Madumere hails Golden Eaglets on hard won victory over Ecuado

The immediate past Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has congratulated Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets for coming from behind to over power Ecuador boys in a match that ended 3 goals to 2. He described their victory as a show of indomitable

Nigerian Army redeploys 9 Generals, approves new postings

Agency Reporter The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has approved the redeployment and appointment of five Major Generals and four Brigadier Generals to new formations nationwide. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, in a statement on Tuesday in

BREAKING: FIFA U-17 World Cup: Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets wins Ecuado 3-2 in a dramatic come back

This evening, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria came from 2-1 down to trounce Ecuado 3-2 at the Estadio Olimpico Pedro Ludovico in Goiania. With this result, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are through to the round of sixteen of the 2019 FIFA U-17

CBN injects billions into textiles, cotton industries

Emma Ujah The Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, at the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in Abuja, yesterday has described the “historic” deal involving the nation’s cotton farmers, textile companies and the military. The first

Vote Buying: EFCC, ICPC to monitor Kogi, Bayelsa campaigns, elections – INEC

Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has enlisted the services of anti-corruption agencies to fight the menace of vote-buying during the Bayelsa and Kogi states elections next month. Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who gave the hint

IS chief Baghdadi buried at sea by US military

US officials said Monday that the body of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea as fresh details surfaced about the US special forces operation that led to his death over the weekend. Syrian Kurds claimed to be a

BREAKING: NDLEA arrests widow for ingesting 69 wraps of heroin

By Kelvin Osa Okunbor   The Airport Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, has arrested a 54-year-old widow and mother of six for ingesting 60 wraps of heroin. The woman was arrested at Lagos Airport at the weekend. The command

Bailout: We can’t pay N162 million monthly repayment plan for FG budget support loan

Augustine Ehikioya, Abuja   State governors on Tuesday rejected the proposed plan by the Federal Government to extend the repayment period of its budget support to state government from twenty years to thirty years. Based on the extension, state government monthly repayment will

Border Closure: Customs seize 54 containers of expired rice, tramadol, others

Agency Reporter The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island Command, Tuesday revealed its seizure of 54 containers of various contraband items. Of the seizure, 33 containers were loaded with expired foreign rice. The rice, mostly rotten and oozing offensive odour, was part

Savage: Russian charged with ‘cannibalism’, caught with human bones

Agency Reporter A man arrested in northern Russia has been charged with cannibalism, after three partially eaten murder victims were identified along with remains of cats, dogs and smaller animals. The 51-year-old is suspected of having eaten the animals as well as the