NFF Appoints Jose Peseiro As New Super Eagles’ Head Coach

NFF Appoints Jose Peseiro As New Super Eagles’ Head Coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Jose Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles.  A statement issued by NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, explained that the NFF Executive Committee endorsed the proposal...
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Court Blocks Shell’s Oil Exploration

Court Blocks Shell’s Oil Exploration

A South African court has halted oil giant Shell’s seismic testing for oil and gas along the country’s eastern coastline, pending a final ruling.  The decision has been hailed by environmentalists who fear that the sound blasting will harm mar...
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World’s First Zero-Emission All-Electric Tanker Debuts

World’s First Zero-Emission All-Electric Tanker Debuts

Japanese shipping company, Asahi Tanker has launched and named the first of its two next-generation all-electric tankers ordered in 2020.  Named Asahi, the newbuild is scheduled to enter service in Tokyo Bay as a bunker vessel in March 2022.&nbs...
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Ademola Lookman Scores As Leicester Beat Liverpool

Ademola Lookman Scores As Leicester Beat Liverpool

Ademola Lookman scored the only goal as Leicester beat Liverpool to leave the Reds six points off the top of the Premier League table.  BBC report that Liverpool’s biggest chances came in the first half when Mohamed Salah had a...
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Engineers Seek Action On Rising Cost Of Construction Materials

Engineers Seek Action On Rising Cost Of Construction Materials

The nation’s power sector should be fixed as part of measures to push down cost of production of construction materials, the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE), said on Monday   This, according to the engineers, will...
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Access Bank CEO Discusses  Expansion Plans

Access Bank CEO Discusses Expansion Plans

In an interview on CNN’s First Move with Julia Chatterley, Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe discussed the company’s expansion plans in Africa and beyond, balancing needs with digitization, and Access Bank’s efforts to provide financial s...
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Msgr Okoduwa Marks 50th Ordination Anniversary

Msgr Okoduwa Marks 50th Ordination Anniversary

The Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos has congratulated Very Rev. Msgr. Bernard Ayodele Okodua on his 50th priestly ordination anniversary.   “This is wishing the Episcopal Vicar of Lagos Region and the Parish Priest of St. Anthony ...
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Republic Of Benin Hands Over Tramadol Container To Nigeria Customs

Republic Of Benin Hands Over Tramadol Container To Nigeria Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, has received items suspected to be tramadol capsules concealed with packaged jumbo size adult diapers in a container from the Republic of Benin.   A statement issued on Sunday by th...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Can Lead To Stroke, Sudden Death, NAFDAC Warns

Performance Enhancing Drugs Can Lead To Stroke, Sudden Death, NAFDAC Warns

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians to desist from using performance enhancing substances known as aphrodisiac in order to impress their female partner,  According to NAFDAC, consumption of s...
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Buhari Mourns Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Buhari Mourns Archbishop Desmond Tutu

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africans and the global Christian body, particularly Anglican Communion, over passing of Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu at 90.  The president’s condolence message was issue...
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Photo News

Photo News

R-L: DG NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh; bride, Hadiza Bashir Jamoh; groom, Abba Kabir Dankaura; bride’s mother, Zulahi Bashir Jamoh; and Wakilin Katsina, Alhaji Kabir Murnai, at the wedding Fatiha of Jamoh’s daughter in Kaduna… weekend 
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Manchester City Hold Off Leicester To Move Six Point Clear

Manchester City Hold Off Leicester To Move Six Point Clear

Manchester City held off an unlikely Leicester comeback to clinch a ninth successive Premier League win in thrilling style and move six points clear at the top of the table. BBC report that it looked like the defending champions had...
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Worship Centres Flout COVID-19 Protocols

Worship Centres Flout COVID-19 Protocols

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas, the birthday of Jesus Christ on Saturday, some churches in Abuja did not obey/enforce the COVID-19 protocols of wearing face mask and social distancing.  Christmas is an annual festival...
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Buhari Salutes Ganduje At 72

Buhari Salutes Ganduje At 72

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday congratulated Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State as he marked his 72nd birthday.  The president in a congratulatory message issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, desc...
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