Lionel Messi said on Thursday he needs more time to recover before playing again after contracting Covid-19 earlier this month. Paris Saint-Germain star Messi, 34, tested positive while on holiday in his hometown of Rosario before flying back to the French capital on January 5. The seven-time Ballon d’Or...
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Arsenal held out for over an hour a man down to leave their League Cup semi-final with Liverpool delicately poised after the first leg ended 0-0 at Anfield on Thursday. The Gunners looked set to pay for another moment of madness from former captain Granit Xhaka when he was...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Military troops of Operation Safe Haven have rescued no fewer than three students of Plateau State Polytechnic Barkin Ladi, who were abducted by Gunmen on Wednesday. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the students were kidnapped on Wednesday night at Ban, a community behind the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has scheduled its outstanding Zonal Congress for its North-West Zone for the purpose of electing NW Zonal Working Committee and National Ex-Officios for Saturday, February 12, 2022. This directive was contained in a statement on Thursday by the party’s National Organizing Secretary, Hon. Umaru...
Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi has said that his state will not take part in the struggle for the actualization of Biafra. Governor Umahi who made this known in Abakaliki, the state capital on Thursday during a reception organized for him after declaring his presidential bid in Abuja earlier...
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and veteran journalist, Chief Dele Momodu has declared his interest to run for the office of the president in 2023. Chief Momodu, who is the Publisher of the famous Ovation magazine, made his intention known on...
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday inaugurated three sub committees to help reorganize the party for optimum output. The PDP National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu inaugurated the sub committees on behalf of the National Chairman, Dr. Iorchia...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) Bauchi State Command, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed seven people dead in a fatal crash that occurred on Thursday at Haka Yaki village, close to Buzaye town, along Bauchi-Jos road in Bauchi state. Mr. Abdullahi who made the...
Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, who was gunned down during a coup in 1987, was shot at least seven times by assassins using tracer rounds, experts have told a long-awaited trial into his killing. Sankara was struck by “at least seven rounds” in the chest, one of which...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated over 200 Buffalo branded operational vehicles and other security hardware procured by the Federal Government, through the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), for the Nigeria Police. Inaugurating the vehicles and other security hardware in Abuja, Buhari described the provision of the equipment as...
Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on students to shun cybercrime and be foot soldiers in the fight against corruption. Mr. Bawa made the call while speaking at University of Ilorin on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bawa, who...
The First Lady of Nigeria, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, is set to host the first-ever National Progressive Women’s Conference in Abuja. The Chairman, Media & Publicity Committee APC National Women’s Conference, 2022 Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa, in a statement issued on Thursday, said that the conference will have several topics...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled the Tahir family on the passing of Professor Gidado Tahir, the Chairman, Board of National Commission of Nomadic Education (NCNE) and pioneer Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Council (UBEC). The President’s condolence message was contained in a...
The Federal Government, on Thursday, inaugurated a 23-man governing board for Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, while inaugurating the board in Abuja, urged them to expedite the execution of the commission’s statutory functions. He further tasked the...
Paul Onuachu has won the 2021 Belgian Pro League top scorer award after scintillating performances last season. The Nigerian striker who was ruled of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with injury was rewarded last night at the Belgian Golden Shoe award gala. Paul Onuachu scored a total of...
Oby Ezekwesili Anambra State’s governor-elect, Prof Charles Soludo, has appointed former Minister of Information, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, as the chairperson of his transition committee. It was learnt that the inauguration of the committee will take place on Thursday, January 20, at the Agulu Lake (Golden Tulip) Hotel, Awka. Soludo,...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says it has begun investigation into the pandemonium that ensued in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) match between Tunisia and Mali. The Tunisia/Mali AFCON match on Wednesday descended into a brawl as the referee blew twice to end the match before...
… Inaugurates 5 strategic projects in Ogun By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday inaugurated five key projects in Ogun State, assuring Nigerians that two major Federal roads under construction, the Sagamu-Benin Expressway and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, would be commissioned before the end of 2022. Addressing residents...
Some Nigerians on Twitter heavily criticised the first tweet by presidential aide Garba Shehu a few hours after Twitter operations were formally restored in Nigeria. Shehu had tweeted midnight that Nigeria gained “immeasurably” from the shutdown of Twitter when the Nigerians tackled him. He posted, “Welcome back – Let...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, is expected to attend the 8th Sir Ahmadu Bello lecture in Kano on Jan. 28, as a Special Guest of Honour, an official has said. Malam Abubakar Gambo, the Managing Director of the Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, said this in a statement in Kaduna on...