The Lagos State Government says it will close the Third Mainland Bridge for 24 hours to allow contractors execute a major aspect of the ongoing repair works on the bridge. The closure by the Federal Ministry of Works was announced in a statement by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on Monday. According…
The Super Falcons of Nigeria are through to the final round of the qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The Falcons defeated the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon 1-0 at the MKO Abiola Stadium Abuja on Monday evening to go through on 1-0 aggregate after a 0-0 draw in Cameroon last week. Esther Okoronkwo scored…
South Korea’s government has launched an investigation into the death of a woman in her 80s after her ambulance was denied entry to several hospitals due to the ongoing doctor’s strike. The patient died in the ambulance after suffering cardiac arrest. About 70% of junior doctors have been on strike for the past week protesting…
Australian police say two bodies have been found during the search for missing Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, a police officer who once dated TV presenter Mr Baird, was earlier charged with murder. The bodies were discovered on a rural property in the town of Bungonia. Police said that after initially…
Sweden on Monday cleared its final obstacle to joining NATO after Hungary’s parliament ratified the bid in what Sweden’s prime minister called a “historic day” NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sweden would make the alliance “stronger and safer” while the United States, the main alliance power, as well as Britain and Germany welcomed Sweden’s now…
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have started protests in several parts of the country over the biting economic hardship. Labour and Federal Government authorities had met Monday in a late push to stop the protests, but the meeting ended with no agreement reached between the parties. As early as 7:00 am, protesters started…
Wife of the governor of Anambra State,Mrs Nonye Soludo,has highlighted the importance of closer monitoring of hostel activities in schools, including hygiene habits of students in hostel environments. The governor’s wife stated this at Girls’ Secondary School, Amenyi, Awka, during the kick-off of her visits to major boarding schools in the state. The visit, among…
Wayne Rooney will make his FA Cup debut as a pundit on BBC Sport. It has been announced Rooney (https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/wayne-rooney/) will join the panel of BBC (https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/bbc/) analysts when Manchester United take on Nottingham Forest (https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/26190584/nottingham-forest-vs-man-utd-fa-cup-team-news/) at the City Ground Rooney will be on the pundits panel for Manchester United’s trip to Nottingham Forest Rooney’s former club take on their Premier…
Some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State have described the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the rescheduled Edo governorship primary election as a gross violation of the party’s. constitution. The party members who stormed the APC national secretariat on Monday in Abuja described last Thursday’s governorship primary…
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has fixed March 18, 2024, to hear a suit seeking to sack the 27 members of the Rivers state House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. The 27 lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, are loyal to immediate-past Rivers…
