Nigeria’s Super Eagles dropped two places in the latest men’s ranking released by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) on Thursday. The latest ranking was published on FIFA’s official website. The West Africans are now ranked 32nd in the world. The Super Eagles fell to a 2-1 defeat to the Desert Foxes of Algeria in their only game in September. Jose Peseiro’s side, however, maintained the number four position in Africa. The Teranga Lions of Senegal, Atlas Lions of Morocco, and Carthage Eagles of Tunisia are the three teams ahead of Nigeria in the ranking. …
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President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday Nigeria’s future relied heavily on education, noting that no society could grow beyond its educational attainments. The President said it was in consideration of such development that his government was determined to return teachers, teaching and the teaching profession to their rightful places. Buhari, who spoke at the commemoration of the 2022 World Teachers’ Day in Abuja, noted that one of the major differences between healthy, well functioning and prosperous and poorer societies was education. “We owe so much of our well-being as a nation to our educators at every level,” said…
Eyitayo Oyetunji, the federal commissioner of the National Population Commission in Oyo, says the NPC is committed to conducting a credible and acceptable census. He gave the pledge Wednesday in Ibadan during the ‘Oyo State Stakeholders Summit on the 2023 Population and Housing Census-Get Involved’. The NPC organised the workshop to broaden the support base for the successful conduct of the 2023 census in Oyo. Mr Oyetunji commended the Oyo government for its support during the trial census, reiterating the NPC’s resolve to conduct a credible census that citizens would accept. He said the stakeholders’ engagement…
ThE Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled his administration’s plan to boost investments through technology and digital government services. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, disclosed this on Tuesday during the third annual stakeholders’ conference of the Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency held on Victoria Island. He said, “We recognise that one of the basic requirements to achieve the goal of bringing about improved and effective governance is technology, especially the availability of efficient and reliable internet service. “We ensured digitisation of key government services, processes, and procedures to improve efficiency,…
Terrorists on Wednesday freed 23 remaining captives of the Kaduna train attack. This was disclosed by the Secretary of the Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee, Usman Yusuf. Yusuf said that the hostages were released at about 4pm on Wednesday. He said that the committee took the custody of the victims who were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists during an attack on a moving passenger train in Kaduna on March 28, 2022. The terrorists, who attacked the AK9 Train in Kaduna, had before now released hostages in piecemeal with the last release being on August 19, 2022.…
5th of October, 2022. President Muhammadu Buhari, Presidential Villa, Aso-Rock, Abuja. Your Excellency, OPEN LETTER ON REFUSAL OF THE PRESIDENCY TO ALLOW AMOTEKUN CORPS BEAR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS IN THE FACE OF WORRISOME SPATE OF INSECURITY I watched the telecast of your Independence Day speech with rapt attention and I was indeed glad that you openly admitted that Nigeria was indeed passing through tough phase of insecurity challenges. You also assured that necessary efforts would be taken to address and curb insecurity challenges in the nation. In view of your admittance of the worrisomely widespread insecurity in the country, we therefore…
The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, has said the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will create platforms to gainfully engage millions of jobless Nigerian youths, if voted into office in 2023. Shettima, the immediate past governor of Borno State, spoke yesterday in Abuja when the Senate Press Corps presented him with a congratulatory message on his victory as the APC vice presidential candidate. He said: “The task ahead of us is an onerous one; it’s a task of nation-building; it’s a task for us to coalesce into a single course…
Amstel Malta Ultra has unveiled African and Commonwealth Games champion Ese Brume as its brand ambassador. The malt drink’s new campaign tagged, ‘Choose your Way to Live’ TV commercial features the newly signed brand ambassador Brume and Amstel Malta Ultra’s long-time ambassador, Dakore Egbuson-Akande. In the commercial, both personalities highlight the luxury of making choices and what it meant to choose one’s way to live focusing on Amstel Malta Ultra as the perfect beverage for a wellness journey. Introducing the TV commercial, which played for the first time at the event, Portfolio Manager, Non-Alcoholic Brands NB Plc, Elohor…
Education minister Adamu Adamu has admitted that many government officials and private individuals campaigning against corruption perpetrate fraud in Nigeria, warning that the country is doomed if it is not checked. Mr Adamu explained that Nigeria must fight corruption to liberate the country from graft. “Nigeria has a bad reputation for being a corrupt society. Nobody will change that except us. At a moment, you see people condemning corruption, and the next moment, they engage in it,” said the minister at the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector with the theme ‘Corruption and the Education…
The Chairman Senate Committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Cybercrime, Yakubu Useni, says the Upper Legislative chamber is committed and ready to grant accelerated passage of the National Data Processing Bill into law. Sen. Useni made the pledge on Monday during the one-day workshop preparatory to the passing of the National data Processing Bill for the country by National Assembly held in Abuja. The law maker, who regretted the failure of the President to sign the bill into law in 2019 said the red chamber was anxiously waiting for the bill to be represented by the executive to…