World Cup qualifiers: Rwanda beat South Africa 2-0, gift Nigeria hope
Rwanda national football team, popularly called Amavubi, Â on Tuesday in Butare, against odds, Â beat visiting South Africa 2-0 to shoot to the top of Group C table in the 2026…
Eagles: Sack Peseiro – Stakeholders, No, we can’t, says NFF, states reason
Football stakeholders have called for the immediate sack of Super Eagles coach,  Jose Peseiro following the team’s second consecutive draw in the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifier. The Super Eagles…
A toast to a floating naira, by Ken Ugbechie
You need not be told that the naira, Nigeria’s currency since January 1, 1973, is very sick and in intensive care unit. The once very virile naira, stronger than the…
Omicron reported in 57 countries, hospitalisations set to rise – WHO
Dec 8, 2021 The Omicron variant has been reported in 57 nations and the number of patients needing hospitalisation is likely to rise as it spreads, the World Health Organization…
Canada Detects First Cases Of Omicron Variant In Two Travellers From Nigeria
Nov. 29, 2021 Canada announced that it has detected its first cases of the new Omicron strain of COVID-19, in two people who had traveled recently to Nigeria. The government…
Analysis: Benedict Peters, a true Nigerian export
By Jackson Ugbechie In a season when some Nigerians are being demonised across the world as agents of crime and criminalities, we cannot but raise our glasses to salute the…
COVID-19: Seven African countries to start testing for antibodies next week
Seven African countries will start administering coronavirus antibody tests from next week, a regional body said on Thursday, as part of efforts to understand the extent of the outbreak on…
In Mugabe’s village, relatives say he was very bitter before death
In the dusty village where Zimbabwe’s founding father Robert Mugabe grew up, family members speak of the deep bitterness Mugabe felt from his ousting as head of state two years…
Climate change, population growth put millions of people at risk of increasingly unpredictable weather patterns
Indigenous knowledge about how to spot flood risks ahead of time could save lives in cities, researchers said on Wednesday, as climate change and population growth put millions of…
2019 Rivers All Africa Badminton Championships: 18 countries Expected in Nigeria -BFN
No fewer than 18 countries have registered for the All Africa Senior Badminton Championships holding at the Alfred Diete Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt in Rivers. Francis Orbih, President, Badminton Federation…