After many controversies surrounding which club England’s captain, Harry Kane, will be playing for in the 2021/2022 season, the striker has finally revealed he will be staying at Tottenham this season. Kane, who came off the bench in Saturday’s 1-0 league win at Wolves in his first appearance, says he is fully focused on helping…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the attack launched on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday, rather than throw a dampener into the morale of our Armed Forces as it is intended to, will buoy their determination to make a decisive end of criminality in the country. The President in a…
The Nigeria Army has described as blackmail, allegations by Emeka Okoroafor, a lawmaker in Abia State that its officers were aiding and abetting criminality in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the State. According to the army, the lawmaker alleged that when security agents arrested suspected kidnappers of Abia state university lecturers, a certain call came…
The Dangote Group has bagged three awards given by the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in recognition of its outstanding contributions to the development of the engineering profession in the country. The awards were presented during the NSE Ikeja Branch’s dinner and awards ceremony organised as part of activities to round-off its engineering week with…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa has urged banks in the country to investigate the kind of businesses their potential customers does before opening an account for them. Bawa made this known on Tuesday when members of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria, ACAEBIN, led…
The Department of Petroleum Resources has faulted the claim by the Nigeria Customs Service that it was partly responsible for the continued smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol, which has been subsidised by the Federal Government. The Head, Downstream Department, DPR, Bashir Sodiq, said filling stations along the land borders now get less…
The Nigerian Defence Academy has confirmed the attack on the institution by gunmen, saying its security architecture was compromised. A statement on Tuesday in Kaduna by the Public Relations Officer of the Academy, Maj. Bashir Jajira said two officers were killed while one was abducted The spokesman disclosed that the bandits gained access into the…
The federal government on Monday flagged off the onboarding of 510 N-Power beneficiaries in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq who flagged off the event in Abuja, congratulated the successful beneficiaries and charged them to make optimum use of the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said the number of fresh registrants since the launch of the online registration portal on 28th June 2021 has now exceeded two million. A statement by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Committee, Festus Okoye said as at 7am of 23rd August 2021, the…
I have been saddled with Herculean roles throughout my six decades of existence. One of the hardest tasks I have had to take up, however, is penning this tribute in honour of my bosom friend and brother, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, with whom I shared ancestry, career history, and an unbreakable filial bond. These saw…