Asaba 2018: Team Nigeria lived up to expectations says Soetan
An athletics statistician, Olalekan Soetan, on Monday commended Team Nigeria’s performance at the just-concluded 21st African Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba, saying they lived up to expectations. Soetan, who was…
CAA Asaba 2018: Kenya tops medals table; Okowa happy to host
Kenya edged out South Africa to finish top of the African Athletics Championship tagged Asaba 2018 medals table after a five-day tournament blasted as “tedious” during its troubled build-up. Kenya…
Power generation rises to 7,000 mega watts — Fashola
Nigeria’s current power generation has reached 7000 Mega Watts, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said. Fashola said this on Friday in Calabar at the…
Nigeria features in $150bn profit human trafficking industry with 1.39 modern slaves
Nigeria with 1.39 million modern slaves, shares in the at least 40 million people worldwide estimated to be trapped in modern slavery today – more than ever before – as…
Wire fraud: Three Nigerians jailed in US; EFCC worried
Nigerian authorities are worried at the growing incidence of wired fraud linked to Nigerian nationals across the world. A senior official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed…
How 5-year-old Nigerian, Jare, emerged ‘world’s most beautiful girl’
Angelic five-year-old Jare from Nigeria has been dubbed the world’s “most beautiful girl” as snaps of her sent the social media into a frenzy after photographer shared her portraits on…
Nigeria to experience longest total lunar eclipse on Friday – scientist
July 26, 2018 Nigeria will on Friday night experience a spectacular total lunar eclipse, which will last for one hour, Prof. Augustine Ubachukwu, has said. Ubachukwu, the leader of Astronomy…
Arsenal tag Iwobi £22.5m as Lazio knock
ARSENAL have put a £22.5million price tag on Alex Iwobi amid interest from Lazio. The UK Sun reports that the Serie A giants are in the market for a winger…
Nigeria’s inflation drops to 11.23 % in June – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measured inflation for June, decreased to 11.23 per cent (year-on-year) from 11.61 per cent recorded in May….
African nations to review poor World Cup outing at Morocco confab
African football will conduct a soul-searching session at a two-day symposium in Morocco after all five of the continent’s sides failed to get over the first hurdle at the World…