The Super Falcons are to face England in the round of 16 at the 2023 Women’s World Cup.Nigeria finished runners-up in Group B with five points after a goalless draw with Ireland on Monday.A day after that, the Lionesses trounced China 1-6 to confirm the matchup with Coach Randy Waldrum’s girls. England, the European champions,…
A small aircraft has crashed in the Oba Akran area in Ikeja, Lagos State, Channels Television has learnt.The Spokesman for the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Tunji Oketunbi, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Tuesday afternoon. Also, an official of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) told our correspondent that the aircraft burst…
By Ayomide Otitoju Governments last week continued their detailed examination of a significant number of the over 300 proposed amendments to the WHO International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR). In this fourth round of intensive discussions, taking place under the aegis of the Working Group on Amendments to the IHR (WGIHR), the 196 State Parties to…
By Ayomide Otitoju In the last 10 years, many countries have made significant progress to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates. Yet even greater progress is possible when breastfeeding is protected and supported, particularly in the workplace. This World Breastfeeding Week, under its theme, “Let’s make breastfeeding at work, work” – UNICEF and WHO are emphasizing the…
Airtel Africa Plc, on Thursday, reported that it lost $151m due to the harmonisation of foreign exchange rates in Nigeria. It disclosed this in its second quarter report filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited. The telecom company said, “Profit after tax was negative ($151m), driven largely by a foreign exchange loss of $471m recorded in…
The group operating expenses of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated rose to $563m in the first half of 2023, representing an 11 percent increase when compared to figures recorded during the same period in 2022. The bank disclosed this in its half-year financial report released on Thursday. Ecobank said its “group operating expenses for the first half…
European champions England stand on the brink of the Women’s World Cup last-16 after a Lauren James cracker in the sixth minute gave them a 1-0 win over Denmark. But an otherwise hugely satisfactory Friday night for England in front of just over 40,000 fans in Sydney was marred by what looked like a serious…
Abdourahmane Tchiani, head of Niger’s presidential guard, has named himself head of a transitional government in the West African country, two days after his unit overthrew democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum. He made the announcement on Friday on state-run television, saying he was the “president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland”….
Russian forces pounded a key village that Ukraine claimed to have recaptured in its grinding counteroffensive in the country’s southeast, while Moscow accused Kyiv of firing missiles at southern Russia and wounding 20 people. On Friday, Russia said it shot down two Ukrainian missiles over its southern Rostov region bordering Ukraine, with at least a…
