Former Manchester United manager who was recently appointed to take charge of Besiktas Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won his first match in charge on Wednesday, beating Athletic Bilbao 4-1 in the Europa League. Solskjaer was named as the Black Eagles’ new boss on Saturday; his first job since being dismissed by United in 2021. Seventeen minutes into…
German side Borussia Dortmund have sacked head coach Nuri Sahin after their Champions League defeat at Bologna. Dortmund have lost four successive matches in all competitions since the winter break. The 2-1 defeat against the Italian club on Tuesday was their third loss in this season’s Champions League for last year’s beaten finalists. It means Dortmund…
Multiple Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic produced yet another scarcely-believable comeback to stun Carlos Alcaraz to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. The 37-year-old Serb defied injury, age and ranking to win 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 against his 21-year-old opponent in Melbourne. “It was possibly one of the best matches of the tournament on the men’s…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has revealed plans by the Federal Government to establish an aircraft manufacturing firm in Nigeria. The facility is a collaboration between XeJet and indigenous banks, aiming to transform Nigeria into a regional hub for aviation services. Keyamo announced this during the launch of XeJet’s Maintenance, Repair…
The 2024 Batch C Stream 2 Orientation Camp will officially open today, Wednesday, January 22, 2025, across all states in the country The NYSC also announced the release of deployment letters for the 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream II. This announcement was shared via messages on the NYSC’s official X handle, #officialnyscng, on Tuesday.“Prospective corps members…
President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, held a closed-door meeting with a delegation of Ogoni leaders led by Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. Also present at the meeting was the Chief of staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu;…
The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday called for President Bola Tinubu’s intervention to recover its Edo State secretariat from the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state. The PDP also vowed to persist in its efforts to reclaim the controversial property located at 59 Airport Road, Benin City, Edo State. In an exclusive with with newsmen,…
The Abia State Government (ABSG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with WIOCC, an ICT and Broadband Technology Company for the deployment of Fiber Optic and Internet Connectivity across the 17 LGAs of the State. Speaking while signing the MOU, Governor Otti said that the agreement would see the deployment of metropolitan optic fibre…
Embattled Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has not abandoned all hope of playing for the club again. Rashford has not featured for United since being substituted in the Europa League victory over Viktoria Plzen on 12 December, after which his training performances were called into question by head coach Ruben Amorim. The 27-year-old has been…
The Federal Government has introduced the National Health Programs for youths across all 774 local government areas in Nigeria. A statement by the president’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga on Monday, also called for applications from persons aged between 25 and 35. “The Tinubu administration is requesting applications from young Nigerians to enrol in the National Health…
