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Desire Oparanozie and Asisat Oshoala were in sparkling form as the Super Falcons soundly defeated their Gambian counterparts. The team after defeating Gambia 1-0 away from home completed the double over their opponents as they waltzed to a 6-0 victory. Nigeria didn’t waste any time in asserting their dominance as Oparanozie opened the scoring from the spot in the third minute after Francisca Ordega was fouled in the box. Thomas Dennerby’s side looked very comfortable playing the Queen Scorpions off the turf at the Agege Stadium, Lagos. Amarachi Okonkwo almost doubled the lead in the 30th minute but her long…

The Super Eagles players have departed for Russia for the 2018 World Cup. The eagles could not hide their excitement as they head to Russia for the World Cup. Already, since Iran blazed the trail, other countries have been arriving in ones and twos and the Super Eagles are expected on Monday night. The Super Eagles World Cup group opponents, Argentina, Iceland, and Croatia have all arrived in Russia as the Mundial kicks off on Thursday. Nigeria’s first match at the World Cup is against Croatia on Saturday, with the Eagles logging a balanced record of having won their opening…

The Federal Government, Monday, bemoaned the paucity of funds required to undertake significant investments in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. This is even as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, emerged the new President of African Petroleum Producers Organisation, APPO. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of APPO in Abuja, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, disclosed that due to the fact that the oil and gas industry was very capital intensive, individual African countries do not have the resources required to make…

Ahead of presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, billed for the last quarter of 2018, the trio of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, Ibrahim Dankwambo, Gombe State governor,  and Kabiru Turaki, erstwhile Minister of Special Duties, are the leading contenders to the presidential nod. The three have made no secret of their determination to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its likely candidate for the 2019 Presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari. Although other chieftains of the party, including the immediate past acting national chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido and his…

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Walid Jibrin, has said the party would not accept any proposal from any political group for the change of its slogan and symbol, the Umbrella. In a statement issued in Kaduna Monday, Senator Jibrin said the BOT of the party will stand resolutely against the persecution of its members, including former governor in the name of fighting corruption. He spoke on a day Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Babayo Gamawa, said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, administration has failed Nigerians by not…

Former Director-General of MKO Abiola Campaign Organisation, Hope ’93, Senator Jonathan Zwingina, has said that some associates of the late Chief Moshood Abiola, who served in the government of late General Sani Abacha, retd, had the blessings of Abiola to do so. Zwingina, who said this on Channels’ Sunrise Daily, made the revelation on the strength of claims that Ambassador Babagana Kingibe betrayed Abiola by serving in the Abacha administration as Minister of Internal Affairs. His words: ‘’Nigeria is a very free country. Anyone that feels concerned should go to court. I believe that Obasanjo had the best opportunity to…

The General Hospital, Ibiaku Ntok Okpo in Ikono local government area of Akwa Ibom State was built to cater for the health needs of the teeming rural populace of the area and Ini local government area regarded as the food basket of the state in addition to their neighbouring communities. Established in 1991, the state government-owned hospital temporarily became ‘games reserve’ where wild animals and grown trees competed for attention and space. It was alleged that attempts by the then military administrator of Akwa Ibom, Air Commodore (rtd) Idongesit Nkanga to move the hospital’s equipment to another area were defiantly…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is said to be incurring an under recovery of N3.26 billion daily and N97.8 billion on a monthly basis. This is because NNPC is currently paying N60 as under recovery for a litre of the commodity. However, the price of petrol is still fixed at a maximum of N145 per litre, meaning that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Already, documents from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, showed that the actual price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, climbed to N205 per litre. This shows that if the Federal Government…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said weekend it has approved $17 billion financing for Nigerian entities between its commencement of operations in 1994 and last December. Dr. Benedict Oramah, President of the bank, stated this when he led an Afreximbank delegation on a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Oramah said the bank’s facilities had made major impact on critical sectors of the Nigerian economy and that the bank had loans outstanding of about $3.5 billion in Nigeria as at December 31, 2017. He identified the sectors benefiting from the bank’s facilities to include financial institutions, transport, hospitality, manufacturing,…

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has declared 59 persons alleged to be ring leaders and sponsors of insecurity within Ukanafun and Etim Ekpo Local Government Areas of the state. The list which includes 57 males and two females also shows that 23 of the wanted persons are indigenes of Ukanafun, 23 from Etim Ekpo, 12 from EssienUdim and one from OrukAnam local council. Mr. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, the state Commissioner of Police, released the names of the wanted persons in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo on Sunday. Ogunjemilusi said the suspects were needed to explain their roles…