Barcelona coach Xavi will remain at the club until at least the end of his contract in June 2025 after changing his mind that this would be his last season. The 44-year-old announced in January he would step down as boss this summer. But, with president Joan Laporta keen for him to remain, the former…
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s female cadet team Flamingos Bankole Olowookere has invited 25 players to camp for his team’s 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso. The Nigerian girls will travel to Burkina Faso for the first leg on May 11, while the reverse fixture will hold at the Moshood Abiola Stadium,…
Scores of demonstrators on Thursday stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja to demand the resignation of the National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, following his recent suspension by a faction of his ward executives and the alleged bribery allegation levelled against him by the Kano State government. Chanting solidarity songs and…
Following the resignation of Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Zacchaeus Adangor, another commissioner in the oil-rich South-South state, Isaac Kamalu, has also resigned from the state executive council Like Adangor, Kamalu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Tammy Danagogo, on Wednesday, rejected his redeployment from the Finance…
The governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State is set to be held today in Akure, the state capital. Seven aspirants have been cleared by the Senator Sam-Egwu-led screening committee to contest in the indirect primary election. The election will be held at the International Culture and Events Centre in…
About One hundred and nineteen inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, in Niger State after a rainstorm wreaked havoc on a part of the facility on Wednesday. “A heavy downpour that lasted for several hours on the night of Wednesday, 24 April 2024 has wreaked havoc on the Medium Security Custodial…
Everton beat Liverpool 2-0 in a Merseyside derby to improve their chances of survival while denting Liverpool’s Premier League title challenge at a thunderous Goodison Park. Jarrad Branthwaite’s first-half goal and a towering header from Dominic Calvert-Lewin after the break gave Everton their first Merseyside derby win at home since October 2010 in a victory…
Manchester United returned to winning ways after coming from behind twice to beat Sheffield United at Old Trafford. Bruno Fernandes and Rasmus Hojlund struck in the final nine minutes to ensure the win. Manchester United captain Fernandes followed up an excellent pinpoint 25-yard drive by assisting Hojlund to score his first goal since February. As…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived at The Hague, the administrative capital city of the Netherlands, for his official visit. The NAF 001 conveying Tinubu and his entourage arrived at the Schiphol International Airport, Amsterdam, at 10:10 p.m. (9:10 pm Nigerian time) on Tuesday. His visit is on the invitation of the Prime Minister of…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to vacate the ‘wanted’ tag that it placed on the name and person of the immediate past Governor of the state, Yahaya Bello. This formed part of the resolutions of the House during plenary on Tuesday. This was after a…
