Nigeria has rejoined the United Nations peacekeeping operations after pulling out due to insurgency ravaging the country.
Nigeria had in 2013 withdrawn troops from UN missions in Mali and Sudan to beef up security in the country.
By Sylvanus Ofekun The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced the life time ban on Nigerian coach Samson Siasia to five years.Siasia was given a life time ban on any football activities by FIFA in August,2019 after it’s committee found him guilty of march fixing.With CAS ruling on…
By Olatokewa Ayoade President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed that dialogue is the way to resolve the security situation in the South-East. This is according to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, alongside the President’s Chief Of Staff, Prof.…
By Sylvanus Ofekun Super Eagles Head Coach and Technical Adviser,Gernot Rohr has invited 25 players from the Nigerian Professional Football League for Nigeria’s friendly encounter versus Mexico on July 4. There is no single Europe-based star on the list, with national team regulars such as captain Ahmed Musa, vice-captain William…
By Sylvanus Ofekun Nigerian Army troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI in conjunction with the Air Task Force on Sunday 20 June 2021 inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) Terrorists groups who were camping around Wartek in the…
Chinese city of Qingdao is testing its entire population of nine million people for Covid-19 over a period of five days. The mass testing comes after a dozen cases were found linked back to a hospital treating coronavirus patients arriving…