Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima on the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal confirming the victory of the All Progressives Congress at the Presidential Election of February 25th, 2023. In a statement personally signed and released by his media aide, Mohammed Brimah, the former Vice President stated that “the ruling is a great victory for Nigeria’s constitutional democracy and the rule of law. The practice …
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Nigeria’s senior female basketball team, D’Tigress has defeated World No. 5 France in a 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifier. The Nigerian team came back from losing the first quarter to beat France 67-65 in a World Cup qualifying game on Friday, February 11, 2022. D’Tigress lost the first quarter 11 – 28 but took the second quarter 16 – 10. Galatasaray’s Victoria Macaulay led the scoring for Nigeria with 19 points as the team led in 2 and …
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named Super Eagles interim boss, Augustine Eguavoen, as the Group Stage Best Manager at the ongoing AFCON 2021 in Cameroon. The 56-year-old led Nigeria to three straight victories against Egypt, Sudan, and Guinea Bissau in Group D. In doing so, Eguavoen who won the 1994 edition as a player, equalled his own record set in 2006 as a coach. CAF announced this on its website after AFCON 2021 group stage, saying that its …
Nigeria’s leading dairy brand, Peak, the official milk brand of the Nigerian Para Powerlifting team has announced it will continue its partnership with Team Nigeria at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. The Games which will run from Tuesday 24 August to Sunday 5, September 2021, comprises 589 events in 22 sports out of which Nigeria’s Paralympic team will be competing in the Para Powerlifting game. Ecstatic about the Peak support for Nigeria’s Paralympians, the Marketing Manager, Peak Milk, …
Micro-blogging site, Twitter, has described the decision of the Federal government to suspend its operations in Nigeria as “deeply concerning”. Twitter’s Senior Policy Communications Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Sarah Hart, stated this in an email response sent to The Cable. The mail reads “The announcement made by the Nigerian Government that they have suspended Twitter’s operations in Nigeria is deeply concerning. “We’re investigating and will provide updates when we know more,” Hart was quoted as …
Kiki Mordi is an MTV Europe Music Award winner for her work on the frontlines of the End SARS protest. The journalist, who got an Emmy nomination for her BBC African Eye documentary exposing sex for grades in universities, was announced as one of the MTV EMA Gen Change winners. According to the MTV EMA organizers, Kiki and other women won because of “all the work being done on the frontlines to change the world for better” …