Antoine Griezmann scored twice but was sent off for Atletico Madrid as they fell to a 3-2 Champions League Group B defeat to Liverpool. Liverpool’s in-form attacker Mohamed Salah netted a double, including the winner from the penalty spot. Salah opened the scoring with a deflected effort in the...
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Team Delta on Tuesday in Ilorin underlined their dominance of the National Youth Games (NYG) by winning the sixth edition after bagging 60 gold, 26 silver and 28 bronze medals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event which has been dominated by Delta since inception ended...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the next State Sports Festival would hold in 2022 barring any hitches to all necessary preparations for it. Governor AbdulRazaq gave the assurance on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the 6th National Youth Games (NYG) which ended on Tuesday in...
The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern about the situation in Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, as nine people died in air strikes. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, said this at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York, noting...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disowned a fake quiz competition trending online which claims to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Garba Deen Muhammad, stated this In a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday. “In the purported...
…The bandits were advancing to ambush Military troops A Helicopter Gunship belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday evening killed scores of armed bandits in Saulawa-Farin Ruwa, a settlement in Kaduna State. According to a PRNigeria report, the criminals, who rode on several motorcycles, , were advancing...
Every other day, social media brings us a picture or video of a dilapidated school somewhere in Nigeria or shares images of a distraught widow, a struggling roadside trader or street hawker, or some other hapless victims of the extremely harsh realities of living in Nigeria. Immediately, as if...
No fewer than five traditional rulers have been reportedly killed during an attack by gunmen at Nnenasa community Headquarters of Njaba local government area of Imo State. According to sources, the traditional rulers from the area numbering over 20 were in a meeting at the local government headquarters in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has felicitated with Nigerian Muslim faithful on the celebration of Maulud Nabiy, which marks the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. Sanwo-Olu, in his goodwill message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile to commemorate the...
The hit song ‘Essence’ by Nigeria’s Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid, featuring Tems, on Tuesday moved up to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Essence entered the Top 10 of the chart last week making Wizkid the first African artist...
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says it has earmarked N32 million to support 31 schools in Katsina state through its School-Based Management Committee – School Improvement Programme (SBMC-SIP). Madam Patricia Oche, Chief Social Mobilisation officer, UBEC headquarters, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Katsina, at a cluster based training...
Popular Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage has reacted to reports online insinuating that the alleged sex tape with her boyfriend was for publicity stunt. Recall that Tiwa Savage had in an interview disclosed that someone was blackmailing her with a sex tape of her and the man she’s currently dating....
Popular Ghanaian singer, Shatta Wale has been hospitalized after he was shot by unknown gunmen. The singer, who is said to be in a critical condition was admitted to an emergency unit of an unknown hospital in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, after he was shot by gunmen at East...
Music artist, Larry Ndianefo, professionally known as Larry Gaaga is set to release brand new hit song ‘Egedege’ for the year on Oct. 22. One of his collaborators, Phyno, announced the release on his verified Instagram page on Tuesday. He wrote, “Larry brand new song Egedege, featuring Phyno, Flavour...
Victims of snake bite in Nigeria are faced with very slim chances of survival as the prices of Anti-Snake Venom (ASV) have gone up drastically, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A correspondent, who visited some snake bite treatment centres in Plateau, reports that the cost of treatment...
The Adamawa State Government says it has recorded 500 Cholera cases with 23 deaths since outbreak of the disease in the state in September. The Director of Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, Dr Celine Laori, confirmed the development on Tuesday in Yola, said that the LGAs...
Alhaji Kabiru Masari, Chairman, National All Progressives Congress (APC) Membership Registration and Revalidation Committee, Zamfara State, says it has so far registered 1,021,800 members. in the state. Masari, who led a five-man committee from the Party’s National Secretariat, disclosed this while presenting the committee’s report to Gov. Bello Matawalle...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – There was a mile drama on Tuesday morning as armed police men invaded the Cross River State Chapter of The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). This action led to protest by the Cross River State Indegenous Depot Workers Association (CRIWA) who carry out...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As Muslims community mark Eid-el-Maulud Nabyyi (SAW) in Maiduguri city, Borno State, a renowned Arabic scholar, Sheikh Khalifah Aliyu Ahmad Abulfatahi has appealed to the Federal Government to alleviate the hardships and sufferings of the poor masses and the vulnerables in society living in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) deployed alongside Cameroonian Defence Force have exterminated four ISWAP/BHTs at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Wulgo, on 18 October 2021. A statement issued by The Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Onyeama Nwachukwu,...