Tag Archives: NIGERIA

Thieves made their way into the residence of a Nigerian governor and stole a sum of 31 million naira (about 72,000 USD), the local Channels TV website reports. The incident took place on Thursday, August 11 at the Accounts Section of Katsina State Government House, an official confirmed. Katsina is …

Two of thirteen five Inter Allies players who were handed a two-year ban by the Ghana Football Association for their role in the matching fixing scheme between Inter Allies and Ashantigold have been included in Nigeria’s squad to face Ghana in the CHAN qualifiers. Defender, Issa Ali and forward Andy …

A London museum says it has agreed to return to Nigeria artefacts looted in the 19th Century from the Kingdom of Benin. The Horniman Museum said ownership of 72 objects would be transferred to the Nigerian government. Items include 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a brass cockerel and …

20 Ghanaian fishermen have been sentenced to one-year imprisonment each by the Federal High Court in Lagos State in Nigeria on Thursday, August 4, 2022. The men were jailed for transporting 13.670 kilogrammes of marijuana, aka cannabis, from Ghana to Nigeria. The court found them guilty on the charges of …

Nigeria assistant coach Usman Abdallah has lashed out at Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis in the wake of his comments about the Africa Cup of Nations. During an interview with Smart Talk on Wall Street Italia, the veteran Serie A boss said he will now make African players sign an …

President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the instability in Libya as the main cause of insecurity in Nigeria and the Sahel region. Receiving Letters of Credence of Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador James Kingston Christoff and Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, Juan Alfred Miranda Oritz on Tuesday, Buhari commended the collective efforts …

Team Ghana have booked a place in the final of the men’s 4x100m relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championship in Oregon. The Ghanaian quartet finished third, with a season-best time of 38.58s behind the USA(first) and United Kingdom (second). The quartet include Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Emmanuel Oduro-Manu and …

Nigeria has been ranked the number one country with the most unfaithful wives. It was reported that 62 percent of married women in Nigerian cheat on their husbands. This was said in a video shared on Tik Tok by a content creator with the user name ‘The Knowledge Bros’. In …

Domestic airlines have concluded plans to dump less-viable routes as skyrocketing aviation fuel prices cause more flight disruptions amid dwindling revenue and the rising cost of operations. Some of the less-lucrative routes are Sokoto, Katsina, Yenogoa, Kebbi, Gombe, Yola, Maiduguri, Bauchi, Ilorin, Jos, Ibadan, Calabar, and Akure. Jet A1 has …

An emir in the Nigerian state of Zamfara has been suspended after he coronated a man said to be a wanted terrorist. According to Premium Times, Aliyu Marafa, who is the emir of Yandoton Daji, was suspended by the Zamfara State government after the alleged turbaning of Ada Aleru. Aleru …