Matthijs de Ligt has opened up over his decision to sign for Juventus – and not Barcelona – last summer, believing that the Italian giants were better placed to make him a ‘more complete’ player than the Spanish champions. The 20-year-old seemed destined to follow in the footsteps of ex-Ajax teammate Frenkie de Jong in […]

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) says it is yet to access funding from international donors on Coronavirus (COVID19) preparedness in the country and that all expenditures on it are domestically funded. Mr. Abdulaziz Mashi Abdulaziz, Permanent Secretary, FMOH, said this while the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, was giving an update on the […]

Appeals to contacts to isolate wherever they are, call NCDC Says N1.67 bn budgeted for response in 28 days By Joseph Erunke THE Federal Government, Friday, disclosed that 93 persons that boarded the same Turkish Airline with an Italian, the country’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) index case, were at large. The government said out of the 148 […]

For so long, the Nigerian military has consistently raised alarm over the untoward role foreign media and some non-governmental Organisations, NGOs play, in collaboration with their local partners in the war against insurgency in the Northeast. The military has repeatedly spoken against the uncomplimentary activities of these foreign organisations which tend to undermine the efforts of the Nigerian military in its attempt to permanently put paid to the menace of terror and sundry terrorist uprisings in the country which have almost held hostage three states: Adamawa, Borno and Yobe since 2009. Some of the methods they use include frivolous, unsubstantiated allegations of humanitarian violations by the military and supply of food and other relief materials to the Boko Haram Islamist sects. This is outright blackmail and blatant intimidation just to undermine the huge gains so far recorded by our indomitable troops.

The Immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State,  Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has urged the leaders and teeming supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party to give their unflinching support to state Governor, Hon Douye Diri, to ensure the successful conduct of ward congresses in the State on Saturday. The former Governor who thanked party leaders and […]

While forces loyal to the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, engaged in serious horse-trading to ensure that their principal resumed office, on Friday, those against him were said to have gone a step ahead to shop for a replacement.

Discharged from isolation centre  By Sola Ogundipe The three suspected cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) isolated in Lagos on Thursday have tested negative to the disease. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this on Friday, said all three have been discharged. In a tweet, Abayomi said: “All the three #COVID19 […]

Gunmen killed five villagers in an eastern region of Chad plagued by deadly ethnic violence between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers, local officials said Friday. The attack took place on Thursday near the Sudan border in the Sila region, where President Idriss Deby lifted a state of emergency in January in hopes the violence had […]

Asks for share of N10bn promised by FG By Chris Ochayi The Benue State Government has announced the suspension of plans to return the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, to their original habitations, citing the sudden heightening state of insecurity occasioned the renewed influx of armed Fulani herdsmen and resurgence of armed attacks on innocent people […]

The Police on Friday arraigned a 44-year old clergy, Ezekiel Achoba, in a  Life Camp Magistrates’ court, for allegedly defrauding agric trainees of N300,000. Achoba, who lives in Kabusa, village Abuja, is charged with two counts of breach of trust and cheating. The Police Prosecutor, ASP Peter Ejike, of FCT Command, said one Ejabena Sunday, […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos The Plateau State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has accused the State Governor, Simon Lalong of an agenda to use the State House of Assembly to grab indigenous land for the “Ruga” policy. The State Chairman of the Party, Gwott Chocho made the assertion at a press briefing in […]

Tim Krul stole the headlines once again on Wednesday as his penalty heroics fired Norwich City through to the next round of the FA Cup at Tottenham Hotspur’s expense. The Dutchman has a fantastic reputation for performing in penalty shoot-outs, but if you look at his stats (via ​Transfermarkt), you’ll see that his save ratio […]

By Justice Usman Bwala, Kaduna State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mrs. Aisha Dikko, has said that the deployment of the mechanism of plea bargain will go a long way in enhancing speedy dispensation of justice in the country, as the mechanism would save judicious time that would have been spent arguing cases in […]

The University of Washington on Friday announced that it was moving all classes online as the western US state faces the country’s deadliest outbreak of the new coronavirus. In an email to students, university president Ana Mari Cauce said the precautionary social distancing decision, taken in consultation with public health officials, aimed to “ensure the […]

Hungary said Friday it would suspend the issuing of visas to Iranian citizens, after confirming that three out of the four cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed in the EU member so far involved Iranians. “The Hungarian government has indefinitely suspended the issuing of visas to Iranian citizens,” Tibor Lakatos, head of the government’s coronavirus […]