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Nigeria moves up 9 places in latest FIFA rankings. Super Eagles now 7th in Africa, 41st in world The Nigeria’s Super Eagles despite missing the just concluded AFCON have moved up nine places to become the 7th best team in Africa and 41st in the world. In the latest FIFA rankings released on today Thursday,…
Cameroon wins AFCON Cup 2017. The Cameroonians of have won the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Their national team, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon came from behind to defeat Egypt 2-1 to win the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Gabon. The Pharoahs took a first-half lead through Mohamed Elneny, who finished from a tight…
Ogun students are currently protesting what they termed the poor educational policies of Governor Ibikunle Amosun, berating Police for alleged members’ harassment. The Save TASUED and Fund Education Coalition (STAFEC), a group of student organisations across the country, has embarked on mass protest Monday morning. The coalition yesterday said the cancellation of the mass protest…
The Federal Government has finally acknowledged Buhari is sick and not coming home yet. The is the import of the statement released yesterday by his office. Hitherto, same office has denied this fact for the past two weeks the President has been away in London, UK. President Muhammadu Buhari has now requested for an extension of…
A year after Hope, a two-year-old boy was thrown into street by parents and community for alleged witchcraft, and rescued by Danish charity worker Anja Ringgren Loven, he has undergone a complete transformation. Photos of an emaciated Hope went viral on the internet in February 2016, putting Nigeria in the spotlight, albeit negatively. Following the…
Otunba Dayo Adeneye, the Ogun State Commissioner for Information and Strategy in an interview with Cletus Akwaya and Kazeem Akintunde of Leadeship newspaper, spoke on how the state government has been able to attract huge investments and turn around the fortunes of the state: On the recently launched School feeding programme, what are the plans…
Innocent Idibia, Nigerian popular music artist, well known as Tubaba (Tuface) has canceled his planned nationwide protest named “One Voice“. The protest which was planned to hold on Monday, February 6, in Lagos and Abuja was canceled amid controversies. According to the Nation, the hip hop music artist announced the cancellation in a video early…
Popular Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia (2face), has backed out of his planned nationwide protest. Announcing its cancellation 24 hours to the return and resumption of office by President Muhammadu Buhari who has been on short holiday in London. (This is a new developing story. Full details to come later.)
An 18-seater danfo bus with full load passengers has plunged into an uncompleted bridge in the Alagbole area of Ogun state. PUNCH Metro learnt that three passengers died while 14 others, including a pregnant woman, sustain serious injuries in the crash which occurred about 1pm on Thursday. Eight of the victims were said to have…
A week after a U.S. court insisted on his extradition for drug related offences, Nigerian senator Buruji Kashamu has been accused by some lawyers of alleged threat to their lives. A group of lawyers in Ogun State petitioned the state Commissioner of Police over alleged threat to their lives and attempted murder by Mr. Kashamu,…
