Ziyech set for Chelsea move, confirms Ajax boss Ten Hag
Ajax head coach Erik ten Hag confirmed Hakim Ziyech is set to join Chelsea at the end of the season, admitting he expected the star forward to leave “one or two years earlier” Reports on Wednesday emerged that Eredivisie champions Ajax and Premier League giants Chelsea reached a verbal agreement on a €45million (£38m) […]
Amnesty International: CSO condemns alleged govt sponsored protest
Amnesty International By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A civil rights movement, Concerned Nigerians Group, CNG, Wednesday, condemned alleged government-sponsored protest at the office of Amnesty International, AI. This was stated by the Convener, CNG, Prince Deji Adeyanju, while reacting to the protest carried out by some people at the headquarters of AI on Tuesday, […]
Dr. Victor Olaiya: Goodnight! The doyen of Highlife music
His death has created a big vacuum in the industry — CEO, Evergreen Music By Benjamin Njoku & Sylvester Kwentua It was another day of grief, when the news of the sudden demise of Nigerian Highlife maestro, Dr. Victor Olaiya went viral on social media, sending shockwaves throughout the Nigerian music industry with many entertainers […]
Venezuela’s Guaido defends sanctions against Maduro regime
Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Wednesday defended foreign sanctions against his country 24 hours after he was attacked at Caracas international airport by state airline employees shouting “fascist”. Guaido returned on Tuesday from a three-week international tour that took him to the US, Canada, Colombia and Europe. He was met by some angry Conviasa […]
Enyimba thrash Wikki Tourists to ruin Abd’Allah’s Aba return
Champions Enyimba FC made it three wins in a roll in the NPFL after thrashing Wikki Tourists 3-0 in a rescheduled Matchday 11 fixture in Aba. Stanley Dimgba, Austin Oladapo, and Victor Mbaoma scored the goals for the People’s Elephant in what was a miserable homecoming for former Enyimba coach Usman Abd’Allah. The match started […]
Thrilling Akwa United, Dakkada derby ends In 2-2 draw
A Ndifreke Effiong brace saved the blushes of Akwa United as they twice came from behind to play out a 2-2 draw against debutants Dakkada FC in a keenly contested rescheduled 2019/20 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) encounter at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo on Wednesday. The second Qua Iboe derby in the elite division, […]
Man beats wife to death over missing N5,000 in Benue
By Peter Duru – Makurdi A 42-year-old fisherman, Patrick Ejiro reportedly beat his wife to death over alleged missing N5,000 in Tyomu community on Makurdi-Gboko Road, Tarka Local Government Area of Benue state Vanguard gathered that the fisherman, an indigene of Delta state, had been living with his Benue wife in the community where he […]
FUOYE, ESPHCDA partner to combat yellow fever
THE Federal University Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE, and the Ekiti State Primary Health Care Development Agency, ESPHCD, have collaborated to combat the scourge of yellow fever virus.
Olumide Akpata condemns police brutality
Mr. Olumide Akpata, a Senior Partner at Templars and immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Section on Business Law, SBL, has condemned the attack on a lawyer, Ibangah Goodness, by policemen in Enugu. He said, “It is quite a disheartening occurrence and one indeed which should cause all concerned to cover their […]
Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus
Villages in Vietnam with 10,000 people close to the nation’s capital were placed under quarantine on Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said. The locking down of the commune of Son Loi, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Hanoi, is the first mass quarantine outside of China since […]
WHO develops COVID-19 treatment master plan
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is developing a master plan for coordinating clinical trials that could lead to potential therapies for patients infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19). WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced this at a news conference in Geneva, at the conclusion of a two-day research and innovation forum on COVID-19. The leading health experts […]
The Leadership Project to host Mitch Barns, ex NIELSEN CEO, others at BIS
International consortium of project managers and think-tanks, The Leadership Project, is poised to congregate global business leaders and thought-leaders for the maiden edition of the West African Business Leaders’Summit(WBLS) on the 4th of March 2020 in Lagos, Nigeria. Conceptualised in partnership with The Global Leadership Network, the event is aimed at equipping business owners and […]
When a PFA goes beyond the call of duty
By Ikechukwu Amaechi When the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Pensions Limited came on board six years ago, the idea was to have a Pension Fund Administrator, PFA, exclusively responsible for pension assets of all police personnel, according to the Pension Reform Act, PRA 2014. Coming after 20 other PFAs had been up and running, it […]
WhatsApp users cross 2 billion, second only to Facebook
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp said on Wednesday it has amassed 2 billion users, becoming the second social media platform in the world to hit that milestone. WhatsApp did not specify how it calculated the number of users but said it had 500 million users in 2014 when Facebook Inc bought the mobile-messaging startup for $19 […]
Tourism: Nigeria, 52 others partner on Dubai tourism road show
Nigeria, Ghana and 52 other partners are collaborating with United Arab Emirates (UAE) in its multi-city tourism walk show, tagged ‘Dubai Tourism’, across major cities in West Africa. Mr Salim Dahman, Head of Campaigns/Africa at the Dubai Tourism, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in […]
After four-hour wait, Ohanaeze chief, monarch leave security summit in protest
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu is currently in a closed door meeting with governors of the South East at the Government House, Enugu.
