Governors and leaders of the South-South geopolitical region have demanded for an unreserved apology from the presidency for abruptly aborting a crucial stakeholders meeting scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The presidency had fixed a meeting for Tuesday with the Governors and other leaders of the region to... Read more
Nigeria’s delegation to Tuesday’s 2022 AFCON qualifying match against Sierra Leone arrived in Freetown on Monday afternoon aboard a chartered flight that flew the team from Benin City, and after a 30-minute ferry ride on the Atlantic from the International Airport in Lungi to the Sierra Leonean capital. The... Read more
For the first time since the Nov. 3 elections, U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday acknowledged that his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, won the race. However, Trump reiterated his unsubstantiated claim that Biden stole the election through rigging. “He won because the election was rigged,” the president said in... Read more
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is troubled by the sharp rise in blasphemy cases and mob violence in recent months targeting Shi’a Muslims in Pakistan, particularly in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Province. “Firm action needs to be taken against mob violence and vigilantism targeting the... Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that the Federal Government will destroy criminal justice system in States if the Executive Order 10 is implemented. According to Wike, the Executive Order 10 of the Federal Government, which permits the deduction of funds from each State account to finance the... Read more
They have become used to this trend of things under Franco-German trainer, Gernot Rohr, in his four years and four months so far: earning tickets to major tournaments with matches to spare. And that is what the Super Eagles aim to continue in this international fixtures-corridor when they... Read more
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. “Last week’s attack on a mosque in Burkina Faso is absolutely reprehensible,” said USCIRF Chair Gayle Manchin. “An attack on any house of worship is an attack on religious freedom writ... Read more
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, has been awarded the 2020 Best Mobile Banking App award 2020 in the Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards 2020. The achievement of this feat is largely attributable to... Read more
There should not have been a better time to express their discontent over the situation of things in Nigeria. As such, when the opportunity presented itself last Saturday, they grabbed it with both hands. A delegation from the Presidency led by the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari,... Read more
Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings has died at the age of 73. He led two coups, first in 1979, before twice being elected president in multiparty polls. A charismatic figure, he first seized power railing against corruption and was responsible for executing several former heads of state for... Read more
