SUPER Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has been selected by the Confederation of African Football, CAF, for random drug tests at the tournament. Trojan News gathered that Osimhen was tested against hosts, Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon. “(He was) tested against Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon. That is twice in four games,” the …
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Gunmen Abduct 100-level Student Of Unilorin
A zoology student of the University of Ilorin, Moyosore Bright, was on Saturday, abducted by hoodlums within the premises of the institution. The spokesperson of the Kwara State police command, DSP Ejire Adetoun Adeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday, said the incident occurred on January …
Read More »Why 70% of Nigeria’s Food Products Are Rejected Abroad – NAFDAC
NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has lamented the negative response often accompany Nigeria’s food and agricultural products that exported to European Union (EU) and other countries of the world. It said Nigeria losses billions of naira annually in foreign trade that could have benefitted its people …
Read More »Bwala Exonerates President Tinubu From ECOWAS Exit
IN the wake of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s exit from the Economic Community of West African States, Daniel Bwala, a high-ranking member of the Peoples Democratic Party, has absolved President Bola Tinubu of any responsibility for the withdrawal. Bwala asserted that the departure of the three nations from ECOWAS …
Read More »EPL: Arteta’s Decision On Barcelona Manager Position
ARSENAL’s manager, Mikel Arteta, has no plans to leave the Premier League side to join Barcelona at the end of the season. Rumors circulated in Spain on Sunday about Arteta possibly leaving in the summer. However, according to Sky Sports, Arteta has no intention of departing from Arsenal. Reports had …
Read More »Anambra Govt Rescues US-based Tennis Champion, Tania Okpala
The former US-based tennis champion, Tania Okpala has been rescued by the Anambra State government after she was found wandering the streets of the state capital. A video of Okpala looking distressed and unstable went viral over the weekend on social media, prompting the quick response by the Anambra State …
Read More »World Bank, Borno MCRP Trains 200 PHC Directors, Others On Governance, Financial Management
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri TO ensure good governance and prudent management of funds, the World Bank in collaboration with Borno State Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP) and the Ministry of Reconstruction Rehabilitation and Resettlement have organized a three -day capacity building training for 200 Primary Health Care (PHC) providers on …
Read More »ECOWAS Reacts To Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger’s Withdrawal From Bloc
ECOWAS says it has not received formal notification of withdrawal from the bloc by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. ECOWAS is a sub-regional political and economic union of 15 West African countries. It stated on Sunday in Abuja that its attention had been drawn to a broadcast on the national …
Read More »We Have Been Begging Wike To Join APC – Tony Okocha
THE chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has declared that the party wants the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to join its fold. Okocha, in an interview published by The Nation on Sunday, said he has been begging Wike both openly and secretly to …
Read More »FG Orders Suspension Of Eleme-Onne East-West Road Construction
RECONSTRUCTION work along the Eleme-Onne portion of the East-West Road in Rivers State has been immediately suspended by the federal government. In an interview with reporters on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed that the suspension directive was issued following the discovery that the contractor managing …
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