Watching Saturday’s match between our very own Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, for the quarterfinals position at the 2019 AFCON championship happening in Egypt, was a roller coaster experience. One minute the Super Eagles…
Flood destroys 50 houses, displaces 200 persons in Jigawa (Guardian)
Flood has destroyed more than 50 houses and displaced over 200 persons in Yalleman and Dakayyawa towns in Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa. The Information Officer for the council, Alhaji Fahad Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
‘We wanted to prove those who wrote us off wrong’ (Guardian)
Super Eagles striker and scorer of the third goal in Saturday’s round of 16 clash against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, Alex Iwobi has revealed that so many people wrote off the team’s chances of making it to the quarterfinal…
Stock market loses N291bn in four days (Punch)
Despite analysts’ predictions that the performance of the nation’s stock market would begin picking up in the second half of the year, investors have recorded losses totalling N291bn in the four days since the second half of the year began.…
Singer Simi calls for better protection of women from assault, rape (Vanguard)
Alternative music superstar, Simisola Ogunleye aka Simi has called for better protection of Nigerian women and girls from physical abuse and rape. Recall that in an emotional post on Wednesday, Simi decried the unsafety of women in Nigeria and the lack…
2019 BBNaija: Nigerians express shock over choice of housemates (Punch)
Some Nigerians have expressed their shock over the choice of housemates in the ongoing fourth season of the Big Brother Naija reality show. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the season kicked off on Sunday with 21 housemates, most of…
Korean movies will premiere bi-monthly in Nigeria, says envoy (Punch)
Mr Lee Jin Su, the Director of Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria has said that the Centre will maintain the bimonthly Korean movie premiere to further deepen bilateral relation between Koreans and Nigerians. Su made this known in an interview…
Switzerland sues Nigeria over detained tanker vessel (Punch)
Nigeria has been dragged to the international court by Switzerland over the detention of a tanker vessel for over a year and four months. The ship, crew and cargo have been under detention off Port Harcourt. In a statement, the…
672 Nigerian children lost to 2017 bombings —Report (Punch)
No fewer than 672 children were killed or maimed in Nigeria during bomb explosions in 2017, particularly by the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East region of the country. This figure was contained in a report released by a non-governmental…
*NAPLWD demands full implementation of Lagos disability law (Leadership)* Tackle poverty among disabled persons, NAPWPD urges Sanwo-Olu (Punch)
NAPLWD demands full implementation of Lagos disability law (Leadership) Nine years after the signing into law, Special Peoples Law 2010, members of the National Association of Persons Living With Disabilities, (NAPLWD), Lagos Chapter yesterday demanded for full implementation of the…
