By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy occurred in the early hours of Saturday, May 30, 2020, when fire gutted Olaleye Market in Somolu, Bariga area of Lagos State in which several items and properties worth billions of naira were destroyed. Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the raging fire which occurred at […]

Harry Redknapp has laughed off rumours linking him with taking over as manager of the Nigeria national team. The veteran former Tottenham and West Ham boss has been linked with a shock move to Africa to take charge of the Super Eagles. Current head coach Gernot Rohr’s whose contract was renewed recently but due to […]

…insists Ize-Iyamu not a party member, unqualified to contest for guber ticket The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the crisis rocking the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), noting that the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is […]

Super Eagles defensive midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has said that he felt the pressure when he replaced   N’Golo Kante at Leicester City in 2016. Ndidi who has more than held the position positively is rated as one the best players for the Foxes this season and has attracted quite a number of interests from clubs […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend the G7 summit in Washington due to the coronavirus pandemic, the German Press Agency reported Saturday, citing government spokesperson, Steffen Seibert.

Shanghai Shenhua are open to allowing Odion Ighalo to remain at Manchester United until January. United remain in talks with the Chinese club about extending Ighalo’s loan which currently ends on Sunday. Border restrictions may prevent Ighalo from returning to China in time for the start of the new season in June. If he can’t […]

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr said it is hard for his team to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations because they are not the best team on the continent. The German tactician recently agreed to a two-and-a-half-year deal to continue his work as the handler of the three-time African champions, putting to bed speculation around […]

Six Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel, who were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, were on Friday awarded various sentences by the General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the NAF Base, Bill Clinton Drive, Abuja.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says its Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, is never involved in the process of offer of office allocation to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) at its  Complex. In a statement clarifying the controversial issue on Friday in Abuja,  the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Henry […]

By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr Philip Shaibu on Friday said Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is not a registered member of Edo APC, and as such was not qualified to contest in the governorship election, Recall some aspirants including a former deputy governor of Edo State, Dr Pius Odubu had stepped […]