Following are results of Match Day 19 fixtures played on Saturday in the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), as well as the fixtures scheduled for Sunday: Results: Played on Saturday: Dakkada FC 2-1 Niger Tornadoes Heartland FC 0-0 MFM FC Abia Warriors 2-2 Katsina United Rangers International 5-3...
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Chelsea secured their place in the English FA Cup semi-finals with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Middlesbrough on Saturday. Boro overcame Manchester United and Tottenham to reach the last eight, but Thomas Tuchel’s Premier League side did not have such difficulties at the Riverside Stadium. This was in spite...
Lionel Messi’s stop-start Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) career has stalled again, with the superstar forward ruled out of Sunday’s game at Monaco by illness. The Argentinian was absent from training on Saturday due to flu, and PSG have confirmed he is out of their plans for the fixture. PSG came...
Popular BBNaija reality star, Whitemoney has narrated how his mother once saved him from a lady who claimed to be pregnant with his child after his victory on the BBNaija show. The brand influencer, in an interview, stated that a female friend of his once brought a false claim...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Bauchi State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Abdulrahman Sulaiman, for allegedly stabbing his elder brother to death. Sulaiman allegedly stabbed his brother in a fight, resulting from a heated argument at the games village area of Bauchi metropolis. The Commissioner of Police...
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen inspired a 2-1 win over Udinese to help Napoli climb level on points with Serie A leaders AC Milan on Saturday as an ultra-tight fight for the title heats up in Italy. Osimhen was the hero of the hour as his two goals on 53...
Arsenal took another big step towards ending a five-year exile from the Champions League as Bukayo Saka’s strike beat Aston Villa 1-0 to open up a four-point lead in fourth in the Premier League. The Gunners could even increase that gap with a game in hand over fifth-placed Manchester...
The country home of the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor has been attacked by gunmen in Awomamma community, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. The attack was carried out by gunmen in the early hours of Saturday. The Public relations officer of the Imo State Police...
Katsina, UNICEF integrate 53,000 ‘ Almajiris’ pupils into formal education, target additional 40,000
Katsina, UNICEF integrate 53,000 ‘ Almajiris’ pupils into formal education, target additional 40,000
The Katsina State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has integrated over 53,000 ‘ Almajiri’ children into Western Education. The state’s Commissioner of Education, Prof. Badamasi Lawal, disclosed this on Friday, when he received in his office, a United Nations (UN) team, led by the...
The Federal Government has donated one million dollars through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the World Food Programme (WFP). The donation was to address various forms of humanitarian crises in the country in 2021. This is contained in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, jointly...
A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alamin Saleh Bature has been rescued from Abuja kidnappers by good Samaritans. PRNigeria gathered that the swift intervention and efforts of an Igbo Christian, identified as Godspower Chinaechrem and two Northern Muslims, helped in the rescue of the victim...
The Editor-in-Chief of PRNigeria, Mr Yushau Shuaib, has paid a ‘solidarity visit’ to the publisher of Daily Nigerian, Ja’afar Ja’afar, in his London home. Ja’afar, according to a Facebook post by Shuaib, fled Nigeria after he suffered a series of political intimidations and security threats. Part of the PRNigeria’s...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of three persons while 16 others sustained various injuries in a lone auto crash that occurred on Friday in Bauchi State. The state Sector Commander, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident on Saturday,...
Tragedy struck on Saturday in Sokoto as an industrial fire at BUA cement factory resulted in the death of three persons, while three others were injured. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other equipment and other valuables had also been destroyed by the inferno. NAN further gathered...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been criticized over its alleged failure to arrest former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, wondered why Tinubu has been allowed to move freely despite alleged corruption cases against him while Willie Obiano, who...
Troops of The Nigerian Army have rescued dozens of local residents, mostly women, abducted by members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorist groups in Borno State. The troops also neutralised scores of terrorists’ during a series of offensive onslaught in the region....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Bayelsa State Government in accelerating telecommunications infrastructure deployment, digital literacy and skills in the State. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, reiterated this...
The immediate past 260 councillors in Enugu State have reiterated their unflinching support for Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in the forthcoming 2023 elections. They acknowledged him as the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not only in the state but in the entire South-East geopolitical zone. The former councillors...
Some gunmen who are yet to be identified during the early hours of Saturday bombed the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters situated at the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The attackers also killed two police constabularies who were on duty. It was learnt that on arrival, the...
Google Maps, the popular popular navigation app, on Friday afternoon went down, leaving users frustrated around the world. According to Down Detector, the issues started at around 3:44pm on Friday. While the reason for the outage remains unclear, more than 11,000 reports have now been logged on Down Detector....