Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, President of Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF), has congratulated Maryann Philip-Shaibu on her remarkable achievement in Nigerian golf history, while advocating for more women participation in golf. Mrs Philip-Shaibu was crowned Queen of the Green for the 2024/2025 season after winning the Benin Club Golf ladies tournament for the second consecutive year. This…
A cross-section of Abuja residents expressed mixed reactions on Monday regarding the growing trend of betting among Nigerian youths. Speaking in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the residents described the phenomenon as a double-edged sword, acknowledging both its positive and negative impacts on society. While some residents recognised that betting had…
Cynthia Rowe, the Development Director at the British High Commission (BHC), says achieving Sustainable Development Goals would accelerate actualisation of Nigeria’s economic growth ambitions. Rowe said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( lNAN) on Sunday in Abuja. She said that it was imperative for government to tackle the challenges that…
Justice Nwosu-Iheme of a FCT High Court Wuse Zone 2 in Abuja on Monday sentenced the husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, to death by hanging. Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased ( his wife) on April 8, 2022. The judge held that the prosecution…
The Israeli military prosecutor on Wednesday filed indictments against five reservists, alleging severe abuse and injury of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman prison. According to the prosecutor, the abuse included cracked ribs, a punctured lung and a torn rectum. The indictments are the latest stage in a case involving a prisoner captured from an…
The Bauchi State Government’s decision to close schools at all levels has sparked debate among parents and teachers, with opinions divided over whether the move will protect pupils or disrupt learning unnecessarily. The directive, issued on Sunday, shut down public and private basic, secondary and tertiary institutions amid worsening attacks on schools in northern Nigeria….
The Office of Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter-Narcotics on Wednesday announced that at least 450 individuals who were drug users have made a full recovery and rejoined their families. In a statement, the office said the drug users returned home after receiving treatment at a rehabilitation center in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. The statement…
Tinubu is expected to speak on Israel-Palestinian crisis, reiterating Nigeria’s stance for an immediate ceasefire and the urgent need for a peaceful resolution. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday arrived in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital to participate in the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit. The Nigerian leader landed at the King Abdulaziz International Airport at 10…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara State has been hit by another wave of defections as Muhammad Kurya, its candidate in the August 2025 Kaura Namoda South State Assembly by-election, dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress. In a statement issued to journalists in Gusau, Kuryar blamed his defection on what he called the…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has criticised his successor, Siminalayi Fubara, for showing up uninvited at the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters. Wike said Fubara should have waited for approval before visiting, especially after demolishing the Assembly Complex in December 2023. Speaking at a media chat in Abuja on Wednesday,…
