One of the greatest players to ever wear the jersey of the Nigeria National team Rashidi Yekini died on Friday at the age of 48. Rashidi Yekini was Nigeria’s most prolific striker as he scored 37 goals in 58 appearances for the national team. Tha...
Former Nigeria Under23 assistant coach, Ben Iroha has said that Nigeria’s football family has lost a gem in the person of late Rashidi Yekini. The prolific striker was confirmed dead on Friday in the ancient city of Ibadan after a brief illness. ...
The Supervising Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has expressed sadness over the death of former footballer, RashidiYekini, saying it is shocking and untimely. Abdullahi in a statement signed by his media aide, Mr Julius Ogunro and made avail...
Let us also see it from the viewpoint of the huge capital, technological, organizational and ethical outlays involved, and which Nigeria also currently lacks and does not seem ready and able to attain. Besides, economic and social developments take pla...
An Ikeja High Court last Monday dismissed a case instituted against the Anosike brothers on the sale of Daily Times of Nigeria (DTN) which their company Folio Communications Limited bought in the privatisation exercise. Justice Habeeb Abiru in striking...
Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) is set to pay up pension arrears of its pensioners totalling N363, 585,854.28. This amount was arrived at after a pensioners’ verification exercise conducted in April by the FMBN management complemented by ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Deputy Programme Director, Babatunde Olughobi has said over 2500 children have been treated for high level of lead poisoning by Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) (Doctors Without Borders). He also said that thousands more cannot be...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano State said yesterday that it killed four suspected members of Boko Haram sect at the Ring Road, Hotoron Gabas, in an operation launched in the house of one of the sect members. The JTF reportedly engaged the suspected...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has clarified its stance on the alleged plate number probe, saying that its action on the matter was within the law that set it up. This development is sequel to a publication on the said subject ma...
Gunmen suspected to be cultists at the weekend killed a staff of the State Security Services (SSS) identified as Mr Petrus Onwu. Onwu’s brutal murder followed multiple cult clashes that took place in different parts of the state on the fate...
The activities of the Boko Haram sect have attracted another international condemnation as top members of the United States Congress warned that the federal government should take a decisive action on the deadly issue that has caused international emba...
Some financial experts on Sunday attributed the rising unemployment rate in the country to poor corporate governance. They agreed, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, that sound corporate governance was a veritable to...
The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has warned Nigeria against cassava export, saying the country would not get full value from the export. The IITA Station Manager, Mr Olusegun Adunoye, made this known in an interview wit...
Motorcyclists have continued their operations in Jos and Bukuru metropolis of Plateau in spite of the ban by the State Government on May 4. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Government on May 4 banned commercial motorcyclists from...
The National Environmental Standards and Regulatory Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has expressed its determination to implement environmental laws. The agency stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mr Sule Oyofo, the agency’...