The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new head coach of the Super Eagles, Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team. In a statement, the NFF announced that its Executive Committee endorsed the recommendation of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee for Chelle’s appointment during a meeting held in Abuja on 2 January 2025. The endorsement was finalised on 7 January. “The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed the...
…Activists Condemn Nigeria’s Blasphemy Laws Mubarak Bala, an atheist and former President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, has regained his freedom after spending nearly four-and-a-half years in detention for blasphemy. Bala was arrested on 28 April 2020, at his residence in Kaduna following complaints of blasphemous Facebook posts deemed critical of Islam, Allah, and Prophet Mohammed. He was subsequently transferred to Kano State, where he faced accusations of incitement and breaching public peace. In...
No fewer than 1,811 applicants have been shortlisted for employment by the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) out of more than 55,713 applicants from across the state. According to a statement by the KWSUBEB Chairman Prof. Sheu Raheem Adaramaja, successful applicants included 1,500 teachers, mostly from STEM subjects, and 311 non-teaching staff comprising drivers, security guards, and office assistants for schools in the 16 local government areas of the state. He said the...
The control of Guzamala and Kukawa LGAs in Borno state by terrorists has become worrisome to the Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan. The Speaker therefore called on the federal government to establish a military brigade aimed at liberating the two LGAs. A military brigade is a major tactical unit in the army that consists of several battalions and supporting elements and has between 3,000 and 5,000 troops. The speaker, who...
A suspected bomb explosion at the Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Kuchibuyi Village, Byazhin area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has left two people dead and two others injured. The incident, which happened on Monday at about 11:00 a.m., has been confirmed by the FCT Police Command. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, three men from Katsina State, who were visiting the school, were suspected to have brought the...
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has denied threatening the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi during his interview on Arise TV. A press statement on Tuesday, signed by Morka, reads, “On his verified official X handle, Mr Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has alleged, in his...
Comrade Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, cautioned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, urging him to desist from insulting elders if he hopes to attain similar status later in life. Frank, in the press statement reacted to Wike’s recent barrage of attacks against his former political allies turned foes, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Governor of Rivers State Siminalayi...
The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC), a socio-political organisation, has sought the relocation of oil companies’ headquarters to the South-South region of the country. NDYC also faulted what it described as longstanding systemic exploitation and marginalization of the Niger Delta region. The group had therefore called for a comprehensive action from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to address the issue. Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, NDYC National Coordinator, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, noted that decades...
A philanthropist and businessman, Comrade Chinedu Okoro, popularly known as Larry Popo has gifted over 200 bags of rice to widows and underprivileged people across Adada Development Centre of Uzo Uwani Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State. Larry Popo, a former banker, who once worked with the defunct Skye Bank PLC, also gave out wrappers and cash gifts to the beneficiaries in his effort to alleviate the plight of the vulnerable members of the society....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State House of Assembly candidate in the 2023 general elections, Sulaimon Abolaji Thompson and his supporters have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The former candidate, who has in a press statement on Tuesday stated reasons he has taken the decision to join the ruling party, also expressed gratitude to his former party. Sulaimon noted that he has officially resigned his membership of the PDP, also stated...
