Sunshine Stars left it late to salvage a 1-1 draw against visiting Dakkada FC in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Matchday 11 encounter in Akure. Ondo State Sports Complex hosted the historic first meeting between Sunshine Stars and Dakkada FC in a game that proved how goal is the most important statistics in the […]

Customers of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) say that the company will be creating disquiet and mass protests as it moves ahead with its plans to phase-out pre-paid meters in South-East. A notice to that effect signed by EEDC Network Manager, Mr Jyotirmaya Lenka, dated Dec. 16, was sneaked into consumers premises few days to […]

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has pardoned 16 inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Akure. Olusegun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said in a statement in Akure on Monday that Akeredolu exercised the powers conferred on him in paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) Section 212 of the Constitution of Federal Republic […]

Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo on Monday renamed Jacob Zuma Road in Owerri after First Republic parliamentarian and minister, Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi. A statement issued in Owerri by Mr Chibuike Onyeukwu, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, stated that Ihedioha announced the re-christening at an occasion to mark Amaechi’s 90th birthday in Owerri. You […]

Katsina United squeezed past stubborn Jigawa Golden Stars in a five-goal NPFL Matchday 11 encounter decided at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina. Delighted Katsina United coach Henry Makinwa revealed during the post match conference that his team won today as a result of hard work by his players. ALSO READ: Managers who like David Moyes […]

Twin brothers who starred on the British TLC reality show “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” died in an apparent joint suicide, according to reports. Bill and Joe Smith, 32, were discovered hanging from a tree in the Kent woodlands in the United Kingdom on Saturday, The Sun reported. ALSO READ: Sudan sentences to death 27 agents […]

Controversy has surrounded the status of an Edo State commissioner who was reportedly arrested for alleged money laundering by the International Police (INTERPOL) in France. The commissioner in question was arrested last month for being in possession of $2million and had been questioned by INTERPOL operatives in the European country. However, the state government had […]

The Taliban’s ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary ceasefire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the insurgent group said. They didn’t say when it would begin. A cease-fire had been demanded by Washington before any peace agreement could be signed. A […]

A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 29 intelligence officers to death for torturing and killing a teacher. Ahmad al-Khair, 36, died in custody in February following his arrest for taking part in protests against former President Omar al-Bashir’s administration. These were the first sentences handed down over the crackdown on pro-democracy activists in the months […]

A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational Friday, Russia’s defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin, bolstering the country’s nuclear strike capability. Putin has described the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite. The new Russian […]