Atletico Madrid thrashed Eibar 5-0 to move three points clear at the top of La Liga on Sunday, with champions Real Madrid stumbling to a 0-0 draw at Getafe. In spite of missing top goalscorer Luis Suarez and record signing Joao Felix, Atletico Madrid dealt bottom-of-the-table Eibar a heavy...
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At least 11 people were killed and 98 others were wounded in a train derailment on Sunday in the Delta city of Toukh, north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Egyptian Health Ministry said. A total of 60 ambulances have been sent to the scene and the wounded have...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed that the rail projects embarked upon by the state government will gulp over ₦100 billion. He disclosed this during an interview on Sunday Politics, a political programme which aired on Channels Television on Sunday. “It is a lot of money, it is...
Leicester reached the FA Cup final for the first time in 52 years as Kelechi Iheanacho’s solitary goal earned a 1-0 win over Southampton in front of 4,000 fans at Wembley on Sunday. The biggest crowd for a football match in England for 13 months was made up of...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin- The Kwara State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has clarified that the State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq does not interfere in the management of allocations to the Local Government Councils in the State, The State’s Secretary of NULGE, Comrade Hotonou O....
Within the last week a war of words has ensued over the management of the Nigerian economy with Gov Obaseki of Edo State firing the first salvo by accusing the FG of the catastrophic management of economy alleging that the FG is printing money to fund federal allocations. Nigeria’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Minister of Defense, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd), has directed all sector commanders of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) to tender their requests on paper to enable him study them with a view to proferring a plan on how to strategically address all the...
No fewer than seven family members have been killed following an invasion of a Benue community by suspected herdsmen. The gunmen were said to have attacked the Mbamondu community at the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue State capital in the early hours of Saturday. Mbamondu is in the Modern...
Many have been feared dead following a tanker explosion in Oshigbudu, Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. According to an amateur video sent by an eyewitness on Sunday, many houses, shops and properties were also destroyed in the inferno. Agatu local government area is some four hours drive...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Yobe- The Nigeria Army Headquarters have said that troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have arrested suspected Boko Haram informant whose spying activities and that of his accomplices were responsible for the attacks on troops position by terrorists in Kamuya, Yobe State. The Director Army Public Relations,...
No fewer than six persons have been killed in a clash between rival cult groups in Ikere, Ekiti State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday, said that six corpses have been recovered and deposited at the morgue after...
Barely two weeks after a Madrid, Spain-bound trafficker, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry, excreted 113 wraps of Cocaine after his arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, two others nabbed by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Lagos airport have excreted a total of...
The Parish Priest of the Holy Family Catholic Church, Ologo in Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Christian Oji, has urged mothers to ensure good upbringing of their children and wards. He said that when they have good morals and values, the society would be devoid of crime. Rev. Fr. Oji...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday said that the Federal Government was working hard to improve National security and prevent all secession tendencies. Alhaji Mohammed, who spoke on Sunday in Lagos when he appeared on Bond FM radio programme, “Ibi Abasede”, urged Nigerians not...
Stakeholders in the building industry have attributed the high cost of cement in Nigeria to forces of demand and supply caused by monopoly and low production levels of major producers of the commodity. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in states in the South -West...
The Kwara’s investments in sports sector are yielding positive results given the sterling performance of our athletes at the just concluded National Sports Festival (NSF) in Edo, a top government official has said. The Special Adviser to Kwara Governor on Sports and Youths Development, Attahiru Ibrahim, said this in...
For the first time in as many decades, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, got into the good books of the United States and her global anti-corruption watch agencies. This time, rather than the usual splatter of graft and miasma, NNPC grabbed global attention for transparency in an industry...
A member of the House of Representative, Hon. Samuel Onuigbo (APC-Abia) has urged elected public servants not to take voters for granted but to offer qualitative service as payback for their votes. Senator Onuigbo, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, said...
The Federal University of Oye-Ekiti in Ekiti (FUOYE) has approved special insurance package of N3.1 million at N125, 000 each for 25 students to enable them complete their programmes. The students, it said, were those unable to continue with their education following death of their parents or guardians. The...