Robert Lewandowski’s late penalty earned FC Barcelona a hard-fought 2-1 win at Osasuna on Sunday as the defending LaLiga champions secured their third consecutive victory. This was after they started the season with a goalless draw at Getafe. FC Barcelona started well and almost scored in the...
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Nigerian musician Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema’s most popular single, Calm Down won several awards on Sunday night at the 16th Headies in Atlanta, Georgia. The event, tagged “Celebrating African Renaissance,” was hosted by Nollywood actress, Osas Ighodaro and American media personality, Terrence J. Rema won...
Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho said he had been unfairly made a “scapegoat”. This was after his manager Erik ten Hag claimed he had been left out of the squad to face Arsenal on Sunday because of poor training performance. Sancho was a surprise omission for United’s...
The Federal Teachers Recruitment is a program that aims to recruit qualified teachers to work in government-funded schools across Nigeria. The application process is open to all Nigerian citizens who meet the eligibility requirements. Eligibility Requirements To be eligible for the Federal Teachers Recruitment 2023, you must: Be a...
A middle aged woman on Friday in Aba, Abia State beat up her husband for daring to question her relationship with a pastor living in their area. The mother of three, whose full identity was not known, lives along Ukonu Street, off Ajah-Ngwa Road, Aba South. She allegedly got...
There is palpable fear of breakdown of law and order in Birnin Magaji community of Zamfara state over the refusal of bandits to release community members at their disposal even after their own (terrorists’) wives were released by the youths who had abducted them. A reliable source in the...
Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC) has confirmed the death of a cadet, Sulaiman Jika, in Kano State. Jika, who was a cadet at the department of computer science, died on Saturday, September 2, 2023, at the premises of the police academy in Wudil. However, Punch reported that his colleagues said he died after being...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 16 victims who were kidnapped have been rescued by a team of security agents comprising personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army and other quasi security outfits. The team also killed scores of suspected kidnappers, who have...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has extended the contract of Jose Peseiro as Super Eagles Head coach. NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the NFF and the Portuguese coach reached an agreement for him to continue...
Declan Rice’s stoppage time goal in Arsenal’s last-gasp 3-1 defeat of Manchester United on Saturday was only his 11th in 208 Premier League games. But manager Mikel Arteta believes the club’s record signing can start hitting the net regularly. The former West Ham player is happiest as a deep-lying...
African Israeli Stage in partnership with the National Arts Theatre on Sunday in Lagos presented Wole Soyinka’s play titled “The Road”. Originally published in 1965, ‘The Road’ by Wole Soyinka is a play about a day in the strange life of a group of drivers on a Nigerian road....
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has assured that dividends of democracy will be delivered to Nigerians as promised during electioneering. Hamzat gave the assurance at a special Thanksgiving Service for President Bola Tinubu, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all elected APC candidates in the 2023 general...
Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris St Germain romped to a 4-1 away triumph over troubled Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday to record a second win in the new Ligue 1 season. Mbappe converted a fourth-minute penalty, and netted the fourth goal just before the halftime break, as victory...
At least three persons were confirmed dead in Sunday’s collapse of a-three-storey building under construction in Anambra community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred at Egbu Umuenem, Otolo Nnewi community, Nnewi North Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. NAN learnt that...
Declan Rice scored his first goal for Arsenal and Gabriel Jesus added the icing on the cake as Arsenal roared back from a goal down to beat Manchester United 3-1 at the Emirates on Sunday. Marcus Rashford gave the visitors the lead against the run of play in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected drug kingpin, Ngene Onyedikachi, who allegedly recruited a fake couple, Kingsley Ilonzeh and Roseline Ilonzeh for drug trafficking. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has expressed grief over the death of Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, the man, who designed the Nigerian Flag in 1958, saying his death is a national loss. Commiserating with the family of late Pa Akinkunmi, the NIPR President, Dr. Ike Neliaku...
Th General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has declared that the “glorious days” when the Nigerian currency, naira was more valuable than its American equivalent, dollar will soon return. Adeboye made the statement on Sunday during a preaching titled ‘Uncommon Miracles’...
As the crisis in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) rages on, key stakeholders of the group said that Sen Rabiu Kwankwaso, its presidential candidate, is in the best position to restore order. Some of them, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that Kwankwaso...
The United Kingdom issued some 132,000 visas to Nigerians in the first half of the year, Jonny Baxter, British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He revealed the number in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on...