The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated Nigerian officials Patience Ndidi Madu and Mimisen Iyorhe Calvin-Onwuka for their historic feats in their various roles at the ongoing 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Madu, who also officiated at the Olympic Games in Tokyo last year, became the first... Read more
Nigeria withstood a number of adversities before narrowly losing to host nation Morocco after penalty shoot-out, in a supercharged 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations semi final match in Rabat on Monday. A total of 45,562 spectators turned the Complexe Prince Moulay Abdellah into a boiling cauldron, and only... Read more
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike says Nigeria may never fully actualise its sporting potential if political considerations are allowed to always interfere with what happens within the sports industry. He made this known while speaking with journalists on Sunday evening at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Omagwa, Ikwerre Local... Read more
The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) says it remains committed to overcoming the developmental and environmental challenges facing the Niger Delta region to improve the standard of living in the area. Prod Mondy Gold, President of IDC, in a statement on Monday said the group made the resolution... Read more
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has criticised the Federal Government’s defiance of a court order restraining it from issuing Petroleum Prospecting Licences in the Noger Delta pending determination of a suit by some Ijaw leaders. The Federal High Court in Yenagoa presided over by Justice Isa Dashen had... Read more
Col. Milland Dikio (rtd) , Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP),), has appealed to the Niger Delta people in the diaspora to invest their money in the region. Dikio made the appeal in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media, Neotabase Egbe issued on Monday. Dikio... Read more
By Magnus Aluma The Tradition Ruler of Isuokoma Autonomous Community in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Eze Ambrose Ogbu has been kidnapped. Africanewscircle gathered that the Monarch was last night kidnapped at his Isuokoma Palace, by a gang of suspected gunmen, yet to be identified. Sources close... Read more
By Magnus Aluma, Enugu The Director of Nursing Services at the Enugu State Hospitals Management Board, Mrs Eucharia Onah has lauded nurses in Nigeria for their commitment towards the development of Nigeria’s health sector. Mrs Onah gave the commendation in an interview with Africanewscircle in Enugu, shortly after she... Read more
Top three of FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking unchanged Slovenia and Philippines scale new highs again A record 181 teams now in the Ranking The latest Ranking is also the biggest yet, with Seychelles (160th, -), Burundi (169th, -) and British Virgin Islands (174th, -) taking the total number... Read more
Pointers are that Nigeria’s immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, may be chosen as the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party. According to sources from within the Labour Party (LP) the populist presidential flagbearer of the party, Mr Peter Obi, has concluded... Read more
