Nigeria’s D’Tigress have defeated Mali in the final of the 2021 women’s Afrobasket championship. The Otis Hughley girls completed a hattrick of consecutive titles on Sunday evening in Yaounde, Cameroon. D’Tigress outclassed the Malians in the first three quarters — scoring 22-11, 13-9, 28-14 points respectively — while the opposition got the upper hand in…
The Ikoyi office of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has extended its workdays to include Saturdays and Sundays to meet the demands of passport applicants. Ibrahim Liman, the passport control officer (PCO) in Ikoyi, disclosed this on Sunday, in an interview with NAN in Lagos, while reacting to complaints regarding passport racketeering and…
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says Nigeria should be competing with developed countries considering its years as an independent entity. Nigeria will mark its 61st Independence Day anniversary on October 1. Speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers capital, on Sunday, Wike expressed dismay that ethnicity and religious issues have remained on the front burner, instead…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has uncovered a hotel in Abuja where drugs are sold and young ladies camped for commercial sex activities, arresting four persons. The hotel, located at 30 Lobito Crescent, Wuse 2 was raided and some quantity of Rohypnol and paraphernalia for smoking crack cocaine were recovered on Wednesday 22nd…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Godwin I. Emefiele, has raised concerns over the poor access to finance and lack of quality infrastructure that continue to pose significant constraints to the growth of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria. The CBN Governor acknowledged that MSMEs have emerged as a…
The Zamfara State Government has admitted that the residents of the state are facing difficulties over stiffer measures taken to curb killings, kidnappings and other security challenges. Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, the state Commissioner for information, said Governor Bello Matawalle has constituted a state Relief Materials Distribution Committee to reduce the economic hardships being faced by…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday commission the Police Barracks, Special Protection Unit (SPU) base 6 at Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to represent his principal to inaugurate the project built by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). NDDC in a statement issued on Sunday…
Residents in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state said gunmen suspected to be armed Bandits have allegedly attacked a joint military base codenamed “Burkusuma camp’ located in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state and in the process killed unspecified number of military personnel. Villagers and security sources told TVCNEWS that the…
At least ten additional student abducted from Bethel Baptist College in Kaduna State have regained their freedom. Details are still sketchy but reliable sources say they were released early Sunday morning. The Kaduna State government and Police authorities are yet to comment on this development as at the time of filling this report. We recall…
