Author: News Agency Report

A total of 11 foreign players are now present in the Super Eagles camp at the Bolton White Hotel, Abuja ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Cameroon. Moses Simon from FC Nantes of France was the latest to hit the camp late on Saturday. This was after the arrival of Chidozie Awaziem…

Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and has entered self-isolation, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner was one of four PSG players to test positive for the virus ahead of a French Cup match against Vannes. The Argentinian star has endured a difficult start to life in the…

Guinea’s interim head of state, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, has warned national team players that they must win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Cameroon next month or refund the money invested in them. The Syli Nationale are paired in Group B of the AFCON alongside Malawi, Senegal, and Zimbabwe. According to him, the…

Stanford University, United States of America-based Elsevier B.V has named two Nigerian professors among the topmost productive scientists in the world. Elsevier B.V is an academic publishing company that publishes medical and scientific literature. The two Nigerian professors are Prof. Kayode Oyewumi, the Dean of Faculty of Physical Sciences and Prof. Musa Yakubu, immediate past…

A new statue of footballing superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has sparked controversy in the Indian state of Goa. Locals in Goa are objecting to a Portuguese footballer being honoured instead of a player from India. Michael Lobo, a minister in the Goa state government, tweeted that the statue had been supposed to promote football as a…

Many bank customers in Ibadan were, on Tuesday, stranded at various automated teller machines, ATM points in Ibadan. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, who visited some banks at Challenge, Ring Road, Dugbe, Bodija and Iwo Road areas, observed that virtually all banks did not dispense cash. Also, most banks at Ring…

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has warned the public against dealings with FinAfrica Investment Ltd and Poyoyo Investment. A circular by the management of SEC and published on the commission’s website said the activities of the companies were not registered by it. The commission described the business of Poyoyo Investment (Pilvest) Nigeria Ltd., as…

Renowned Nobel Peace Prize laureate and anti-apartheid veteran, Desmond Mpilo Tutu, is dead. The South Africa’s Archbishop, died at the age of 90. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa,” President…

The Transmission Company of Nigseria (TCN), says it has completed 330KV line Patrol and energised second 330kV Akangba- Ikeja West Line on full load. This is contained in a statement signed by the General Manager, Public Affairs of the company, Mrs Ndidi Mbah on Friday night in Lagos. The statement said the energised second 330KV…

The Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from December 24, 2021 to January 4, 2022. Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. He said, ”The decision which was made in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation, is…