Nigeria’s Super Falcon will slug it out with Brazil in their first Women’s Olympic Football Tournament game on Thursday. The match is scheduled to kick off at 6pm local time on Thursday at the Stade de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France. This opening clash promises to be a test of skill and strategy as the Super Falcons face one of the tournament’s strong contenders. PUNCH Online reports that anticipation is high, with fans eager to see how the Super Falcons will perform against a formidable Brazilian side. Super Falcon’s preparation has been intense, and they are determined to put up a…
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A 24-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder over the stabbing of a British soldier earlier this week, UK police said on Thursday. Detectives investigating the serious assault of a soldier in Gillingham have charged Anthony Esan in court. This is according to a Thursday statement obtained from the Kent Police website. It was titled, “Suspect charged with attempted murder of soldier in Gillingham.” ” Kent Police was called to Sally Port Gardens at around 5.55pm on Tuesday, 23 July 2024, to a report that the victim, a man in his 40s, had suffered injuries consistent with stab wounds.…
An Mi-28 military helicopter has crashed in an uninhabited area of southwestern Russia, killing the crew, two Russian news agencies said Thursday. It crashed in a forest about 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the Ukrainian border, a local official said An Mi-28 crashed in the Kaluga region… the crew died,” the TASS news agency said, quoting a source in the defence ministry. “According to preliminary information, a technical malfunction caused the disaster,” the Interfax news agency said, citing a defence ministry statement. It crashed in a forest about 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the Ukrainian border, a local official told…
The Defence Headquarters has said that the proposed nationwide protest is intended to replicate what happened in Kenya. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj Gen Edward Buba, said based on intelligence at its disposal, the proposed nationwide protest would be hijacked by some unscrupulous elements. He said, “The aim of the protest is to show you what is happening in Kenya. And I would add that what is happening in Kenya in terms of the protest, one, is violence. Two, it remains unresolved as we speak now. “So did you see from that?…
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has called on the Vanguard Newspaper to immediately retract a publication in its Tuesday edition, depicting some prominent members of the party as masterminds of the violence which claimed the life of a police officer, Akor Onuh, last Thursday in Benin. Recall that the convoy of the reinstated Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, and the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, was attacked by gunmen last Thursday, leading to the death of the police officer. The incident has pitched the Peoples Democratic Party and the APC against…
Retired table tennis player and five-time Olympian, Bose Kaffo, has called on Nigerian male athletes to raise their game at Paris 2024 Olympics, emphasising that the country’s hopes for medals cannot solely rest on female athletes. Speaking in an interview with SportsBoom, Kaffo acknowledged the impressive performances of Nigeria’s female athletes but stressed the need for their male counterparts to up the ante and match their success. “We have the likes of Tobi Amusan and other ladies competing at the highest level. Nobody will go to the Olympics without being prepared because every step in the games can lift you…
Midoil Refining and Petrochemicals Company Limited has finally performed the turning of sod ceremony, marking the commencement of construction activities in Lagos. The turning of the sod took place at Shekungba, Ikosi/Ejinrin Local Council Development Area of Lagos State recently. The Executive Chairman of Midoil, Mrs Elizabeth-Omolara Akintonde, led dignitaries to the large expanse of land spanning various communities at Ikosi/Ejinrin Local Council Development Area. Akintonde assured leaders and members of the communities that the refinery would transform their areas by bringing immediate development, creating both direct and indirect jobs. She commended the village heads for refusing to be misled…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency on Thursday confirmed the death of three site workers on a building that collapsed at Arowojobe Estate in the Maryland area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said the incident happened at No 13, Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate, Maryland, Lagos. He said that the three males who were recovered dead at the building were site workers. “The agency received a distress call regarding a collapsed building at the above address at about 3.49am. “This prompted…
Interns of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, on Wednesday, sensitised residents of Otto Community, Lagos Mainland, to the need to imbibe proper waste management. The interns, under the aegis of the LAWMA Academy, the 34th set, also known as Team Eco Resilience, took the sensitisation to the community as the state seeks to drive sanitation campaign across the Lagos metropolis. Speaking at the event, the Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, represented by the Executive Director, Mr. Kunle Adebiyi, told residents to make personal hygiene and proper waste management, a way of life. He said the task of ensuring…
Nigerians spent $38.17m on foreign education between January and March 2024, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s first-quarter 2024 statistical bulletin. The amount spent crashed by 83 per cent from $218.87m recorded in the same period of last year. However, on a quarter-by-quarter basis, there was an increase of 54 per cent from $24.82m spent in Q4 2023. The year-on-year decrease in FX spending for foreign education occurred amid a crash in international student enrolment at United Kingdom universities earlier this year. A survey conducted by Universities UK across 73 universities revealed a significant drop in international…