Tag Archives: NIGERIA

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 …

Retired mental health counselor, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman has said Presidential candidate for the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unfit to lead Nigeria. Taking to his Twitter page, Gutterman alleged that Tinubu is a former drug lord who is campaigning to become Nigeria’s president. According to him, the former …

Nigeria new coach Jose Peseiro believes the side is better than Ghana despite the Black Stars securing World Cup slot. The Black Stars edged past the Super Eagles in the 2022 World Cup play-off in March on an away goal rule. Ghana played pulsating goalless draw at the Baba Yara …

Increasing inflation, debts and forex crisis are pushing Nigerian and other African economies to the brink, the International Monetary Fund has warned. SaharaReporters earlier reported that IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, had said the outlook for the global economy had “darkened significantly” since April. She warned that a global recession …