The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reportedly lined up former Serbian national team coach Mladen Krstajic as a replacement for Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr. According to Complete Sports, Rohr’s exit should be finalised this week and the 47-year-old, who managed Serbia at the 2018 World Cup, could be the man to replace…
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, has explained why Nigeria was removed from the list of countries blacklisted for “engaging in violation of religious freedom” by the US. In 2019, Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state, announced that Nigeria has been placed on its Special Watch-List (SWL) for governments that have engaged in or tolerated…
A young man identified as Ishaku has been killed by bandits one month to his wedding in Kaduna. According to varsity lecturer, Sama’ila Yunusa DanMairo, the deceased was among three people killed when bandits attacked Unguwar Shukau community in Ikara Local Government area of Kaduna state last week Tuesday, November 16. Ishaku and his fiancé were scheduled…
President Buhari has broken his silence days after the Lagos state judicial panel on EndSARS and Lekki tollgate shooting incident submitted its report to the Lagos state government. Speaking at a meeting with Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, in Abuja, on Thursday, November 18, President Buhari said he will await the steps taken by…
Rapists convicted of repeat offences will face chemical castration in Pakistan after a new law was passed following a series of attacks on women and children across the country. The new legislation will also allow for quicker convictions through the establishment of special courts which will fast-track sexual assault cases. The legislation forms a series of…
The Katsina state government has said that bandits operating in the state are using Radio Frequency Walkie Talkie Transceivers to overcome the shutdown of telecommunications service in the state. Speaking at a press conference today November 18, the Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, Mustapha Inuwa, said the bandits have been unrelenting in circumventing the…
US President, Joe Biden’s approval rating dropped to 36 per cent in a new poll with most American voters saying they want to see Republicans take control of Congress. The new numbers – from a Quinnipiac University Poll on Thursday, November 18, indicate a level of frustration among voters with the party in power as…
Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, will know his fate next week, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said. This comes as reports circulated on social media on Thursday, November 18, that the Franco-German coach had been sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which the NFF has denied. Speaking during…
The Federal government is set to lose N90 million as the Nigerian Railway workers begin a three-day warning strike today November 18. The workers began the strike action today November 18. They are demanding among other things better welfare of staff, enhanced salary, better working environment, payment of their promotional arrears, demolition of their staff…
An Mpraeso Circuit Court in Ghana has sentenced a 23-year-old old barber Kwame Amponsah to 114 years in prison for allegedly sodomizing 12 Schoolboys at Atawase, a suburb of Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipal Assembly. Head of Kwahu West Social Welfare Department, Victor Fayi said the incident came to light on 5th of November 2021 after officers who…
