Sri Lanka’s cricket board Thursday announced a major revamp of the national team after their poor showing at the recent World Cup, confirming South African Mickey Arthur’s appointment as head coach. Sri Lanka Cricket’s secretary Mohan de Silva said the country had been without a proper coach since the early World Cup exit. “We are […]

THE World Bank warned this week that Nigeria was heading for an explosive poverty crisis without urgent reforms. Launching its Nigeria Economic Update on Monday, the Bank said the number of extremely poor Nigerians could rise by 30 million by 2030. Of course, with nearly 100 million of its citizens living in extreme poverty, Nigeria has already acquired the sobriquet “poverty capital of the world”, snatching the shameful title from India. But now the World Bank has warned that this country could account for 25 per cent of the world’s extremely poor population by 2030 if it fails to act urgently. 

By Peter Egwuatu The equity market on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, today (Thursday) sustained the bearish trend this week. Consequently, the NSE All Share Index, ASI dropped by 0.2 per cent to close at 26,938.5 points, while the Year to Date, YTD declined further to -14.3 per cent. The Market capitalisation, another stock market […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos has again threatened the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abubakar Mohammed and Abba Kyari, an officer in Charge of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) with contempt for disobeying its orders.

UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin says the game of football (soccer) is changing and the game requires uncertainty but referees need to take responsibility on the field, not Video Assistant Referee (VAR). The head of European soccer body also stated that UEFA would propose soccer’s rulemaking IFAB make changes to the way the VAR system, officially […]

Former Gov. Orji Kalu of Abia on Thursday joined the list of ex-governors convicted of corruption as a Federal High Court in Lagos found him guilty of N7.2 billion fraud and money laundering.

Belgian Marc Wilmots announced he was leaving his position as coach of Iran after six matches in charge which included a 14-0 victory over Cambodia, he said on Twitter. “Contrary to the informations published in the Iranian press, no amicable agreement between the Iranian federation, myself and my staff has been found,” he posted on […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure An 80-year-old grandmother, madam Iyadunni Ayodele has been crushed to death by a reckless driver identified as Sheu Mustapha at Ajowa in Akoko North West council area of Ondo state. The deceased was knocked down on Wednesday while she was shopping in the community market in Ajowa. It was gathered that […]

By Juliet Ebirim In order to solve the healthcare crisis in Africa, BeepTool has launched the Lafiya Telehealth platform The platform provides a high-definition video interaction along with medical device attachments all in a private setting via a smartphone, tablet, personal computer or kiosk. BeepTool is looking forward to deploying the technology to every city […]

A visibly shaken former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu pleaded with prison warders not to handcuff him as they led him away after he was handed a 12 years jail term for fraud and money laundering. Kalu was sentenced to time in prison on Thursday by a Federal High court sitting in Lagos. […]

House of Representatives has just passed the 2020 Appropriation Bill, waiting for the assent of President Muhammad Buhari for it to become a law.

Reality dawned on Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state, on Thursday that he was not going to sleep at his home after his conviction for money laundering by a federal high court in Lagos.

Carlcare senior executives and officials of government regulatory agencies at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Carlcare Flagship Service Centre at Oba Akran in Lagos. By Oboh Agbonkhese Carlcare has launched its first Flagship Service Centre in Lagos in the presence of government officials, members of the police force, market leaders, business partners, customers, the […]

By Charly Agwam The Bauchi State government has said that about 1616 civil servants will participate in its civil service promotion examination for 2019. Speaking at a workshop organized for civil servants on Thursday, the Permanent Secretary, Establishment and Servicom Matters Bureau, Office of the Head of Civil Service, Isika Tijjani Bello said that the […]

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Kingsley Friday, to four weeks imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N300,000.