•AFCON 2023 host logo, trophy and flags of 24 qualified teams Eight teams have so far booked their places in the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals as of yesterday. Angola were the first to qualify after the Parancas Negras (Black Sable Antelopes) thrashed Namibia on Saturday evening. The attacking-sided team will now face [&hel...
•Auwal Rafsanjani Yesterday, the Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Comrade Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani described Nigeria as a major loser due to the walk-out decision taken by Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS. Rafisanjani, who stated this during an exclusive chat with our correspondent, la...
•Nigeria and Angola teams The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face Angola in the next round of the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire. Nigeria will play the Giant Sable Antelope in the AFCON 2023 Quarterfinals by 6pm, at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, on Friday, February 2, 2024, reports Sunday PUNCH. Decisively, [&hell...
Nigeria currently needs more 500,000 data protection officers, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has disclosed. Dr Vincent Olatunji, NDPC’s National Commissioner, disclosed this in Abuja, recently. It will be recalled that the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) recently sent letters to the Heads of Polytechnics and Monot...
•Blinken and Tinubu The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has assured of the country’s companies’ readiness to partner with and invest in the Nigerian economy. Blinken, who is on an African tour, made the remark in Abuja during his visit to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, reports Channels TV. “American entrepreneurs and [&...
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) launched the ‘No Chance 4 One Chance’ campaign today, Tuesday, January 23. The campaign is centered around citizens having easy access to contact the police when they see suspicious activities especially as it relates to kidnapping. The NPF posted the contacts people can reach when they have to report something ...
•Super Eagles Having defeated hosts and one of the tournament’s favourites Cote d’Ivoire, the Super Eagles will be on course for a last 16 place at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) when they face Guinea-Bissau later today. Nigeria began the competition on a shaky note, drawing Equatorial Guinea in their first match. But […]
In Nigeria, falling sick can be challenging in normal times but seeking treatment is currently a double blow as the financial implication has become increasingly unbearable for many Nigerians. The cost of basic drugs, such as antibiotics, analgesics, anti-diabetics, and key medications for chronic conditions, has doubled, tripled, or even quad...
•Ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma Sierra Leone’s former president Ernest Bai Koroma, charged for his alleged role in what authorities call an attempted coup, left the country and arrived in Nigeria yesterday. Koroma landed in Abuja yesterday afternoon, welcomed by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu and the president of the ECOWAS Commission O...
•Heineken Lokpobiri Following the mass divestment of assets belonging to some International Oil Companies (IOCs), the latest being Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Onshore and Gas Assets Limited, the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has asked worried Nigerians not to lose sleep over the matter as the ...

