By Biodun Busari No fewer than 16 people have been confirmed dead in a road accident involving a commuter bus in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Tuesday morning. According to the police, the bus crashed into a parked truck on a highway, which also led to 19 people being injured, as per Reuters.   […]

By Efosa Taiwo Chelsea are in advanced negotiations with Monaco over a £35million move for defender Benoit Badiashile. The 21-year old centre back is considered as an aggressive player who can fit comfortably into a three or four-man defence offering manager Graham Potter the flexibility of tactical switches. Newcastle had earlier been interested in snapping […]

The world body, in its report, highlighted the benefits of investing in care services and policies to alleviate poverty, promote gender equality, and support care for children and the elderly.

Omobolanle Raheem: Killer policeman, accomplices to face orderly room trial; NNPC sells petrol for N148; private depots, N215 are top stories published across all major newspapers in Nigeria today, December 27, 2022. In ‘Today in the News’, a newspaper review show on Vanguard Online TV, Damilola Ogunsakin, the anchor, reviewed major headlines published across major […]

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu ONITSHA—DESPITE the temporary opening of the newly built second Niger Bridge, road users plying the route are still subjected to traffic gridlock on the old bridge. However, there is a little relief for them compared to what was obtainable the previous years as traffic moves gradually against total standstill. Some motorists who spoke […]

Pandemonium broke out on Monday, at Baracuda Beach, Abraham Adesanya, Ajah area of Lagos State when two yet-to-be-identified fun seekers drowned while trying to rescue another person from being swept away by the high current.

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa THE Co-ordinator, Independent Campaign Council ,ICC, for Tinubu-Shettima, Prince Preye Aganaba, has told his kinsmen in Odi, Bayelsa State, that the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, 2023 Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is inevitable. Aganaba, who spoke on Tuesday while celebrating the yuletide with his kinsmen at the […]

By Efosa Taiwo Nigerian-born German international, Karim Adeyemi was spotted live at Olubadan Stadium in Oyo state on Monday. The Borrussia Dortmund star who is reportedly on a private trip to Ibadan, his place of origin, attended a local team match at the stadium. Adeyemi watched the local team, Adeyemi FC, which is owned by […]

 Police command in Lagos State says two police officers arrested with ASP Dambri Vandi , over the alleged killing of Mrs Omobolale Raheem would be released today (Tuesday) as they were not involved in the crime. The command’s spokesperson , SP Benjamin Hundeyin , confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, […]

By Nwabueze Okonkwo ONITSHA—Worried by the spate of insecurity in his Ukwulu community in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, the newly elected President-General of Ukwulu Town Union, UTU,  Christopher Uba Ayofu has made a passionate appeal to the state government and security agencies to assist in bringing the level of insecurity in the area […]

By Efosa Taiwo Chelsea have shown interest in signing Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix on loan in January. The Blues are out to reinforcing their attacking unit as they are currently the lowest scorers in the top half of the Premier League this season. With David Fofana already signed, Graham Potter still has eyes on other forwards […]

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu NNEWI—THE leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, told IPoB members and Eastern Security Network, ESN, operatives to ensure peace in Igbo land. A statement by IPoB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful,  said that Mazi Kanu also issued a warning to those who were bought over to […]

By Biodun Busari The supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, popularly known as Obidients have replied to the statement by a former governor of Anambra, Arthur Eze, condemning Obi’s ambition of contesting for the office of the president in 2023. Eze, on Monday, said he warned Obi not to run […]

French police have detained a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a teenage boy during celebrations of France’s win over Morocco in the World Cup semifinals, prosecutors said on Tuesday. A man was detained on Tuesday near the southern city of Perpignan, prosecutors said. The 14-year-old boy, Aymen, was killed on December 15 in the […]

Prof. Mansur  Matazu, the Director General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), says the efficient policies of the Federal Government and  effective implementation of objectives have sustained NiMet as the best meteorological service in Africa. Matazu made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to him, the agency […]