Nigeria’s Flamingos stunned defending champions North Korea 3-1 on Friday to reach the round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup,.
The result in their final Group B match at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat, Morocco, took...
Meanwhile, The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and the Sokoto State Government are targeting more than one million children for polio vaccination amid insecurity and difficulties accessing some communities.
The campaign featured an advocacy rally and a para-soccer tournament involving polio survivors...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has flagged off the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign in Kaduna State ahead of the 2027 General election, promising sustained economic recovery, prosperity, growth and expanded opportunities for Nigerians if re-elected for another four-year term in...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three secondary school students aged 12, 18 and 18 over a suspected cult initiation in Owode-Yewa.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, said the arrests followed intelligence about a planned cult-related activity tagged “Kito...
1. He was born on May 11, 1926, in Uso, Ondo State, Nigeria
2.He attended a primary school in his village, Uso, before advancing to institutions such as Ondo Boys’ High School, Yaba Higher College in Lagos, and the University College in...
The Conscience of the Yoruba Nation Group has described the death of the National Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation as the close of an extraordinary chapter in the political history of Yoruba land and Nigeria.
The group, in a statement issued...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign, pledging the state’s support for mobilisation ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Aiyedatiwa spoke when members of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, led by Chief Kestin Pondi, visited...
President Bola Tinubu has cautioned members of the political class in Ekiti against constituting unnecessary distraction to the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji through early declaration of interest in the 2030 governorship contest, saying such declaration could cause internal contradictions...
Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), led members of the Rivers house of assembly and the 23 local government chairmen in the state to a fresh meeting with Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara as efforts to consolidate reconciliation between...
The United Nations Security Council has approved the US plan for Gaza, marking a major diplomatic victory for Washington.The vote endorses President Donald Trump’s 20 point ceasefire plan, which...
President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has announced the decision to reduce the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG commonly known as cooking gas.Speaking during a recent...
Iranian authorities on Thursday made it known that at least 12 journalists and media workers were killed during the recent 12-day war with Israel,citing the media arm of the...
A Consultant Psychiatrist at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Dr Abayomi Olajide on Wednesday, urged the government to declare a state of emergency on substance abuse, warning that the growing...
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has withdrawn the operating licences of six private waste collectors over alleged failure to meet required service standards.
The action was announced in Lagos today as...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has urged Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voter Cards ahead of the 2027 general elections. Makinde made the call in a statement reported by Punch today.
The...
50-year-old murder suspect, Bethlehem Nwanlia, has died after reportedly collapsing shortly after his appearance before the Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa on Tuesday.
Nwanlia was standing trial alongside two other defendants...
The United States Army has scheduled the execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan, who was convicted over the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others.
According...
Libya's eastern-based parliament ousted its speaker Aguila Saleh after nearly 12 years in the post amid growing discontent among lawmakers over his leadership.
Members of the parliament in the 170-member House of...
