GIPAS team commends entrepreneurship project supporters in Enugu
GIPAS team commends entrepreneurship project supporters in Enugu
Pele watches Brazil World Cup match from hospital
With fans worldwide on edge over his health, ailing 82-year-old football legend Pele said Monday he was cheering for the Brazilian national team from hospital as they stormed to a spot in the World Cup quarter-finals. Considered by many the greatest footballer of all time, Pele was hospitalized in Sao Paulo last Tuesday amid treatment […]
BVAS: INEC yet to assure us of its capacity to deliver — Tinubu
By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Few days after the national chairman of his ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu questioned the planned deployment of the Biometric Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, for next year’s general election, presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said the electoral umpire is yet to assure Nigerians of […]
Uniosun 500-level nursing student missing
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo A 500-level nursing student of Osun State University, Osogbo, Popoola Zainab, has been declared missing. It was gathered that the student was discovered missing on Sunday by the University authority and efforts to know her whereabouts have proved futile. The School Public Relations Officer, Ademola Adesoji, who confirmed the incident on […]
Bodies of two babies found in French freezer
Two newborn babies whose corpses were found in a woman’s freezer in southern France did not die of natural causes, prosecutors said Monday. “The two children were not stillborn,” Florence Galtier, prosecutor in the southern town of Avignon, told AFP, citing an autopsy. Their deaths were “not natural in origin”, she added, after the discovery at […]
Alleged N4bn debt: Medview Airline kicks against sealing of property
By Henry Ojelu Medview Airline has condemned the Monday morning invasion and sealing of its properties located at Olowu, Ikeja, and Lekki Lagos State by a team of policemen under the guise of executing a court order to take possession of the properties. When contacted the Managing Director of the airline stated that his company […]
Nasarawa: We ‘ll not allow Sule stunt our growth – NNPP
By David Odama, Lafia GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Yakubu Abdullahi Maidoya has warned electorates against returning the APC led government in Nasarawa state, saying they will not allow the state to be taken back in 2023. Maidoya said this when he appeared before journalists to unveil his plans for the […]
Alleged unlawful detention: Woman slams 100m suit on IGP, Anambra CP
By Efe Onodjae A woman, Mrs Ebere Okonkwo , has slammed a N100 million suit on the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba and the Commissioner of Police , Anambra State, Echeng Echeng, over alleged unlawful detention of her husband, a tricycle operator . Mrs Okonkwo dragged the Police Chief and his lieutenant before the Federal High […]
Neymar returns as Brazil brush aside South Korea to reach World Cup quarters
Neymar returned from injury to help inspire Brazil to a 4-1 victory over South Korea on Monday as the favourites cruised through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. The world’s most expensive player had sat out his team’s last two matches with a sprained ankle suffered in their first game in Qatar, a 2-0 […]
McLaughlin-Levrone beats Amusan, others to win women’s World Athlete of the year
World champions and world record-breakers Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Mondo Duplantis have been named the World Athletes of the Year. They were the final winners to be revealed as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022, along with the winners of the Rising Stars awards: Serbian javelin thrower Adriana Vilagos and US sprinter Erriyon Knighton. McLaughlin-Levrone […]
Uche Maduagwu slams Ned Nwoko over polygamy comment
By Ada Osadebe Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu has faulted Nigerian politician Ned Nwoko over promoting polygamy in the southern part of Nigeria. In a recent interview, Nwoko accused men in the southern part of Nigeria of contributing to the high state of immorality in society, because they choose not to marry more than one wife. […]
Tinubu dances to Kizz Daniel’s ‘Buga’ after Chatham House outing (video)
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in a jubilant mood after Monday’s engagement with the media at Chatham House in London, United Kingdom. Tinubu surrounded by his team is seen dancing to Kizz Daniel’s hit song ‘Buga’. Watch video below:
Chatham House: Tinubu proved naysayers wrong – Alake
By Olayinka Ajayi The Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Dele Alake has described critics of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as character assassins. Speaking on Channels Television, Politics Today, Alake while commending Tinubu’s delivery at Chatham House in the Uk said: “Tinubu proved all the naysayers of negativism, all those […]
83-yr-old British widow in critical condition after dog attack
By Biodun Busari An 83-year-old widow, Shirley Patrick has been rushed to a hospital due to multiple degrees of injuries sustained after being attacked by a dog in her home on Saturday. Mrs Patrick was attacked by a dog in her residence in Caerphilly, South Wales, just half a mile from the place where a […]
National Sports Festival: Fakorede, Godbless are 100m Champions
By Solomon Nwoke, Asaba Adekalu Fakorede has emerged the fastest man of 21st National Sports Festival. In the race decided on Monday evening, he came out of the blocks strong and coasted home to win at 10.25sec Sunday Akintan of Oyo State won the silver with 10.32, while Mabilo of Edo State timed 10.34secs for […]
Benue Guards not above the law – BYF
By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Benue Youths Forum, BYF, has said personnel of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards, BSCVGs, are not immune to the law and are operating under strict supervision of the conventional security agencies saying they would be sanctioned appropriately if found wanting. The forum urged anyone with any unsavory experience with […]
