Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has extended his contract with the club until 2027. Villa were 16th in the Premier League and fighting relegation when the Spaniard took over from Steven Gerrard in November 2022. But, after a remarkable turnaround, Emery, 52, guided Villa to a seventh-place finish to qualify for the Europa Conference League,…
Spanish giants Barcelona have joined Arsenal in targeting Newcastle striker Alexander Isak as his future grows increasingly uncertain. Barcelona see the Swedish hitman as a potential long-term replacement for Robert Lewandowski. And they believe Newcastle could be tempted to sell because they face having to balance the books to satisfy FFP and PSR rules. It’s…
Arsenal and Man United have joined the race to sign Crystal Palace star Michael Olise ahead of the summer transfer window. The Gunners are ready to raid their London rivals for the 22-year-old in the off-season as they plan attacking reinforcements. Chelsea and Man City were both keen to land Olise last summer (2023) before…
Work to create a new statue of Queen Elizabeth II has begun just days before what would have been her 98th birthday. The structure is being made by renowned artist Andy Edwards and will eventually be displayed in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. The sculptor is basing his design on photographs taken of the late monarch when she…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Tuesday announced a further reduction in the prices of both diesel and aviation fuel to N940, and N980 per litre respectively. This is coming in the wake of its widely celebrated price reduction to N1,000 barely two weeks ago. The price change of N940 applies to customers buying five million litres…
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, has visited the Lead British International School, Abuja following multiple footages of bullying that surfaced in the internet space on Tuesday. The minister who visited the school was accompanied by some officials of her ministry. One of the bullies (female) who was captured in the video was brought…
Former Speaker House Of Representative Emeka Ihedioha has resigned his membership of the People’s Democratic party. In his letter titled Resignation From The PDP and dated April 23, 2024, Ihedioha said the party’s new trajectory which at variance with his beliefs is the reason for his action. He said, ”regrettably, in recent times , the…
A social activist, Chief Ifeanyi Okonkwo, has dragged the governor of Anambra state, Prof. Charles Soludo and three of his predecessors, Chris Ngige, Peter Obi and Willie Obniano, to a Federal High court sitting in Awka for allegedly running the affairs of the 21 local government areas in the state with unelected officials. Okonkwo is…
The federal government has directed that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years old. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, gave the directive on Monday during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory. He decried the activities of…
Life is gradually returning to the once busy oil-rich community of Igbomotoru in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State after the troops of Nigerian Army invaded the area in search of a militant kingpin, Endurance Amagbain, suspected to mastermind the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama Community, Delta State. Troops of the Nigerian…
