St. Gregory @ 90: Before govt takeover, during, after
St. Gregory College, one of the oldest mission schools in Nigeria assumed the nomenclature in 1928 when it ceased to be St. Gregory’s Grammar School built by the Roman Catholic Mission in 1881. With 18 students, the school was commissioned in 1882 while Mr. O. M. Pagnow served as its first principal.
Difficult night for Neymar as Real Madrid take control against PSG
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid came from behind to stun Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in the first leg of their heavyweight Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday.
Champions League: Liverpool humiliate Porto 5-0 in Portugal
Senegalese hitman Sadio Mane scored three times as Liverpool humiliated Porto 5-0 in a Champions League round of 16 first-leg tie in Portugal.
Gunmen free kill vigilante member in Edo, free arrested herdsmen
BENIN—A vigilante member identified as Efe Igbinoba was, yesterday, shot dead by gunmen dressed in military uniform at Obadolovbiyeyi community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.
Present reports of large-scale killings, Falana tells IGP
lagos—HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana has called on the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, to present the reports of various large-scale killings in the country which occurred from 2011 to 2017.
Unemployed man robs bishop of $500, wristwatch
Lagos—An unemployed man, Soliu Adeniran, who allegedly robbed a cleric of $500 at gunpoint was, yesterday, remanded in prison custody by a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere.
World Bank embarks on N38m projects in Enugu communities
ENUGU—WORLD Bank in collaboration with Enugu State Government through Enugu State Agency for Community and Social Development Agency, has earmarked over N19 million to build civic centres, skills acquisition centres and culverts in two communities in the state.
8-man robbery gang busted in Abuja
Eight suspected members of a robbery gang terrorising Apo and Mabushi areas of Abuja have been arrested, with two vehicles that were stolen from the home of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, staff, recovered.
Delta APC dissolves pressure groups in renewed peace drive
UGHELLI—Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has dissolved all pressure groups within the party in a move to stem the tide of acrimony among members in a renewed peace drive.
Ronaldo sets record with 100th CL goal
Cristiano Ronaldo on Wednesday became the first player to score 100 Champions League goals for the same club.
Three remanded for wrongful importation of pump action guns
Justice Ibrahim Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered that the three men accused of unlawfully importation of 440 pieces of pump action riffles, and unassembled parts of same firearm into the country, on May 22, 2017 be remanded in prison custody.
