The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) on Wednesday pledged its collaboration with the blind DJ, Austin Akpeji, a.k.a Aus J, who won 2020 Aid Talent Show. The President association, Mrs Ekaete Umoh,made the disclosure when organisers of the Miss Health International Foundation and winner of the...
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Manchester City reached their fourth straight League Cup final after a 2-0 win over Manchester United in Wednesday’s semi-final at Old Trafford. Two second half goals from John Stones and Fernandinho gave Pep Guardiola’s side victory in the match. Manchester City will now meet Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur at...
Lionel Messi was at the top of his game as FC Barcelona earned a 3-2 win at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday to move up to third in La Liga. Athletic Bilbao got off to a dream start in their first match under new coach Marcelino when forward Inaki Williams...
Juventus inflicted a first Serie A defeat of the season on league leaders AC Milan on Wednesday. A Federico Chiesa double led the Italian champions to an exhilarating 3-1 win at San Siro. Chiesa fired home a superb opener before makeshift midfielder Davide Calabria equalised for AC Milan at...
Paris St Germain (PSG) were held to a 1-1 Ligue 1 draw at St Etienne in coach Mauricio Pochettino’s first game in charge on Wednesday as the French champions failed to make their possession count. Moise Kean cancelled out Romain Hamouma’s opener in the first half but PSG were...
World leaders expressed shock at political unrest in the United States (U.S.) Wednesday which saw supporters of President Donald Trump storm the Capitol building in Washington DC. Nonetheless, many also said they had faith in the resilience of the nation’s democratic institutions. European Parliament President David Sassoli spoke of...
Stephanie Grisham, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff, says she is resigning effective immediately. A longtime associate of Mrs Trump, Grisham was also a former White House spokeswoman. She said it had been an honour to serve the Trump administration. Grisham gave no reasons for her unexpected...
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar said she was “drawing up” articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump after masses of angry pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesday. “I am drawing up Articles of Impeachment,” the Democratic congresswoman wrote on Twitter. “Donald J. Trump should be...
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Wednesday mourned the death of his younger brother, Dr Haroun Hamzat. Hamzat, who made the announcement through his Instagram page (drobafemihamzat), however called on the public to be conscious of the volatility of COVID-19 pandemic. He implored everyone to...
Prof. Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Wednesday said COVID-19 second wave was ravaging our land and claiming many lives. Bode, who made the assertion at a news conference in Lagos, said: “The resurgence of COVID-19, through the newly mutated form,...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says it has arrested no fewer than 50 dispatch riders for alleged traffic offences within the city centre in Abuja. Alhaji Wadata Bodinga, Director, Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) of the FCT Administration (FCTA), made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing...
The National Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced the chief executives that would head its operating and non-operating companies upon the completion of its demutualisation programme. This is contained in a notice by the NSE made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says it has so far enrolled more than 2.3 million persons in Kano State since inception of the programme in 2007. The Coordinator of NIMC in the state, Mr Illo Sarkin-Yamma, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Chairman of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on information, Mr Mohammed Omadefu, says he will continue to support any meaningful political group that promotes good governance in the country. Omadefu stated this while receiving the state chapter of the APC Ambassadors for Good Governance (AAGG) in...
The new Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Nebeolisa Anako has pledged to continue with reforms to reposition the ministry. Anako made the pledge on Wednesday in Abuja at the formal take over from his predecessor, Mr Gabriel Aduda and meeting with Directors in...
The World Health Organisation (WHO), says it is in countries self-interest to shun vaccine nationalism and work toward equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, noting that people must come first over short-term profits. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said this at the first COVID-19 news conference for the year at...
The Ondo State Police Command says it has found a three-month-old baby reportedly stolen from her mother’s shop in Ondo town on January 2.The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Salami Bolaji, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Akure by the command’s Spokesman, ASP Tee-Leo...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has sent warm greetings to former coach of the Super Eagles, Christian Chukwu, on his 70th birthday, joining sports lovers, family and friends to celebrate the skilful footballer who captained the national team to lift its first African Nations Cup title...
The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, on Wednesday morning lost another prominent professor, Duro Ajeyalemi, to coronavirus disease. The late Mr Ajeyalemi, who retired at the age of 70 from the university in November, in 2020, was a former dean of the institution’s faculty of education and the pioneer registrar of...