The African Development Bank (AfDB) has invested over $8 billion in water infrastructure across 40 African countries since 2000, benefiting more than 92 million people. Mr Johannes Chirwa, Director, Water Development and Sanitation Department, AfDB, said this at the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) West Africa sub-regional meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Chirwa was…
Bayelsa Queens are through to the final of the CAF Women’s Champions League WAFU B qualifiers after coming from behind to defeat USFA of Burkina Faso 2-1 in Yamoussoukro. Comfort Yeboah gave USFA an early lead in the second minute, but the Nigerian champions responded with an equaliser from Emem Essien’s header after 15 minutes….
Mr Idowu Daramola (Ebony), an APC chairmanship aspirant for Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye LCDA, has protested the primary election outcome, describing it as laughable and unjust. In a statement on Monday by Mr Morufdeen Bello, Spokesperson for the Ebony Campaign Team, Daramola labelled the outcome as illogical and fraudulent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls APC Electoral…
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle, has paid glowing tribute to members of the Nigerian Defence Academy’s 18 Regular Course (18RC) during their 50th reunion anniversary in Abuja. The event, held at the Army Headquarters Command Officers’ Mess, Asokoro, brought together military veterans, national leaders, and esteemed dignitaries to celebrate five…
Seyi Tinubu, son of Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received a special Episcopal blessing from the Catholic Bishop of Maria Mater Ecclesia, Ahiara Diocese, Simon Okezuo Iweobi, during a thanksgiving and reception ceremony held in Mbaise, Imo State. The blessing took place at the historic Maria Mater Ecclesia Cathedral during an event organised to…
Not many people realize that Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump’s youngest daughter, resides in Nigeria with her husband, Michael Boulous, who is of Lebanese-Nigerian descent. The couple primarily lives in the United States but stays at their home in Banana Island, Lagos, whenever they visit Nigeria. Michael’s grandfather immigrated to Nigeria from Lebanon at the start…
Early in 2020, on the same day that a frightening new illness officially got the name Covid-19, a team of scientists from the United States and China released critical data showing how quickly the virus was spreading, and who was dying. The study was cited in health warnings around the world and appeared to be…
A federal judge in Florida has issued a ruling that blocks the Biden administration’s plan to release migrants in the United States on “parole” due to an expected surge once an emergency immigration restriction known as Title 42 is lifted. The decision came just hours before the Title 42 order was set to expire. In…
A significant exodus of senior members from the Lagos chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been met with indifference by party leadership, who describe the defectors as “long inactive” and not central to the party’s current operations. Speaking to local press on Tuesday, Lagos PDP Vice Chairman (Central), Mr Hakeem Olalemi, dismissed concerns…
Pakistan Health Ministry on Tuesday said the country recorded another polio case, increasing the overall number to 50 in 2024. The new case was reported from the country’s northwest Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province as health officials confirmed the detection of type 1 wild poliovirus in a 20-month-old girl. The polio case was…
