2022 Africa Cup of Nations: Musa tips Eagles as frontrunners says Nigeria can make World Cup Quarter-final, Semi-final

Super Eagles skipper, Ahmed Musa has revealed that the Nigeria’s senior national team will be among the frontrunners for the title at the next year’s African Cup of Nations slated for Cameroon in January. Musa told journalists that the presence of young players in the Eagles has given him the convinction that Nigeria has what…

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Agusto clamouring for Traditional Sports at African Games calls on media to promote indigenous sports

The Vice President-elect, Traditional Sports, Basheer Agusto has emphasised the need for the media to help report the activities of the sport to enable it assume more popularity in Nigeria and outside it. Augusto decried the inability of traditional sports to feature at the African Games and he noted that something must be done to…

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Madumere: Karate will enjoy new lease of life in the South East Imo Deputy Governor vows to take the sport to grassroots

Board member, Nigeria Karate Federation, and former Deputy Governor, Imo state, Prince Eze Madumere has disclosed that he decided to join the sport to help promote it, especially in the South East that he is representing on the board. Prince Madumere emerged as the South-east Zonal Representative of Nigeria Karate Federation in the election held…

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ECOWAS Parliament’s high-level meeting will focus on reforming region’s electoral process – Speaker

Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament Dr Sidie Tunis has said that the Parliament will hold a high-levelmeeting in Winneba, Ghana to come up with positive electoral reforms for ECOWAS Presidents. Tunis disclosed this in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday ahead of the high-level meeting and Extraordinary Session which…

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NGO tasks FG on mental health policies

Secure-D-Future International Initiative (SDF), an international NGO has called on the Federal Government to develop policies to address mental health challenges in the country. Sa’adatu Adamu, Founder of the organisation, made the call on Wednesday at the 3rd Annual Mental Health International Conference in commemoration of the UN World Mental Health Day. The News Agency…

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CBN to monitor, harness opportunities in FinTechs — Official

Mr Mustapha Haruna, Director, Banking Supervision Department, CBN, has said that the apex bank would continue to monitor FinTech companies in Nigeria, as an important sector in its operations. Haruna, represented by Adekunle Adeniji, Assistant Director in the department, stated this at the end of the 31st Finance Correspondents and Business Editors seminar on Thursday,…

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