Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned as Premier League’s Player of the Month for April 2022. The 37-year-old scored five goals in his four top-flight appearances for Manchester United last month. He started the month of April with a stunning hat-trick against Norwich City at Old Trafford....
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said it would finalize the document guiding the conduct of future elections, including the forthcoming Ekiti and Osun governorship elections as well as the 2023 General Election next week. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Chairman...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has directed the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, ambassadors, heads of agencies, and other government appointees with political ambition to step down. In a circular issued on Wednesday, the directive affected the CBN Governor who is among the...
North Korea reported its first Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on Thursday, calling it the “gravest national emergency”. The government, therefore, ordered a national lockdown, with state media saying that an Omicron variant had been detected in the capital, Pyongyang. North Korea had never confirmed a COVID-19 infection before Thursday although...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, re-arraigned two former staff of First Marina Trust Ltd., in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged Identity theft and Cyber Crime. The EFCC charged Adeyemi Oluwaseun and Suleiman Yusuf with for counts bordering on conspiracy to commit identity...
Telecommunication operator, Airtel Nigeria has lamented that it has lost revenue following an order of the Federal Government to bar all outgoing calls of all Subscriber Identification Module cards not yet linked with the National Identification Number. The order became effective since April 4, 2022. According to Punch, Airtel...
Forbes has released its annual list of the top 10 highest-paid athletes of the year. Forbes reported on Wednesday that Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) superstar, Lionel Messi topped sports highest-earners after earning $130 million over the past 12 months. Messi lost roughly $22 million in salary from his final season...
No fewer than 11 passengers have been killed after an aircraft crashed in a forest in Cameroon. It is said to be unlikely that any of the 11 survived after the plane crashed during a heavy storm near to Nanga Eboko, Centre Province in Cameroon. Authorities have said the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army on Thursday said its troops of 93 Battalion have commenced a search and rescue mission for the personnel who are missing in action in recent encounter with terrorists in Taraba State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this...
Any economy that has gone down anywhere in the world was revived by lawyers. So, if you want to wake up the country, you hand it over to a lawyer. Buhari was sick for about one hundred and ten days, and he handed over this country to Osinbajo to...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and supporter’s in Cross River State have threatened a protest vote in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 if it does not zone the governorship ticket to the South Senatorial District of the state.....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown open its ticket for 2023 presidential election. The party also appointed former Senate President, Sen. David Mark, as the Chairman, National Convention Organizing Committee, scheduled for May 28 and May 29 to elect the party’s presidential candidate. The PDP National Publicity Secretary,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – All Progressive Congress National Leader and leading presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met the party’s delegates from Gombe on May 10 in the state capital, where he emphasized the pivotal role farmers play in providing food security for our nation. The friendly and productive...
Nollywood actress, Cossy Orjiakor has recalled how her career went down the hills after she was accused of having sex with a dog. Recall that the actress made headlines after she was accused of bestiality, the story was published by a journalist who claimed with video evidence that she...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday in Lafia commended Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa’s vision, political will and strides at industrialising the state. Osinbajo gave the commendation at the Nasarawa State Investment Summit where he said Gov. Sule cast the vision in the early life of his administration to rearrange...
Mrs Uju Ken-Ohanenye, a female All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, has promised to transform the country in six months if elected president in the 2023 General Elections. She said this on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving an award presented to her by Anambra women, under the umbrella “Nzuko...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to resolve outstanding demands reached with them in order to avert disruptions in the academic calendar. ASUP President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, made this disclosure while addressing newsmen at the end of an emergency National...
At least three persons have been killed and many others injured in an explosion that occurred in Kabba, Kogi State, on Wednesday evening. Sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident occurred at a beer parlour around Lewu Junction, Kabba. The source also said that the...
Political bigwigs attended the opening of the two-day Nasarawa Investment Summit in Lafia on Wednesday. Those who graced the occasion included Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Ghana’s former President John Mahama, and former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi. Others were Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress...