Mauricio Pochettino insisted Friday that he was “happy” that Jose Mourinho replaced him as Tottenham coach. Mourinho took over in November despite Pochettino having enjoyed a successful five-and-a-half-year spell in charge of the London side. “I am so happy that he is at Tottenham, replacing me,” admitted Pochettino who is now officially off the payroll […]

Bayern Munich will not activate a 120-million-euro ($130 million) option to buy on-loan Brazilian star Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona, the German champions’ chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told Der Spiegel magazine on Friday. READ ALSO: Coutinho not worth £80m – Leboeuf advises Lampard The option expired and “we haven’t activated it,” said Rummenigge. “Now we’re going to draw […]

A 20-year-old mother of one, Miss Chinasa Chukwu, has told policemen in Ebonyi State how her aunt would bring men to her apartment, sit down and watched as the men slept with her. She was rescued by the combined effort of a hairstylist, the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and the Police, while the […]

The concerned Niger Delta Ex-militants has called on Mr President Muhammadu Buhari, and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, demanding for the immediate reinstatement Professor Charles .Q. Dokubo to the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Friday advised Africans to be careful the way they handle coronavirus pandemic, noting that the virus could give rise to dictators.

Authorities of the Nigerian Airforce on Friday said that following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on the launch of a major crackdown against bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements in Katsina and other States in the North West of the Country, the NAF on 22 May 2020, injected Special Forces (SF) operatives and deployed additional platforms to Kastina State.

By Wofai Ibiang African leaders have consistently neglected their country’s health sector despite several pledges to improve it. A Brookings Institute report highlighted that as of 2015, Africa accounted for one percent of the global health spending, even though the continent bore 23 percent of the world’s disease burden. In 2001 the leaders of 52 African countries […]

Eighty-eight year-old Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, is dead. Gogo, his son who confirmed the death said he died on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

By Chioma Obinna As part of efforts to contain and successfully manage COVID-19, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has validated the first phase of a scientific procedure to extract the RNA of coronavirus. These extraction kits form part of the components of testing through real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, PCR. Speaking at the validation in […]

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs Muhammad  Sa’ad Abubakar has declared Sunday 24th May 2020 as the first day of Shawwal 1441  After Hijirah, which is  Eid-ei-fitr day.

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has charged residents of the state to comply with all precautionary measures put in place by government and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) aimed at flattening the curve of the coronavirus pandemic in the state, saying that this will ensure total ease of lockdown imposed on the state.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has explained the phased re-opening of the state’s economy following the lockdown necessitated by COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the construction and manufacturing sectors would be accorded high priority for full re-opening, given the high level of employment they generate. Sanwo-Olu gave a breakdown of the phased re-opening at […]

More than 40 bodies have been recovered after a Pakistani plane crashed with nearly 100 people on board in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, the airline said, with dozens more feared dead. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane had made multiple approaches to land at the city’s airport when it came down among […]

Senator Suleiman Uthman Hunkuyi and 6 others that were suspended by the PDP in Kaduna state recently,,have dragged the state chapter of the party before the National Vice Chairman, North-West Zone of the party, challenging their suspension.

The Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, will begin on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, authorities in the kingdom said on Friday. “Saturday will be the last day of the sacred holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr will take place on Sunday,” the royal court and the […]