Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong has rated the Rwanda national team high as both teams trade tackles in the 2025 AFCON qualifying Group D tie at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali on Tuesdays (today), PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Nigeria face Rwanda in their second match of the series today after beating Benin Republic 3-0 in Uyo last Saturday, thanks…
Bandits have killed seven people and abducted many others, including nurses in Kaduna and Sokoto states. Five people were reportedly killed and several others were kidnapped… Bandits have killed seven people and abducted many others, including nurses in Kaduna and Sokoto states. Five people were reportedly killed and several others kidnapped after bandits attacked Kallah…
Hollywood has lost an acting legend. James Earl Jones—the actor whose deep and resonant voice can be heard in Star Wars and The Lion King—died on Sept. 9 at home in Dutchess County, N.Y., his rep confirmed to multiple outlets. He was 93. Born on Jan. 17, 1931, in Arkabutla, Miss., Jones spent much of…
This has happened as a result of the student body’s insistence on carrying out the organized statewide demonstration against the rise in petrol prices. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) leadership has declared that should the necessity arise, it is prepared to meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss its demands for the reversal of…
He noted that the President is working very hard to turn around the country, which he inherited in almost bankrupt condition. In a Lagos interview conducted yesterday, Tafawa-Balewa stated as much to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The PDP leader emphasized that it is always exceedingly difficult to save a country that is close…
Finding the sales locations for the N40,000 subsidized rice that the Federal Government formally inaugurated last week is proving difficult for Nigerians residing in the Federal Capital Territory. The sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice at a discounted rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag was inaugurated by Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture…
Some Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) personnel deployed to man Nigeria’s land borders have decried the non-payment of their allowances for two and a half years, leaving them in a deplorable working condition. The personnel claimed that they had been stationed at the borders for over five years, dating back…
Forty-eight people have lost their lives as a result of a petrol tanker explosion that occurred along Bida-Agaie-Lapai- Road in Niger State.Alhaji Abdullah- Baba-Arah, Director-General, Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Sunday. He said the agency received a report of a deadly tanker explosion that occurred on Sunday…
Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo has just broken her World Record in women’s over 86kg Para-Powerlifting, becoming the first Para-athlete in history to lift 166kg It is an improvement from her existing WR of 165kg. She also added a gold medal to the record. It was an incredible performance from Oluwafemiayo, who increased Nigeria’s overall tally at…
She finished 2nd in the event with a throw of 19.26m behind Uzbekistan athlete Nurkhon Kurbanova who set a world record with a throw of 21.12m. Nigeria’s Flora Ugwunwa has won a silver medal in women’s Javelin F54 at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. She finished 2nd in the event with a throw of…
