Officials said Saturday that at least nine migrants drowned while attempting to cross the Rio Grande River from Mexico into the United States.
According to the US Customs and Border Patrol, the drownings occurred on Thursday when a large group attempted to cross the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas.
Thirty-seven people were...
SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has promised Nigerian football fans more of what they got yesterday when his team set a new national record by beating Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 in an African Nations Cup qualifier.
In the away game that took place in Stade d’Agadir in Morocco, the Eagles shook off their recent...
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On December 22 1956, American newspapers were full of pictures of Dr Martin Luther King riding on a mixed bus with white folks after the Alabama Bus Boycott has been called off a day earlier. Dr King was the first person to ride on non-segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama on December 21 1956 to make the point that...
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Today is June 12, Nigeria's Democracy Day, so I am going to use the occasion to present a document to Nigeria's leading presidential candidates. On June 7 in 1776, Richard Lee from Virginia moved the US Declaration of Independence in Congress. How about someone moves our Declaration of Economic Independence in the...
NIGERIAN diasporans in the US have lamented the Super Eagles' 0-1 loss to Ecuador in New Jersey yesterday saying suffering two defeats on the bounce within a week is a very demoralising development.
Last night, at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, Nigeria lost its second friendly game 0-1 within a week, having lost...
NEW Super Eagles manager Jose Peseiro has expressed satisfaction with the way the team played during his first game in charged despite losing 1-2 to Mexico yesterday saying he sees potential for the future in their performance.
Yesterday, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Mexico's El Tri beat the Super Eagles 2-1...
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Dr Martin Luther King always spoke about "The fierce urgency of now" pointing out that gradualism was the killer of goals and dreams. Are we aware of that in Nigeria at all?
It is projected that by 2050, Nigeria will have a population of 400m, making her the third most populous nation in the world after India and...
PORTUGUESE coach Jose Peseiro has been formally appointed as the new Super Eagles manager by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) with immediate effect subject to him signing an agreement in which he will be paid $70,000 a month.
Under the terms of the deal, Mr Peseiro, 62, will be allowed to bring two assistants with him...
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No matter how you look at it, large under-performing countries like Nigeria, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the only hope for humanity in the post-Covid-19 era. With global economic output down by about a third, they are the ones who can drag the human race out of this morass
When you look at Nigeria with a...
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Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2023 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn
Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive...
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