Gareth Bale turned down more money to join Real Madrid over David Moyes’ Manchester United, according to the now-West Ham manager. The Welshman joined Madrid in the summer of 2013, just as Moyes was trying to make his mark at United. He targeted Bale to be his first signing at the club, offering more money […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin..Organised labour leaders in kwara state on Friday called off the ongoing strike  over payment of N30,000 minimum after several hours of meeting with representatives of the state government. They directed their members to resume work on Monday while they resume negotiation with the government. The aggrieved workers had embarked on indefinite […]

At about the time activist started the #ENDSARS campaign in 2017, Amnesty International, between January 2017 and February 2019, carried out an extensive research into the activities of the loathed Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

Pep Guardiola is confident Bernardo Silva will enjoy a strong season for Manchester City after a below-par 2019-20. Silva scored for Portugal against Sweden in the Nations League on Wednesday and received backing from Guardiola ahead of City’s clash with Arsenal. While the playmaker was directly involved in 13 goals last Premier League season – […]

By Vera Anyagafu The year of 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and China, along with all African countries, shared a moment of great and unique significance of FOCAC in a ceremony that brought together China and African key stakeholders. In a two page statement made […]

A joint statement dated 15th October 2020, was on Friday, October 16 issued by the League Management Company (LMC) and Next Digital Broadcasting Company Limited (Next Digital) reaffirming that there is no rift between the two companies and asking the public to discountenance pronouncements made by individuals or persons who do not represent the companies. […]

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaqof Kwara state will not stop warming his way into the hearts of his people. Penultimate Saturday, Governor AbdulRazaq dropped the governor’s toga and picked up a cutlass to cut grass at Mount Carmel Junior Secondary, Oloje Ilorin to demonstrate the need for everyone to be involved in community work.

Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned two deadly attacks against United Nations peacekeepers in Mali on Thursday. Guterres’ reaction came in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Stephane Dujarric, in New York on Friday. He said an Egyptian peacekeeper was killed and two others injured in the attacks targeting the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation […]

…Water, toilet facilities in bad shape By Marie-Therese Nanlong Appalling health facilities in many hospitals and clinics have forced women in dire need of family planning services to shun such hospitals, apparently to avoid contacting other health challenges. One of the health facilities captured by Arewa Voice correspondent in Nasarawa Gwong in Jos North Local […]

By Charly Agwam A coalition of civil society organisations in Bauchi State has said that the state recorded a total of 39,795 cases of Cholera outbreak between 2010 and 2018 as 3.9 million people lack access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities. The Chairman, Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in the state, Sodaigi Chindo, made this […]