Nigerians have reacted to the inhumane treatment of the Super Eagles at Lybia Airport The players traveled to Lybia for the second leg of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match, following their 1-0 victory in Uyo, and were met with harsh treatment by Libyan officials.
The players were held at the Al Abaq airport for over 20 hours upon their arrival. Following public outcry, the players withdraw from the qualifying match and returned to Nigeria. On Monday evening,
The Nigerian Football Federation issued a lengthy statement, detailing the Super Eagles ordeal in Libya. Libya Football Federation has provided video evidence of its team Mediterranean Knights, and what they endured when they visited Nigeria for the 3rd round of their AFCON 2025 Qualifying fixture.
The African Diaspora Union on Monday, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to grant Nigerian citizenship to black foreigners. The group’s president, Chidiebere Ogbu made the comment while disclosing plans to hold an inaugural gathering in honour of Africans abroad.
The group’s president also stated that many black people around the world desire Our Nigerian passport and that granting citizenship waivers would not only honour the historical ties of African descendants but also foster a sense of belonging and identity.
The group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari has said that the removal of petrol subsidy has significantly reduced cross-border smuggling of the product. Kyari spoke in an interview with journalists on October 13th. He said petrol smugglers could make as much as N17 million on one tanker of petrol, while an oil marketer in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, would only gain about N300,000 to N400,000.
World Bank Vice President, Indermit Gill, has said that Nigeria will need to stay its cause for 15 years to transform Its economy. A young engineer Oyekunle Ayansola who designed a self powered generator that does not require fuel, revealed in an interview how he has received life-threatening calls, and messages over his design, he spoke to vanguard about his design. Residents of Agenebode,
in Edo State, on Sunday, burnt down a police station after the alleged kidnap and killing of a young boy in the locality. According to eyewitnesses reports, several persons were killed and vehicles inside the police station were set ablaze over an allegation that suspected Fulani herdmen were kidnapping and killing people for organ harvesting and were allegedly being protected by the police.
A Police Officer Identified As Abraham Uzuobor in Edo State, allegedly raped a female detainee, untill she lost consciousness. Police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa adejobi responding to the incident said the case has been attended to. With more than 500 billion bottles being discarded every year, plastic pollution continues to plague the planet.
The chemicals that plastic waste releases into the atmosphere create heat-trapping gas and also suffocate aquatic life in the ocean. In a move that has been hailed as revolutionary a group of Nigerians are building houses made of plastic that are durable enough to resist earthquakes, fire, and even bullets! One of those exceptional Nigerians building plastic homes is Yahaya ahmed, an engineer who built a house in Kaduna, using 14,800 discarded plastic bottles as bricks! Ahmed is also a director of a non-governmental organization promoting renewable energy in Nigeria.
He said he built the house to encourage recycling of waste materials, create jobs, and foster a healthier environment in Nigeria.
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