A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Moses Ayom, has appealed to Benue residents to replicate the victory recorded by the party in the Presidential and National Assembly elections on March 11. Ayom made the call while inaugurating the Independent Campaign Council...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice ppointment President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said appointments to an important position is not just one to be celebrated with pomp and pageantry, but a high call of service and responsibility to God and the people. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja as...
Erik ten Hag accused his Manchester United players of an “unprofessional” and “unacceptable” performance as they crashed to a humiliating 7-0 defeat at bitter rivals Liverpool on Sunday. United’s stunning loss ranked as their worst-ever defeat against Liverpool and the joint heaviest in their entire history. Ten Hag’s team...
Liverpool were goal crazy on Sunday as they humiliated rivals Manchester United 7-0 in the biggest 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) encounter of the week. Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice, while Roberto Firmino netted once to boost their Premier League top-four hopes. The humiliation...
Eight days after Nigeria held its presidential poll, the United States, has said that the exercise failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election after polling 8,794,726 votes, almost two million...
Chief Ifeanyichukwuma Odii, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi in the upcoming governorship election has promised to prioritise the welfare of workers if elected. The PDP standard-bearer made the promise when he met recently with the workers at the party’s governorship campaign office in Abakaliki. The...
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the gruesome murder of the village head of Maigari, Rimin Gado Local Government Area Kano. Alhaji Dahiru Abbas, 70, was said to have been murdered on Sunday by unknown gunmen at his residence. The Kano State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi...
Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State on Sunday in Ibadan adopted Gov. Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its candidate for the March 11 governorship election. LP chairman, Mr Sadiq Atayese, told a news conference that the state’s Working Committee of the party believed in the...
Sen. Teslim Folarin, the APC Governorship candidate in Oyo State, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to investigate circumstances surrounding the killing of a young man allegedly wearing a cloth with his picture. Folarin made the call on Sunday in a statement by his Media Aide, Yekeen Olaniyi,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will on Monday approach the Appeal Court for an order to allow it reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the March 11 state elections. A credible source in the commission hinted the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...
The Abia chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally reacted to the outcomes of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, describing them as unacceptable to the party. The party made the disclosure in a statement issued by the Vice Chairman/Acting State Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief...
The Police Command in Sokoto State and the Department of State Security (DSS) have warned politicians in the state not to involve them in their political squabbles. This is contained in a statement jointly issued on Sunday by Mr Muhammed Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police, and Mr Yahaya...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho,, says the court would on March 31, commence its Easter Vacation. Justice Tsoho, in a statement, titled: “Notification of 2023 Easter Vacation and Roaster for Vacation Judges”, and signed Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher,...
Gianluca Mancini’s thunderous strike moved Roma up to fourth place in Serie A with a 1-0 victory over Juventus at Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. The centre-back’s rasping second-half drive sealed three precious points, boosting Roma’s hopes of qualifying for the 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League. After a week dominated by...
Liverpool made light work of Manchester United in a Premier League showdown on Sunday as the Reds blew away a hapless Manchester United. Netherlands star Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, and Darwin Nunez were in beastly form at Anfield, scoring twice each to dispatch their eternal rivals 7-0. Jurgen Klopp’s...
Nigeria’s much anticipated 2023 presidential election has yielded an outcome, leaving behind a thick smoke trail of disquiet and global infamy. Mr. Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has since been announced the winner of the February 25 election. At home, the emotions are unevenly mixed...
Business operators in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja say they are anxious to hear from President Muhammadu Buhari and/or the Central Bank over validity of old Naira notes. The business operators were reacting to the Supreme Court ruling that the old N500 and N1000 notes remained legal tender...
Bayern Munich are happy to be top of the 2022/2023 German Bundesliga again with a 2-1 victory at lowly VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. But they say they know that more concentration and a better performance are needed on Wednesday in the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Doha called on Chadian political leaders to show restraint and patriotism by identifying with on-going transition to democracy programme in that country. The president’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, stated in Abuja that Buhari gave the charge while speaking with the Chadian transition...