FIFA U-17 WWC: CAF Appoints Kenyan Referee For Flamingos Vs Botswana
The Confederation of African Football has appointed Kenyan official, Josephine Wanjiku, as referee for next week’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier between Nigeria’s U-17 girls, Flamingos, and their South African counterparts, Botswana. The Flamingos and Botswana will clash starting 2pm Nigeria on Saturday, 8th March for the first leg of a second-round fixture, at […]
DR Congo Halts Cobalt Exports for Four Months
Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended cobalt exports for four months to rein in oversupply of the battery metal on the international market. The measures, according to the President of the Authority for the Regulation and Control of Strategic Mineral Substances’ Markets, Patrick Luabeya, will be reviewed in three months. Congo is the world’s top […]
Lucky Aiyedatiwa takes oath of office as Ondo State Governor
Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been sworn-in as the 7th Executive Governor of Ondo State, marking the beginning of his first full four-year term after replacing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who died in office in 2023. Aiyedatiwa took his oath of office just after his running mate Olayide Adelami around 12:59 pm at the Ondo State Sports Complex […]
Roberta Flack, ’70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
The classically trained singer-pianist only belatedly found fame when Clint Eastwood employed her 2-year-old version of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” in his 1971 directorial debut “Play Misty for Me.” Nominated a total of 13 times, she received her last Grammy nod in 1995, for best traditional pop vocal performance, for “Roberta,” […]
Flying Eagles To Face Cote d’Ivoire In Friendlies Next Week
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will face Cote d’Ivoire in a double-header friendly next week. The first friendly is scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, while the second will take place two days later. Both matches will be played in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan. The Flying Eagles were initially set to face Egypt in a double-header friendly, but […]
NAAT Demands Immediate Payment Of Salaries, Allowances
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has demanded the immediate payment of three and a half months of withheld salaries and allowances. Its President, Ibeji Nwokoma, in a communiqué issued yesterday after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the association, also called for the immediate settlement of arrears, including three […]
NAFDAC Seals 11,000 shops, Arrests 40 for Fake Medicines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed over 11,000 shops and arrested 40 individuals in its ongoing nationwide clampdown on fake and substandard medicines. Briefing journalists it’s Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the enforcement had been planned for over a year as a covert operation, and three markets, […]
D’Tigers defeat Cape Verde to secure 2025 AfroBasket Qualification Ticket
Nigeria’s D’Tigers beat Cape Verde 77-62 in their final Group B game at the second window of the FIBA AfroBasket qualifying tournament in Tripoli, Libya yesterday. The result means the D’Tigers have booked their spot at the 2025 AfroBasket tournament in Angola. Other teams who have already qualified for this year’s edition are DR Congo, […]
Elon Musk orders US federal workers to report on work by Monday or resign
The Trump administration has sent emails to U.S. federal government employees, telling them to detail their work accomplishments from the previous week, by Monday night or risk losing their jobs. The emails came shortly after Elon Musk, the billionaire head of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, posted on the social media site X […]
Osun Gov Inaugurates 30 Newly Elected LG Chairmen, 332 Councillors
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has sworn in the newly elected local government chairmen and councillors in the state, and commended President Bola Tinubu for not allowing the state to be plunged to crisis during the elections. The State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) had announced the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates winners of the 30 […]
