By Olasunkanmi Akoni Management of the Lekki Concession Company, LCC, has introduced various system of payment for the proposed cashless toll policy on Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge to commence January 1st, 2020. Recall that LCC a few weeks ago announced plans to go cashless on the bridge. Speaking at a media parley, weekend, LCC Managing Director, […]

A clergyman, Rev. Canon Udo Obioma, has said that Nigeria is in dire need of leaders rather than rulers currently holding positions of authority in politics, churches and other spheres of the national life.Obioma said this on Sunday in a sermon during a thanksgiving service in honour of Mr Onyebuchi Ememanka, the Chief Press Secretary […]

Russian-backed Syrian forces have gained ground after a week-long renewed assault against the last opposition enclave in Syria’s northwest, the biggest such push in more than three months that has prompted a large civilian exodus, witnesses and residents said on Sunday. The wide-scale offensive led by intense aerial strikes on civilian areas in rural southeastern […]

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has decried the recruitment system in the universities, regretting that many people not qualified to teach had found their way into the system. Ogunyemi made this known when he appeared on News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Forum in Abuja on Sunday. “Some lecturers have […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has invited British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit him in the White House in the new year, British media reported on Sunday. Trump’s invitation was made after the British prime minister’s election win this month, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. Britain wants to strike a new trade deal with the […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has urged residents of Enugu State to be security conscious and cooperate with security agencies this Yuletide. The Corps’ Commandant in the state, Mr Everestus Obiyo, gave the advice while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Sunday. Obiyo advised them not to hesitate […]

Jurgen Klopp has offered his verdict on Flamengo amid claims of three of their players being watched by Premier League clubs. Liverpool won the Club World Cup for the first time in their illustrious history with a 1-0 victory over Flamengo on Saturday. The Brazilians gave a fine account of themselves despite losing in extra-time, […]

Carlo Ancelotti has said that patience will be required for Everton to reach the European standard that he wants them to. The Italian has been appointed in the wake of Marco Silva’s sacking, and though the club has been stabilised by interim manager Duncan Ferguson, who led to the team to a victory over Chelsea […]

Say Nigerian Christians having 2019 Christmas without pilgrimage By Luminous Jannamike Worried by the leadership vacuum at the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims’ Commission, NCPC, the Catholic Action Nigeria, CAN, and the Catholic Media Practitioners’ Association of Nigeria, CAMPAN, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a substantive Executive Secretary for the Commission as a matter […]

Willian and Frank Lampard got the better of their former manager Jose Mourinho as Chelsea seemingly set their Premier League campaign back on track with a 2-0 win at Tottenham in an ill-tempered London derby. Chelsea’s impressive early-season form under head coach Lampard had tailed away in the time Mourinho reinvigorated Spurs, having succeeded the […]