AFN opens Olympic camp in Abuja

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s camp for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opened in Abuja on Sunday, UGAMATV reports. Secretary-General of the AFN, Adisa Beyioku, in a letter dated July 2…

Group assembles Yoruba lawyers for Igboho’s aides, Lagos protesters

The Ilana Omo Oodua has said it is assembling senior Yoruba lawyers to ensure the release of aides of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, arrested during the raid by…

Engage experts to tackle economic challenges, Rep tells Buhari

A member of the House of Representatives, Oluwole Oke, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to engage the services of experts to deal with the nation’s current…

Amnesty office redesigns scholarship scheme to focus on STEM

The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio (retd.), said he was stunned by the discovery of huge misapplication of human and material resources upon his assumption…

BREAKING: Bandits invade Kaduna school, kidnap scores of students

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Monday invaded Bethel Secondary School, Maramara in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping unspecified numbers of students. A…

Yoruba Nation rally shooting: My daughter was 25 years old, not 14, says victim’s mother

Mother of the victim of the Yoruba Nation rally shooting, Jumoke Oyeleke, says her daughter was 25 years old and not 14 as widely reported. She was also the first…

How it started Vs How it’s going: Couple who have known since they were toddlers get engaged

A couple who have known each other since they were toddlers are now engaged to be married. The man, Ayobami, proposed over the weekend and the woman, Nimi, accepted. They…

Suspected Fulani militias kill two persons in Plateau community

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias have killed two persons in Tamborong village of Irigwe under Ganawuri Riyom local government area of Plateau state. John Giwa, the youth leader of the village,…

Over 50 people dead as plane carrying 96 military personnel crashes

Fifty people have been confirmed dead when a Philippine Air Force plane crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday. It is the country’s worst military air disaster in decades as…

17 southern govs discuss Buhari’s land recovery order for herders

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) order on the recovery of grazing routes for herders will top the agenda of today’s meeting of 17 southern governors, UGAMATV has learnt.…