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NIGERIAN ARMY TAKES GENDER ADVOCACY TO SOKOTO The Nigerian Army(NA) in collaboration with British Defence Section, West Africa has taken its advocacy on Gender Mainstreaming to 8 Division Area of Responsibility, Sokoto. The workshop tagged “Gender mainstreaming for enhanced professionalism in the NA”, organised by the Department of Civil-Military Affairs ...

  Former President of Nigerian, Goodluck Jonathan, has commended the Super Eagles for qualifying for the knockout stages in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The former leader in a post on his Twitter account stated that the Super Eagles have a resilient spirit in the tournament. Jonathan ...

  Interim coach Austin Eguavoen will be entitled to only win bonuses as the Super Eagles gaffer at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Cameroon, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Eguavoen was appointed on a short-term deal after the Nigeria Football Federation sacked Gernot Rohr in December.   Rohr ...

  A group canvassing for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider adopting the vice president as the party’s presidential candidate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The group, The Progressive Project (TPP), made the call in a ...

  A spare parts’ building – CETECH- in the Ladipo area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, was on Wednesday afternoon gutted by fire. Societygazette reports that although no life was lost, several items and valuables worth millions of Naira were destroyed. The fire started around 4 pm. While its cause ...

  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Shehu Sani, says Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, lack the courage to override President Muhammadu Buhari and pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. In an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday night, Sani ...

  Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to the 15 Count Charges bordering on Terrorism, POLITICS NIGERIA reports. This was as the federal government brought documentary evidence to court. The electronic devices were inspected by the lead counsel to the ...

  The Black Stars of Ghana have been eliminated from the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. Ghana suffered a 2-3 loss to Comoros in their final group game played on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. The loss meant that Ghana would end the group last with just one ...

  Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Osun State have arrested a housewife, Zainab for pouring hot water on her 11-year-old daughter after she refused to go on an errand. An eye witness claimed that the mother who is a resident of Oke Oniti area of ...

  A coalition of women groups from different parts of the country on Tuesday stormed venue of the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Women’s Conference in Abuja to demands actualization of an Osinbajo presidency in 2023. The coalition, which includes market women, farmers, traders, artisans and professionals, all voiced demand ...