Only winning La Liga or the Champions League will save Quique Setien’s job at Barcelona, amid reports of a growing rift between the players and coaching staff at Camp Nou. 61-year-old head coach Setien signed on as head coach in January, following Ernesto Valverde’s dismissal. While Valverde’s was an equally divisive figure at Barcelona, he […]

Nigerians have been excluded from the list of countries whose nationals will be allowed in the region when the borders are open from July 1 by the European Union Commission.

Derby County defender Andre Wisdom is in a ‘stable’ condition after he was stabbed during an incident of robbery while visiting a relative at the weekend. The 27-year-old former Reds youth-team graduate, who made 22 first-team appearances before joining Derby on a permanent deal in 2017, was reportedly attacked while getting out of his car […]

David Luiz’s new much-maligned contract extension at Arsenal was only offered to the defender after he agreed to take a ‘significant’ reduction on his £120,000-per-week salary. After an underwhelming season reached its lowest point with two glaring errors and a red card against Manchester City, there were strong calls from Arsenal supporters to prevent their […]

Burnley captain Ben Mee headed in a 62nd-minute winner to earn his side a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace that moved the Clarets up to eighth in the Premier League. Palace were perhaps fortunate not to be reduced to 10 men early in the second half when Jordan Ayew survived a VAR review for a […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to order the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to publish names of beneficiaries of cash transfers, food distribution and other reliefs during the lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Assembly has convinced electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to halt the proposed increase in tariff for power consumers till first quarter of 2021 In a statement, Ola Awoniyi, spokesman of Senate President Ahmad Lawan, said during a meeting on Monday, the leadership of the legislative chamber agreed with the DisCos to suspend the planned […]

Policy experts in Nigeria have hailed the introduction and ongoing registration of the N- Power Batch ‘C’ Scheme, saying it is a welcome development for the realisation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda for the positive transformation of the Nigerian economy through youth empowerment. The experts who spoke at a virtual workshop organised by the Youth […]

A German man accused of shooting dead his parents, four relatives and seriously injuring two others at a family gathering confessed to the crime on the first day of his trial on Monday. The 27-year-old defendant faces charges of murder and attempted murder. The man allegedly shot and killed family including his parents, his half-sister, […]

By Etop Ekanem Despite disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, 9mobile has not relented in prioritising quality of service, innovation and customer experience to continue providing quality service to its subscribers. The telco continues to make new investments into its network and general infrastructure base, while a new Chief Executive Officer, Alan Sinfield, was also […]