Nigeria’s Super Eagles in Monday beat hosts São Tomé and Principe 10-0 at Agadir in Morocco in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers. Victor Osimhen scored four of the goals, while Terem Moffi grabbed a brace in the Match Day 2 fixture played before a very sparse crowd at the Stade Grande. Each one of Ademola Lookman, Oghenekaro Etebo, Moses Simon and Emmanuel Dennis (penalty kick) scored to give the Eagles their biggest win in several decades. The result took Nigeria to the top of the four-team Group A of the qualifiers, with six points from two games…
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The Police Training School (PTS) Ikeja, on Monday graduated six PhD holders and 169 others, from different professions, into several ranks of the Nigerian Police Force as supernumeraries (Spies). Deputy Commissioner of Police and Commandant, PTS Ikeja, Musa Garba, said at the 2022 graduation for the spy police officers, that 175 supernumeraries were promoted into various ranks, having completed their advanced course. The supernumeraries were promoted to the ranks of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Superintendent of Police (SP), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and Inspectors. The six PhD holders promoted into the cadre of…
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) says Nigeria will begin local production of uniforms for its military and paramilitary personnel from January 2023. The commission said in a statement signed by its Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Manji Yarling, on Monday in Abuja, that the production of the uniforms would be a joint venture project. The commission said that the Public Private Partnership (PPP) between Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) and Sur Corporate Wear, would lead to the creation of Sur Corporate Wear Nig. Ltd. “The DICON Sur collaboration which will span a concession period of 20 years, will…
The Duke of York, Prince Andrew has been banned from appearing alongside senior members of the Royal family at Monday’s Order of the Garter ceremony following an eleventh-hour intervention by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge. Prince Andrew, 62, had been due to appear with other royals in the traditional velvet robes and plumed hats for the annual procession from Windsor Castle to St George’s Chapel. However, senior royals feared a “backlash” and lobbied the Queen for a change of plan, it is understood. It comes after the Telegraph revealed that the Duke has been pushing Her…
After 27 years of long service, Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer for good. There used to be a long-standing joke about Microsoft Internet Explorer. The number one browser for downloading a better browser was Internet Explorer. Some might argue that it has come way too many years, too late. It has been a long, slow (unintended) death of the one-time most used browser. Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer in 1995 as an add-on package for Windows 95. After that, Microsoft’s internet browser was made available to everyone as a part of the package with the later versions of Windows. In a…
A Russian car manufacturer has created a new “sanction-proof” car to bypass international boycotts over the war in Ukraine, Sky News has reported. The Lada Granta Classic Sedan will cost the equivalent of £9,500, which parent company Avtovaz says is the cheapest on the market amid spiralling inflation of the rouble. Lada is launching its new Granta Classic Sedan with all Russian-made components – but no anti-lock braking system, modern seatbelts or satellite navigation. Following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Russia’s heavily import-reliant car industry has taken a major blow. Costs have soared and manufacturers have been unable…
The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Benue, Mr Joseph Waya, has called on Benue people to join forces with the party to rescue the state from the shackles of poverty, disease and hunger. The call is contained in his 2022 Democracy Day message which he personally signed and issued on Sunday in Makurdi. “Please join us in APGA, a political party on the rescue mission in Benue. It is not encumbered by political god-fatherism and its leadership will not mortgage your future and that of your children. “Instead it will utilise the state funds frugally…
Three persons were reported dead with several injured and many houses destroyed by rainstorm in Kankara local government area of Katsina state. The Information Officer of the LGA, Abdulkarim Sani who disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday said the rain started on Saturday night and lasted until Sunday morning. According to him, during the heavy rain several houses collapsed and the roofs of others were blown away by the rainstorm. He said that the disaster which cut across Kankara town, Nasarawa and Matsiga communities claimed one life in Nasarawa community and two in Matsiga community. According to him, one of…
By Justina Auta Dr Omale Amedu, Acting Director-General, the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC), has urged Nigerians to regularly donate blood to improve their health and be able to have children. Amedu gave the advice in an interview in Abuja, ahead of the forthcoming World Blood Donor Day, celebrated annually in June 14. The World Blood Donor Day is aimed at raising global awareness on the need for safe blood and blood production for transfusion. According to him, regular blood donation not only saves lives but also enables the donor to obtain good health and renewed system. “Donating blood has…
Bello acknowledged the fragility of the country’s nascent democracy and expressed the need for the leaders to preoccupy themselves with how to make it survive and use it to better the lives of the people. According to him, it is time for the country’s leadership to depart from the usual rhetoric and seek pragmatic solution to the challenges of governance in order not to undermine and endanger the hard-earned democracy. “There is the need to reinvent the wheel of governance that will drive the country to the promised land. We must concentrate on discussing solutions to the problems threatening the…