NIGERIA

Students or enthusiasts of contemporary Nigeria’s history are familiar with the account of how Northern Nigeria held back the nation’s independence from Britain for three years. The colonial masters proposed to grant self-rule to Nigeria in 1957 but the North was not ready at the time, so the rest of the proposed new nation had to wait until 1960 to …

Africa’s table tennis power houses – Nigeria and Egypt will slug it out with eight other nations at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament which takes place in Tunisia on September 11 to 18. The 2023 African Table Tennis Championships which serve as qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will provide men’s teams like Tunisia, Morocco, Zambia, Benin …

The annual Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) remains the foremost platform for public-private dialogue to interrogate issues and proffer policy options and solutions that will continuously shape national economic policy and growth strategies, the ) the Chief Operating Officer of Dana Air Ememobong Ettete has said. The just concluded Nigerian Economic Summit which was held recently in Abuja, convened national …

The Coalition Against Separatism, Banditry, and Terrorism (CASBAT) has described the recently concluded Joint Task Force Commanders Conference as potentially the turning point in the fight against terrorists, bandits, and other criminals.  CASBAT’s Country Representative, Dr. Abidemi Moses, commended the Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa for the innovation, describing it as the much-needed catalyst to drive the military …

West Brom manager, Carlos Corberan has revealed Semi Ajayi is nursing an ankle injury. Ajayi missed the Baggies 2-0 victory against Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday night as a result of the injury. “It’s difficult to face a situation when you are having a lot of injuries,” Corberan was quoted by the club’s official website. “It’s true that we’ve had …

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) weekend disclosed that four key Boko Haram commanders, 13 fighters, and a total of 45 family members, laid down their arms and surrendered to troops of Sector 3 MNJTF in Cross Kauwa and Baga of Kukawa Local Government, Nigeria. Military Public Information Officer -N’Djamena, Lt Col Abubakar Abdullahi disclosed this a press statement on …

The Federal Government has unveiled three-prong policy document to help in reducing the prevalence of cancer in Nigeria. The policies which were inaugurated in Abuja on Monday by Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, during the opening ceremony of the 2023 International Cancer Week (ICW), are the national strategic cancer control Plan 2023-2027, national cancer research agenda 2024-2027 …

Nigeria weightlifters won nine gold medals on Day 3 of the weightlifting event at the ongoing African Games 2023 in Accra, Ghana. The nine medals were won in each category of snatch, clean and jerk and total. The winner in snatch is awarded a gold medal, same in clean and jerk and total. Adijat Olarinoye, Rafiatu Lawal and Edidiong Umoafia …

Socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Youths, has said that the nation will benefit from the blue economy estimated to be worth more than $1.5 trillion per year globally, with the creation of Marine and Blue Economy Ministry by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The group, in a statement jointly signed by its leaders, Nwabueze Obi and Ekwem Eucharia, also said that the President …

Nigeria’s worsening debt crisis has become something of deep concern to everyone. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are particularly worried about the country’s debt issue. Nigeria’s debt is deceptively low when measured from gross domestic product (GDP) ratio. While the United States of America (USA), the world’s largest economy, is bogged down with a debt burden …