Valencia’s players walked off during their La Liga game with Cadiz on Sunday in protest against racist abuse, with coach Javi Gracia later claiming they were told they would be punished if they refused to resume the match. The fixture was stopped in the 37th minute after Valencia said their player Mouctar Diakhaby was the […]

AUTOCHECK, the automotive technology-driven company that aims to build solutions for the African market, has announced the launch of its online truck loans marketplace in Nigeria and Ghana.

The Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II has described late Chief Yinka Odumakin, who until his death was the spokesman of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, as an unforgettable patriotic descendant of Oduduwa and a positive factor in Nigeria’s democracy.

A TOTAL of 750 children participated in the just-concluded 14th Edition of Toyota Dream Car Art Contest which held in Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos, from February 5 to 12, 2021.

Chadian soldiers on international deployment to tackle jihadist fighters raped women and at least one minor in southwest Niger Republic, the national human rights commission (CNDH) said Sunday. The Chad government announced in a statement that “some soldiers” from the Chadian contingent based in Tera had been arrested and “will suffer the appropriate sanctions”. Niger’s […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has warned operators of cybercafes, tutorial centres and other entities against the use of its logo. This was as it regretted that “fraudulent operators of cybercafes, tutorial centres and other entities have formed the habit of deceiving hapless candidates through using the Board’s […]

ABIA State youths have expressed dissatisfaction over the politics of the state, alleging exclusion of youths in governance. The youths who met in Umuahia on the platform of Maduforo Youth Movement vowed to take their destiny in their hands and correct the imbalance in the 2023 polls.

*Vaccinates 0.2% of population By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria, with 818,865 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered as of 3rd April 2021, has inoculated 0.2 percent of its population. This is the development as more than 652 million COVID-19 vaccine shots have been given worldwide – enough to vaccinate 4.3 percent of the global population. According to data […]

THE Association of South-East Town Unions, ASETU, has said that Northern leaders have realised of late that skewed appointments, and regional imbalance are the major causes of secession quests from different parts of the country.

… Ministry of Humanitarian Services and Disaster Management will provide relief for victims …great deal of pains cannot be assuaged by revenge or retaliation …We demand proper investigation – Umahi … Herdsmen have been dealing with our people – Ebonyi ALGON By Peter Okutu Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, weekend described the killing of over 22 […]

Residents of Isheri-Oshun in Igando-Ikotun council area of Lagos State have appealed to the state government to fix inner roads in White Sand Community before the rainy season.

Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has apologised to Nigerians, especially patients at various government hospitals, over the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). Dr Enema Amodu, the Chairman, NMA, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, made the plea on Sunday in Abuja while addressing newsmen over the NARD strike. According to him, […]

A drug trafficker, Goodluck Odeh, has been intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA) in possession of two kg of heroin with a street value of N564 million. A statement by the Director, Publicity and Advocacy, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, in Abuja, […]

All team members that made up the Kogi State Contingent to the 2021 National Sports Festival (NSF) have tested negative to the COVID-19 virus after series of tests conducted by the medical team.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru  PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on the occasion of his 69th birthday. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja said he joined family, friends and well-wishers […]