Author: TheScrutinyNG

Austin Eguaveon has quit his role as interim Super Eagles coach. The medium quoted the coach as admitting that his mandate was for only two matches and he had to honour it. Eguaveon said; “My mandate was for two games and it ends today (against Rwanda). I appreciate my players and the NFF leadership.”

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said for Nigeria to curb open defecation, the country needs about 11 million toilets, challenging the private sector to play active role to address the country’s sanitation challenges. To this end, a high-level meeting in Lagos brought together government officials, private sector representatives, and international organisations to address the pressing issue of open defecation in Nigeria. Addressing the participants who highlighted the significant health, economic, and social consequences of open defecation practice and called for urgent action to improve sanitation infrastructure and promote behavioural change, UNICEF, UNICEF’s Chief of WASH in Nigeria, Dr…

The Nigerian military recorded a huge success in the fight against terrorism and insurgency as 125, 517 terrorists surrendered to troops. This is according to Major General Emeka Onumajuru, the Chief of Defence Operations, while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. Major General Onumajuru noted that the terrorists surrenders to the troops alongside members of their families. He also said over 60,000 Internally Displaced Persons have been relocated in conjunction with the Borno State Government. Speaking while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Onumajuru said, “There has also been the relocation of IDPs, over 60,000 IDPs in conjunction with…

Majority of the lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday supported the Market Authority Bill currently being considered by the legislators. A press statement by Mr. Eromosele Ebhomele, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, said the bill scaled second reading on the floor of the House with the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, committing it to the House Committee on Local Government. The committee is expected to report back to the House in two weeks. The bill, if passed, aims to provide for the registration, formation, organisation and operation…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration of being more oppressive to the citizens than the military government. EThe accusation is coming on the heels of the earlier arrest and detention of Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), by the personnel of the Department of State Service (DSS). The union leader was eventually released in the la hours of Monday but the former Vice President did not mince words in condemning the arrest and saying that the development underlined the desire of the present administration to not only intimidate the labour union…

General Christopher Danjuma, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), has assured that it is a matter of time before they arrest the notorious kingpin of banditry, Bello Tunji. Musa gave the assurance while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military across the country on Tuesday in Abuja. He said: Turji’s capture is imminent”. On the alleged imposition of levy on communities by the terrorist kingpin, the CDS said the military was working with other security agencies and the state government to provide adequate protection for the citizens. He called on the communities to support the military and their security…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered immediate evacuation of people at the flooded areas in the Borno State capital, Maiduguri. The president also expressed deep concern about the flooding in parts of the state capital. Recall that the worst flood in recent decades displaced thousands of residents and affected facilities such as the post office and the Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. President Tinubu in a statement by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga extended his heartfelt condolences to the government and people of the State, especially to the families that have lost their means of livelihood due to…

The Super Eagles on Tuesday played out a goalless draw in their 2025 AFCON qualifying match against Rwanda. The draw comes after the Eguavoen-led side thrashed Benin Republic 3-0 on Saturday in Uyo, bringing their points tally in the group to four points. Rwanda goalkeeper blocked Ademola Lookman earlier in the game. Lookman thought he had given Nigeria the lead by nodding the ball but the referee controversially ruled out the goal for no justifiable reasons. Second half entrant Victor Osimhen created lots of problems for Rwanda defence.  As the deadlock couldn’t be broken, both side settled for a point.…

The Coalition for Good Governance (CGG), an assemblage of over 90 civil societies, non-governmental organisations, community-based and public interest groups with focus on promoting good governance and accountability in Nigeria, has taking a position over the current challenges going on in the country. In a press conference on Tuesday in Lagos, with a statement signed by Nelson Ekujimi, the executive director of Centre for Social and Economic Rights (CSER), and Popoola Ajayi of CEDESER, on behalf of the coalition, the coalition made profound demands and resolutions towards improving the dwindling fortunes of the country. The coalition also praised the efforts…

Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has regretted the abduction, on Monday, of workers and patients by gun-wielding men at a hospital in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits, it would be recalled, reportedly invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Layin Dan Auta Village in Kuyello Ward, Birnin-Gwari, abducting two nurses and many patients yet to be ascertained. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Musa Krishi, the speaker charged security agencies to rise up to the occasion and rescue those being held…