers International hammer Star Plus 4-1 to lift Enugu State FA trophy
Rangers International Football Club of Enugu on Sunday hammered Star Plus FC of Ngwo 4-1 to reclaim the Enugu State…
Kalu launches 450,000 free palm seedling distribution to farmers in Abia
Chief Orji Kalu, the Senator-elect for Abia North Senatorial District, said on Sunday that his foundation, the Orji Uzor Kalu…
Navy recovers metal barge, wooden boat
The Nigerian Navy on Sunday said it discovered a metal Barge MV JOSH 1 and a wooden boat drifting along…
2019 Hajj: Don’t engage in fraudulent acts, FCT Board warns
The FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, on Sunday warned 2019 intending pilgrims against exhibiting fraudulent behaviour that is capable of…
26 cult suspects arrested in Lagos
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Task force has arrested 26 persons suspected to be cultists in different…
Fire destroys 140 shelters in Borno IDPs camps
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 140 shelters were destroyed by fire in two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps…
4,636 farmers affected by flood in Anambra to receive grants
No fewer than 4,636 farmers affected by the July to October 2018 flood disaster in seven Local Government Areas of…
Bida Poly to revive local industries
The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Dr Abubakar Dzukogi, said the institution would revamp ailing local industries in its…
Messi seals another La Liga title for FC Barcelona
Lionel Messi fittingly sealed FC Barcelona’s 26th La Liga title on Saturday by coming off the bench to score the…
Norwich City beat Blackburn to seal promotion to English Premier League
Norwich City sealed promotion to the English Premier League (EPL) with a 2-1 win over Blackburn Rovers in the Championship…
Kwara FA Cup: Kwara United beat ABS FC
Kwara United Football Club of Ilorin beat city rivals ABS FC 3-2 on penalty kicks after regulation time ended 1-1…
Tin-Can Customs Command generates N78.8bn
The Tin-Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) saiys it generated N78.8 billion in the first quarter…
Control proliferation of Churches in Nigeria, activist urges CAN, PFN
A Human Right Activist, Chief Patrick Eholor, has challenged religious bodies to rise up and regulate the proliferation of Churches…
U.S-based foundation targets 2,000 Nigerians for medical benefits
No fewer than 2,000 underprivileged Nigerians are expected to benefit from the 2019 free medical outreach of the Nigerian Health…
Crackdown: Nigerian Navy arrests 19 impostors
The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Sunday said its operatives had arrested a total of 19 impostors in the First Quarter…
Normalcy returns to Gombe after 15-hour curfew
Normalcy has returned to Gombe and it’s environs after the imposition of a 15-hour curfew on the city by the…
Capacity building: Pakistani Navy Chief visits Nigeria
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says the Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy, Admiral Zafar Abbasi, will pay a two-day official…
Federal Govt. advises farmers to acquire BoA shares
The Federal Government has appealed to farmers to prepare for the purchase of 40 per cent shares of the newly…
Inter-religious, inter-ethnic marriages key to peaceful co-existence
Mr Jacob Pwakim, a public affairs analyst, has advised parents to promote inter-religious and inter-ethnic marriages among young Nigerians, in…