Nigeria and Cameroon troops killed 27 Boko Haram terrorists in a joint clearance operation, destroyed gun trucks and recovered arms and ammunition belonging to the terrorists. Col. Sagir Musa, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, confirmed this in a statement…
Edinburgh International Festival launches 2019 programme (Chinadaily)
Edinburgh International Festival returns for its 73rd year on August 2 – 26, 2019, bringing the best of theatre, music and dance from across the world to Scotland’s capital. The programme features 93 events, with 293 performances across 17 venues…
No scoreboard for Eagles, Seychelles AFCON qualifier (Guardian)
The 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Seychelles national team will hold on Friday at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba without a functional scoreboard.After the dead rubber qualification game against Seychelles on March…
Nigeria, Sao Tome move to exploit 500m barrels of oil (Guardian)
A new production sharing contract (PSC) yesterday entered into by Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Authority (JDA) and Total Nigeria Plc is to exploit over 500 million untapped barrels of crude oil in West Africa. Coming 18 years…
82nd birthday: Buhari commends Obasanjo’s commitment to Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as “a passionate and great patriot who deserves accolades for his immeasurable contributions to our democracy and national unity.” In a statement by the President’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, to mark Obasanjo’s…
Nigeria wary of ambitious South Africa as World Cup ticket beckons (Guardian)
Nigeria will go into today’s Group A second game at the on-going African U-20 Nations Cup with the knowledge that a victory over South Africa will take them to the semifinals of the competition. The Flying Eagles also know that…
*Ondo vows to reduce mortality rate (Nation) *NNPC School hike: Buhari, Kachikwu called to intervene (Nation)
Ondo vows to reduce mortality rate (Nation) Ondo State Government has vowed to reduce to the barest minimum, if not eradicate, Maternal and Child Morbidity and Mortality in the State. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro spoke at…
BREAKING: NASU shuts down Ibadan Polytechnic over salary arrears (Punch)
The Non-Academic Staff Union of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, on Tuesday embarked on a peaceful protest over their salary arrears. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the protest disrupted both academic and administrative activities on the institution’s campus as the…
Those who pulled out of strike will regret it – ASUU (Punch)
Since the Academic Staff Union of Universities commenced its nationwide strike on November 5, 2018, at least six universities have pulled out of it and opened their doors to students. When our correspondent contacted the ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi,…
New Nigeria international passport to cost N70,000, says NIS (Guardian)
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday said registration and the issuance of new international passport would cost Nigerians N70,000. NIS spokesman Sunday James, who made the disclosure, said the agency will commence issuance of the new international passport from Monday,…
