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Wild condemnation is trailing the beating to pulp of a nurse by a group of masquerades in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Sunday. DAILY POST reports that the action has attracted outrage, with individuals and groups demanding justice for the nurse who was racing to her duty call. The victim has been […]

Celebrated professor of African history, Toyin Falola, and other prominent scholars in Islamic history on Sunday, appraised the history of Islam in Africa, noting among others that it is oriental bias to say that West African Muslims are non-producers of Islamic knowledge. The erudite historian led a penal of scholars at the last edition of the Toyin Falola Interview Series with the theme on the history of Islam […]

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, has said he did not apply to be the team’s next head coach because of two reasons. Since Jose Peseiro’s contract elapsed, several former Nigerian players have been linked with the job. Enyeama has admitted he would have also applied if he had secured his coaching certificate and wasn’t […]

A finance expert, Okechukwu Unegbu, has called on the Federal Government to dissipate more effort in arresting and prosecuting politicians accused of looting the treasury. Unegbu, a past president of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, gave the advice in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Abuja. He spoke against the backdrop […]

World No 1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek progressed to the quarterfinals of the WTA Stuttgart clay-court tournament by beating Elise Mertens in straight sets on Thursday, her ninth win in nine career matches at the French Open warm-up event. Swiatek beat the unseeded Belgian 6-3, 6-4 to maintain her bid to capture a third […]

The United States received advance notice of Israel’s reported strike on Iran but did not endorse the operation or play any part in its execution, US media quoted officials as saying. NBC and CNN, citing sources familiar with the matter and a US official, respectively, said Israel had provided Washington with pre-notification of the strike. Various networks […]

Afrobeat sensation, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has come out to support renowned chess Master, Tunde Onakoya, as he aims to surpass the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Among those who have come out to support Onakoya is Nigerian singer, Adekunle Kosoko, popularly known as Adekunle Gold, Nigeria’s Consul-General in New York City, Ambassador Peter […]

The Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh, has assured Nigerians that the senior men’s national team, the Super Eagles, would have a new coach in the next one or two weeks. Finidi George has handled the team on an interim basis while the Nigeria Football Federation shops for a substantial replacement for Jose Peseiro, whose […]

Meta, the company behind Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, has expanded its AI service, “Meta AI,” to 12 countries outside the United States. These countries include Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and others. The rollout, currently in English, aims to boost connections and equip users with new creative, expressive, and productivity tools […]

The Federal Government on Thursday put the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello,  on its watchlist to prevent him from escaping from the country. The Nigerian Immigration Service, in a circular dated April 18, 2024 and signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration DS Umar, for the Comptroller-General, Kemi Nandap, alerted the police and […]