By Emmanuel Okogba Serie A table-toppers, Juventus are reportedly seeking a swap deal that will see Chelsea’s Jorginho reunite with Mauricio Sarri while Miralem Pjanic goes the opposite direction. With Sarri keen on working with Jorginho again after both worked together at Napoli and Chelsea, there are speculations a return to Italy is a possibility. […]

Six positive cases for coronavirus have been detected at three Premier League clubs after players and staff were tested ahead of a return to training, England’s top-flight said Tuesday. “The Premier League can today confirm that, on Sunday 17 May and Monday 18 May, 748 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19,” the league […]

The COVID – 19 Pandemic and its attendant consequences couldn’t stop the International Facility Management Association IFMAN, Nigeria chapter from celebrating this year’s World Facility Management Day, as the Association rolled out the drums to celebrate the Day with the theme “Celebrating Our Environment” by virtual meeting.

GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has directed the slashing of salaries of all his political appointees by 20 per cent due to the dwindling revenue occasioned by the drop in the price of oil.

The restart of the Bundesliga last weekend has drawn criticism from the sports community in football-mad Germany with world champion rower Oliver Zeidler branding it “a joke” and criticised an “insane system”. “It’s a joke,” Zeidler told AFP subsidiary SID. “If children cannot go to daycare and caterers are not allowed to use their full […]

The Igbo National Council, INC, yesterday said that the reported movements of Amajiris from the Northern part of the country into the Southeast region was aimed to carry out attacks in some communities in Igbo land. 

Chief of Staff described as World Citizen Prominent Nigerians based in the United States have commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of Professor Ibrahim Gambari as his new Chief of Staff. Some of them described Gambari as a world citizen who have impacted Nigeria and many countries across Africa and the world. They said […]

…says it’s invitation to anarchy Our Reporter The Rivers State National Assembly caucus on Tuesday condemned the establishment of a parallel task force in the state as this will lead to an invitation to anarchy. The Rivers NASS caucus in a briefing jointly addressed by the leaders of the caucus, Senator George Sekibo and Rep […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Men of Osun Amotekun Corps, in collaboration with the state Joint Task Force, arrested illegal miners during a raid on four illegal mining sites in the state. Those arrested include 10 Chinese nationals, a Ghanaian, and three indigenous illegal miners. The raided sites were Itagunmodi, Igun, and Ariye I & II, […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal government on Tuesday inaugurated Post-COVID-19 Initiatives Committee for Creative Industry in Nigeria. Inaugurating the committee, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed said that the establishment of the committee became critical considering the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the nation, and the Creative Industry in a particular […]

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has expressed excitement over the successes the Ibom Airline has so far recorded since its launch last year and thanked God for the fulfilment of his dream and vision to invest in the aviation sector. Emmanuel who spoke Tuesday at the Victor Attah […]

By David Odama Nasarawa State Government, Tuesday, lifted the ban on religious gatherings in the state for two weeks as well as the lockdown order given by the state government three months ago. The state commissioner for Information, Tourism and Culture, Comrade Dogo Shammah, announced this while briefing journalists on the update of the pandemic […]

By David Royal Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria have now reached 6,175, with 191 fatalities recorded in the country. This is as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday night announced 216 new cases and nine new deaths. It said “On the 18th of May 2020, 216 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths […]

By Jimitota Onoyume Warri – Suspected assassins have shot dead the spokesman of Ijaw interest advocate aka Izanzan camp, Comrade Famous Belief Wonikiri-Ebi at Udu community, Udu local government area, Delta state on Monday night. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Onome Onovwapkoyeya confirmed the killing, adding that the killers […]

Ibom Air, Akwa Ibom State-owned airline, has added to its fleet of three aircraft, a CRJ 900 Bombardier aircraft with registration number 5N-BXP.