Says God has disappointed those who wanted to snatch Bayelsa by force Soni Daniel A week after being declared governor by the Supreme Court, Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Diri Douye Diri, has described events that culminated in his emergence as governor as miraculous, saying that God has disappointed the enemies of the state who wanted […]

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang boosted Arsenal’s hopes of gate-crashing the race to reach the Champions League as his double clinched a 3-2 win against Everton on Sunday. For much of a troubled season Arsenal have been written off as also-rans in the battle to qualify for Europe’s elite club competition. But, recovering from the wreckage of the […]

Following an investigation by anti-graft agencies over financial misappropriation of the Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Warri, Delta State, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has called for the suspension of the Principal/Chief Executive Officer of the institute, Professor Sunny Iyuke, and other management staff. Speaking with journalists in Lagos on […]

Arsene Wenger has rated Arsenal’s chances of making the top four in the Premier League with the race heating up. Mikel Arteta has only lost one of his 11 games in charge since his appointment on December 20 but the Spaniard has seen his side draw five of those fixtures. ALSO READ: FIFA’s Wenger wants offside […]

Palestinian militants in Gaza said they fired a barrage of rockets at Israel on Sunday, in a new flareup a week ahead of a general election in the Jewish state. The radical group Islamic Jihad said the strikes were in response to Israel’s killing of one of its fighters early the same day. The rockets […]

Alhaji Bashir Dan-malam, the chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Kano State chapter, has commended the management of PPMC/NNPC for ensuring the success of ‘operation white’ project which was launched by the Federal Government last year. This is contained in a statement signed by  state IPMAN chairman and ssued to newsmen in Kano […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru IJAW Group under the aegis Patriots of Ijaw Nation (PIN), on Sunday, warned Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stop the attack on the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva. The group also told the Rivers State Governor, to stop a planned protest against the Minister. A statement signed […]

The Supreme Court has fixed Wednesday for the hearing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) application for a review of the judgment which quashed the party’s victory in the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The apex court said in a statement on Sunday the parties to the case had been served with […]

A Diogo Jota double and Raul Jimenez’s second-half goal gave Wolves all three points as Norwich City’s woes continued. Diogo Jota capped an excellent week in front of goal with a double as Wolves boosted their Champions League aspirations with a 3-0 win over bottom club Norwich City. Jota was on target with a hat-trick […]

NEDC: The spiraling security challenges facing Nigeria in recent times have made the country seem like a nation on the wrong side of the world’s divide. Equally, a toxic mix of security threats, Boko Haram insurgency, armed banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling amongst other forms of criminalities is threatening to tear Africa’s most populous nation and […]