Days after they were crowned German Champions, Bayer Leverkusen continued their march for European glory by knocking out English side West Ham from the Europa League Trailing 2-0 from the first leg, West Ham needed to score 3 goals without conceding but their 13th minute opener by Michail Antonio was cancelled by Jeremie Frimpong’s late…
A full 12-person jury has been sworn in for ex-US President Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in New York City The seven men and five women were selected for the panel. Two jurors had to be excused earlier. Some thought jury selection might take weeks, but things moved quickly after Mr Trump’s team ran out…
Ahead of US Presidential Elections in November latest poll figures just released show Former President Donald Trump leading the incumbent President, Joe Biden in two battleground states with both men tied in two others. According to a new 2024 general election poll released by Fox News survey of registered voters, in a head-to-head matchup, the…
Liverpool have crashed out of the Europa League thus ending any hopes of winning a European trophy in Jurgen Klopp’s final season at the club. The Reds failed to overturn a first-leg deficit against Atalanta. The Reds travelled to Italy on the back of a 3-0 defeat at Anfield last Thursday and, despite controlling the…
Two loyalists of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, including the lawmaker representing the Aboada West Constituency of the state House of Assembly, Sokari Goodboy; have been arrested at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Also arrested by the police was a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state identified as Ezebunwo Ichemati. The…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed a Supermarket in Abuja. The supermatkett was sealed on Thursday over unfair practices by its management. FCCPC officials took the action during an enforcement exercise in parts of the nation’s capital. Officials of FCCPC were at several supermarkets in Abuja to initiate a campaign to…
The ruling All Progressives Congress has appointed Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, and former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, to superintend the Ondo governorship primary election slated for Saturday. Ododo will head the seven-man Primary Election Committee set up to conduct the shadow poll while Omo-Agege will serve as the Secretary. Other members are a…
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya and his United States counterpart, Shawn Martinez, are both attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. The challenge, which has currently exceeded 23 hours, as at the time of writing this report, is underway at New York City’s iconic Times Square and is scheduled to…
Internet giant Google, has fired 28 employees following a disruptive sit-down protest over the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government, a Google spokesperson said Thursday. The Tuesday demonstration was organised by the group “No Tech for Apartheid,” which has long opposed “Project Nimbus,” Google’s joint $1.2 billion contract with Amazon to provide cloud services…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offences relating to economic and financial crimes. This was contained in a notice posted on the commission’s official Facebook page on Thursday. “Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is wanted by the EFCC for offences relating to…
