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AKWA UNITED Akwa United fans have expressed sadness over the unexpected elimination of the Promise Keepers from the CAF Confederation Cup competition. The state government had given Akwa United fans free access to watch the game against Al Hilal of Sudan yesterday and cheer the team to victory. Playing before a capacity home crowd at […]
UNIVERSITIES Akwa Ibom State University yesterday joined six other Universities to sign an agreement with the University of Bradford to be incorporated into the World Technology Universities Network. The agreement is to enhance the development of technology in the higher institutions. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Vice Chancellor of University of Bradford, Professor Brian Cantor, […]
NFF Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has given kudos to the government and people of Akwa Ibom State for the supporting roles they played to see that the Super Eagles qualify for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup finals. The NFF in communiqué after a meeting of its executive committee in Abuja, said players and officials […]
UN COMMITTEE Ambassador Peters Emuze has been elected as Nigeria’s candidate, to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in a keenly-contested election held at the UN Headquarters, New York. Reports say Emuze was elected for a four-year tenure and he would be representing the African continent on the panel from 2019 to […]
SPEAKER Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the freedom of the rest of the Chibok girls still in Boko Haram captivity and Leah Sharibu, the Christian girl still held by the insurgents before the general election. Dogara and other members of the House were reportedly […]
SULTAN The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has given Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria two months to identify and apprehend herdsmen behind killings in Nigeria. The Sultan gave the order during the formal swearing-in of the newly elected executives of MACBAN in […]
NASARAWA There was pandemonium yesterday as Internally Displaced Persons, hauled stones at the convoy of Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, who was in Obi Local Government Area for assessment visit to some of the IDP camps and other affected villages. The IDPs, who were protesting the killing of their relations by people believed to […]
SENATE For failing to stem the killings attributed to herdsmen across the country, Nigerian senators have called for the sack of Nigeria’s military chiefs and appointment of new security chiefs who can introduce new strategies to stem the ongoing slaughter of the citizens. Speaking during a debate on the reported killings of scores of villagers […]
US MILITARY United States military has expressed concerned over attacks being carried out by foreign extremists in Nigeria and other West African countries. The Army’s concern came a week after President MuhammaduBuhari blamed the rise in herders’ attacks on foreign militia trained by late Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. At the African Land Forces Summit in Abuja […]
