By Temisan Amoye Barcelona presidential candidate, Joan Laporta has said that Leo Messi will do everything in his power to remain at the Catalan club, as long as he receives an acceptable contract renewal offer. The Argentine superstar who has been the subject of transfer speculation and debate sees his current contract at Barcelona run […]

By Bennett Osedumebi Atumah The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award ceremony held on 17 December, at the FIFA headquarters Zürich, Switzerland. It is an annual football award by the world’s football governing body, anointing one footballer as the world’s best player. This year, it deservedly went to Polish international and Bayern Munich forward, Robert Lewandoski. […]

A cross-section of Enugu parents, on Saturday, advocated two shifts for academic activities in primary and secondary schools, reduce overcrowding and thus wide-scale transmission of COVID-19 within schools. The parents, who made the recommendations in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Enugu, specifically recommended morning and afternoon sessions as a viable […]

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has announced the imposition of curfew on Aguleri, Umueri and Umuoba Anam towns, all in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. The measure put in place some hours after crisis erupted between two neighbouring communities of Umueri and Aguleri is to stem the outbreak of communal violence […]

By Thomas Uzah Eventually, the Year 2020 grudgingly dragged to an end. It was a difficult and tough year for all Africans. From economic meltdown to wars, conflicts and the blight of the global Covid-19 pandemic. In the continent, Nigeria also had her fair share of these troubles. These predicaments were varied and complex. As […]

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday said the average price for refilling five kilogrammes cylinder of cooking gas increased to N1,949.75 in December 2020 from N1,947.47 in November. The bureau said this in its “Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch” for December 2020 obtained from its website in Abuja. The NBS said […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Chief Bisi Akande, the pioneer Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, as he marks his 82nd birthday. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja last night described the elder statesman, as […]

The Lagos State Government has further extended the work-from-home order to all state public servants on Grade Levels 14 and below from Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, to Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the directive in a circular signed by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in Lagos on Saturday. The News […]

Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi is a man viewed differently by different people. The soft-spoken politician has been of tremendous help to ex-players of Rangers International Football Club of Enugu. According to Sylvanus Okpala, a former Rangers player and beneficiary of the man’s magnanimity spoke with Jacob Ajom about His Excellency, Peter Obi. […]

By Douglas Anele Picking up our analysis from where we temporarily suspended it penultimate week, James D. Tabor questions the alleged supernatural origin of Jesus’ conception through a careful reading of the gospels in the light of his archaeological and historical researches. He suggests that the virgin birth story could be an attempt to address […]