The Banyana Banyana of South Africa on Tuesday emerged champions of the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament after a 4-2 defeat of Nigeria’s Super Falcons in the final game The two top teams in women’s football on the African continent at the moment played an... Read more
*As Gov Wike restates commitment to partner police in keeping Rivers safe The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated of the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 6 Barracks of the Nigeria Police at Omagwa Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers state. At the inauguration, President Muhammadu Buhari, who was... Read more
The Nigeria deep-water arm of global energy giant, Shell, has donated multimillion naira laboratory equipment and software packages to the Offshore Technology Institute of the University of Port Harcourt. According to a statement by the Media Relations Manager, Mr Bamidele Odugbesan the donation was made as part of the... Read more
The third edition of the annual NFF-Aiteo Football Awards took the City of Lagos by storm on Monday night, with the country’s First Lady, Dr (Mrs) Aisha Buhari, as well as four-time African Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala, home-based professional Gift Monday and the Super Falcons’ class of... Read more
The Nigeria Customs Service, Area ll Command, Onne Port, has taken delivery of a cargo scanning machine from the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hammed Ali (Rtd). The Command’s Area Controller, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed, made this known on Friday in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer,... Read more
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says Nigeria must encourage federating States to harness their resources and generate revenues, including Value Added Tax, VAT to advance their development. He has also stressed that it is baffling to note that Rivers State is not included among states to benefit... Read more
The buzz of the maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament got even wider and louder on Monday as the Secretary General of world football –governing body, FIFA, Mrs Fatma Samoura led football’s dignitaries to the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Lagos Island for Day 5 of the showpiece.... Read more
2018 African Woman Player of the Year Thembi Kgatlana was the star of the evening as South Africa’s Bayana Bayana steamrolled Ghana 3-0 on Day 3 of the six-day Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament in Lagos. The entertaining encounter, firmly dominated by the reigning African vice champions, took place at the... Read more
President of the Nigeria Football Federation and FIFA Council Member, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick says that the presence of President of world –governing body FIFA, Mr Gianni Infantino, and CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe ,at the opening ceremony of the maiden Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament in Lagos on Wednesday... Read more
A brilliant goal by Fatima Tagnaout 13 minutes from time separated Cameroon and Morocco in the second match of the maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos. Both Lionesses were match ed in all aspects for large swathes of the game,... Read more
