Another Nigerian gets Hollywood honour: The Rock stars as Davis Okoye
Hollywood icon Dwayne Johnson popularly known as ‘The Rock,’ says he adopted a Nigerian name Davis Okoye, in the movie `Rampage,’ to honour Christian Okoye, the Nigerian-American football legend. Christian…
Gold Coast 2018: Nigeria secures 3 medals in wrestling
April 12, 2018 Blessing Onyebuchi, Ebikewenimo Welson and Bose Samuel on Thursday won medals for Team Nigeria in wrestling, to increase the country’s medals haul to 11 at the ongoing…
Accidents: 456 people died, 3,404 injured in January – FRSC
April 12, 2018 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 456 people died and 3404 others were injured in 826 accidents recorded nationwide in January. The FRSC stated this in…
FIFA rankings: Nigeria moves 5 places up, now ranked 47th
April 12, 2018 Nigeria has moved five places up, now 47th in the world and sixth in Africa with 635 points in the April FIFA/Coca Cola rankings released on Thursday. In…
Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped to 13.34% in March – NBS
April 12, 2018 Nigeria’s inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped from 14.33 in February to 13.34 per cent in March year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics…
Commonwealth Games: Amusan advances to 100m Hurdles final
April 12, 2018 Oluwatobiloba Amusan, a 100m hurdler representing Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Thursday, advanced to the final with 12.73seconds while her compatriot, Grace…
Nigerian Troops neutralise 3 Boko haram terrorists, rescue 33
April 12, 2018 Troops on clearance operations at Jaje in Borno on Wednesday neutralised three Boko Haram terrorists, rescue 33 members of their families and destroyed houses belonging to them….
U.S. army trains Nigerian troops on confronting Boko Haram
April 12, 2018 Some 12 U.S. soldiers have trained Nigerian troops on a six-week advice-and-assist mission in Jaji, Kaduna State, Pentagon has said. The U.S. Department of Defence said Nigerian…
Nigeria’s wheat production falters, imports to rise next year
Nigeria’s decades-old program to boost wheat production and reduce imports worth more than $4 billion a year has faltered with farmers cutting output because of soaring input costs, leaving foreign…
EU to spend N4.3bn on water projects in Niger Delta, albinos
The European Union (EU) on Wednesday inaugurated 956,000 euros (about 4.3 billion naira) projects in support of Person With Albinisms (PWAs), provision of water and sanitation management in the Niger…