Eintracht Frankfurt supervisory board chairman Philip Holzer hopes that every effort was made that Wednesday’s Champions League match against Olympique Marseille remained peaceful. The “war-like’’ scenes from the first game in France don’t happen again. Holzer told Tuesday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily that “this is a matter for the executive powers. “I am convinced that […]
An appeal has gone to African statisticians and data experts to initiate a road map for the modernisation of the continent’s official statistical systems to provide reliable information for informed decision-making. Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Demeke Mekonnen, made the appeal while addressing the joint opening session of back-to-back […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced a $5 million additional grant for Nigeria on climate resilience and to boost dry season farming. IFAD said the fund, targeted at smallholder farmers, would help to improve production. Part of it would be used to plant trees to mitigate erosion in the event of a […]
SEN. Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday in Asaba, inaugurated his campaign council, with a mandate to reclaim the state. Ovie Omo-Agege The event, which held at the party’s campaign office, along Summit road, Asaba drew a large turnout of party faithful and supporters across the state. […]
About one-third of the world economy is currently in recession due to the damaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. CBN Gov. Godwin Emefiele The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele made this known in Abuja while addressing Foreign Affairs and Aviation stakeholders […]
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed Muslim Ummah to look out for the new Moon of Rabi Al-Thani 1444AH effect from Tuesday. Rabi Al-Thani is the fourth month in the Islamic calendar, which comes after the month of Rabi […]
A 22-year-old unemployed man, Michael Chindo, was on Monday, arraigned before an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly stealing two generators valued at N350,000. The Police charged Chindo, who lives in old Kutunku Gwagwalada, Abuja with criminal trespass and theft. The Prosecution counsel, Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the complainant, Mr Joseph Abiriyi […]
Uganda’s Ministry of |Health has advised the public to remain vigilant as the Ebola cases in the capital city of Kampala continue to rise. Minister of Health, Ruth Aceng, said in a tweet that two more contacts of the people under quarantine at the country’s Mulago National Referral Hospital on Saturday tested positive, bringing the […]
Islamic scholars of the Tijjaniyya group in Kano on Sunday requested the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to enhance the fight against insecurity when elected in 2023. They also enjoined him to dredge the River Niger to enhance the nation’s economic development. A Leader of the group in Kano, […]
The Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya has described his Ekiti State counterpart, late Funminiyi Afuye, as a leader with a mission for development. In a condolence message to the Government and people of Ekiti State, issued in Gusau on Sunday, Magarya described Afuye’s demise as a great loss. He said that […]