Pep Guardiola has hit out at the scheduling demands made by the Premier League, claiming that the organisation isn’t interested in player wellbeing when drawing up its plans. Manchester City, who have all but fallen out of contention to retain their title, host Sheffield United on Sunday just 40 hours after a 3-2 defeat at […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 583 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to “restrain and stop President Muhammadu Buhari and Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning from releasing N37 billion allocated for the renovation of the National Assembly complex to the Federal Capital Development Agency and the National Assembly until an impact assessment of the spending is carried out.”

Iran accused France on Sunday of “interference” in the case of an Iranian-French academic held in the Islamic republic, saying she is considered an Iranian national and faces security charges. France said Friday it summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest the imprisonment of Fariba Adelkhah and another academic, Roland Marchal of France, saying their detention was “intolerable”. […]

Motorists will have to endure additional 12 months of nerve-breaking traffic on the Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonsoki-Ojota highway for the rehabilitation of the road to be completed, according to the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that driving on the highway has been a huge nightmare for motorists since the reconstruction commenced on Nov. 17, […]

Kelechi Iheanacho scored his third Premier League goal of the season for Leicester City in their 2-1 victory against West Ham United on Saturday. The Nigeria international was handed his third start and fourth league appearance at London Stadium and made a key impact for the Foxes. The 23-year-old striker put ‎Brendan Rodgers’ men in […]

By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has signed the 2020 budget of N197.6 Billion and five other Bills, into Law. The short but impressive ceremony was held at the Expanded Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Owerri. Speaking shortly after signing the bills into Law, the Governor said the 2020 appropriation bill […]

By Evelyn Usman The corpse of missing Favour Daley-Oladele, a 400 level student of Theatre Arts at the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, has been recovered in a shallow grave in Ogun State, two weeks after her disappearance. The deceased was said to have left her parents’ abode in Mowe area of Ogun State on […]

The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has said the United Nations (UN) and other international organisations are not doing enough to address terrorism in ravaging most part of Africa CALSER stated that the UN is doing little and doing late by not sanctioning countries that promote and watch Boko Haram/ ISWAP spread […]

By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Capital Territory FCT ministerial task team on traffic-free flow has directed the Abuja Markets Management Limited AMML to immediately address the ugly traffic situation in and around the Wuse market, a development that has impacted negatively on commuters within the axis. The directive was contained in a letter dated December 10th, […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has banned street carnivals or public procession across the state. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police warned the residents to desist from any activities that may lead them to jail during the festive period. Oyeyemi explained that the […]