South-South Governors, PANDEF Hold Emergency Meeting Over $2 Billion Katsina Refinery
. Back Out Of Ceasefire Agreement In N/Delta, Call Buhari “President Of The North”. Six governors of the South-South Zone of Nigeria and Niger Delta leaders under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) just came out of an emergency meeting held in Asaba, Delta State over the... Read more
Falconets Win Big, Ready For FIFA World Cup
Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, will depart from their final training camp in Tirol, Austria on Thursday, 2nd August for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, with high level of confidence after scoring seven goals and conceding none in two friendly games. The 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup silver... Read more
NFF To Train, Absorb Ikeme Into Super Eagles’ Technical Crew
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it will offer retired Super Eagles’ safe hands Carl Ikeme coaching education as a goalkeeper trainer and then absorb him into the technical crew of the Senior National Football Team. NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi disclosed at the weekend that the... Read more
Group Urges Kwara State Government, Traditional Rulers To Be Pro-active On Herdsmen/Farmers’ Clashes
The Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) based in Kwara state, has noted that the herdsmen-farmers clash is not phenomenon in Kwara State. The group noted that series of feud have been occurring for decades between farmers and herdsmen, especially in areas of Kwara... Read more
Shagari Joins Sokoto Governorship Race
Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari, former Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, on Wednesday declared intention to contest for the Sokoto State governorship seat in the 2019 general elections. Shagari, former minister of water resources, contested for the seat in 2015 on the platform of the PDP, but lost to the incumbent,... Read more
Ortom Formally Decamps To PDP
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Wednesday in Markurdi, formally defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ortom made the announcement during a meeting with elected local government chairmen and councillors at the Government House Makurdi. Angry youths had earlier blocked him from... Read more
CAN Cautions Buhari, Police Over Threat To Democracy
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned the Presidency and the Nigeria Police not to do anything capable of threatening the survival of democracy in Nigeria. Reacting to the invasion of the official residences of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, CAN warned the... Read more
Oceans Face Ultimate Threat From Deep Sea Mining: urgent need for moratorium on deep sea mining exploration and exploitation
From Dianabasi Effiong NIGERIA – Our international waters – known as the “common heritage of (human) kind” – are under a new, imminent, and most deadly threat from the deep sea mining industry. The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a UN agency which has not received much public scrutiny until... Read more
3rd African Youth Games: Egypt Confirms Supremacy In Singles
Youssef Abdel-Aziz and Marwa Alhodaby are current African Junior Champions and at the 3rd African Youth Games holding in Algiers, the Egyptian stars confirmed their supremacy in the singles event of the boys and girls categories. In the boys’ event,Youssef Abdel-Aziz who was the flag bearer for Egypt at... Read more
Flying Eagles Trounces Mauritania 5-0, Qualify For Niger 2019
Nigeria’s U20 boys, the Flying Eagles, hammered their counterparts from Mauritania 5-0 on Saturday at the Agege Stadium in Lagos to qualify for the 2019 Africa U20 Cup of Nations. The team won by 6-1 aggregate for the event billed for Niger Republic. Having missed the 2017 finals in... Read more