The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has bursted a factory in Adamawa supplying Akuskura psychoactive substance to Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Falconets’ Head Coach Chris Danjuma has called to camp 30 players as Nigeria begin preparations on Monday in Abuja for the upcoming WAFU B Under-20 Women’s Championship in Ghana.
By Fadlillah Abdallah ASHENEWS reports that the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it is alarming the unprecedented numbers of malnourished children in need of lifesaving treatment were trooping its therapeutic feeding centres in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria. MSF, in a statement mailed to ASHENEWS on Saturday, also warned of an impending catastrophe if immediate action is not taken. The number of admissions since the start of 2023, according to the statement, is the highest ever recorded by MSF teams in Borno state for the period preceding the annual ‘hunger gap’, when food stocks from the previous harvest traditionally run…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has concluded arrangements to install Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in regional stadia in the country as plans are underway to train and retrain referees to achieve the purpose.
The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has named a 220-member committee that will plan the inauguration of the governor-elect, Siminalayi Fubara, and his Deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu.
The Bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says that although he supports calls for a minimum of 30 percent representation of women in governance, such support should strictly be reserved for women who do not have husbands as politicians.
A retired FIFA-badged referee, Sani Zubair, has been elected the new President of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA), taking over from Tade Azeez.
The Cross River State government has identified negligence and sub-standard building materials as the cause of the collapse of a 2-storey building at Nta Eke Street, along Efio-Ette axis of Ikot Ishie in Calabar Municipality.
The Nigerian government has explained that the sum of $1.2 million approved to be spent on hiring buses for the evacuation of Nigerian students in Sudan was due to the dire need of the war situation.
Nigeria’s vice president-elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima, says the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu-led administration will give priority to gender based issues.