Nigeria The Nation
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:00:06 +0000Speaking to PDP in the language it understands, by Femi Adesina
By Femi Adesina There’s this recent cartoon in Daily Trust Newspaper that sends me holding my sides in laughter each time I see it. And I tell you that I’ve viewed it over and over again. Two bandits are in flight, really showing a clean pair of ...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:45:48 +0000Sell NNPC’s shares to all Nigerians, says NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has canvassed that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) should be transformed into a public liability company where every Nigerian can own shares. NLC said the House of Representatives do...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:45:16 +0000Anambra poll: ‘We won’t tolerate insults on Abiodun’
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha A support group of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba, “I stand with Andy Uba,” has warned against any form of insults on the personality of Ogun State Gove...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:39:04 +0000Enugu gets N25b grant to end water scarcity
By Damian Duruiheoma, Enugu The Enugu State government has said it has received $50 million (N25 billion) from the French Development Agency (AFD) in order to battle water scarcity in the state. The Chairman of the Board of Directors and Management o...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:36:23 +0000Tearful farewell at TB Joshua’s lying-in-state
Tears flowed and tributes continued to pour yesterday at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Ikotun, Lagos State, as the late Founder of the church, Prophet Temitope Balogun (T. B.) Joshua, was laid in state. Joshua died afte...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:35:58 +0000Verratti: England were given a generous penalty
Marco Verratti believes that England were fortunate to receive a penalty in their 2-1 win over Denmark after extra time in their Euro 2020 semi-final on Wednesday. Raheem Sterling went to the ground after some slight contact in the box, with Harry Ka...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:34:39 +0000Delta resident doctors issue strike warning
By Elo Edremoda, Warri The Association of Resident Doctors of the Delta State University Teaching Hospital (ARD DELSUTH), Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area has issued a one-month strike notice to the Delta State government to fast-track paym...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:33:28 +0000INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES: More kudos than knocks for NFF amid Covid-19 checks
Regardless of the hues and cries after the home-based Super Eagles were beaten by Mexico in last Saturday’s International friendly in California, many are still of the view that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) deserves commendation for keep...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:33:17 +0000Reality is ‘coming home’ as England, Italy battle for trophy
When England players woke yesterday, back at their secluded countryside training base St George’s Park, they will have no doubt felt the afterglow of the wild celebrations of their Euro 2020 semi-final win over Denmark at Wembley. But while acr...
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:30:57 +0000Group targets 7,000 youths for Anambra governorship poll
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha YIAGA Africa, a civil society organisation yesterday said it had voted N2 million to support civic projects aimed at mobilising young people to register and vote in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Commun...