Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes his players are thriving under the pressure of the Premier League title race. City are two points clear at the top after their title rivals Liverpool and Arsenal both lost on Sunday. The Champions hammered Luton 5-1 a day earlier and are now favourites to win their fourth title…
Despite the public endorsement by former NFF president Amaju Pinnick, Finidi George is out of the reckoning for the head coach of the Super Eagles. The odds are heavily stacked against the Enyimba coach. A top official whose name was not mentioned was quoted as saying that besides not processing the requisite coaching badges, Finidi…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied reports that it has cleared some persons said to be involved in financial misappropriation at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. In a statement by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, tagged ‘Setting the Records Straight on Investigations of Humanitarian Ministry’, the anti-graft agency…
Security has been beefed up in all government houses in south west states following an invasion of Oyo state government house last week Also, security agencies have warned that they would curtail any form of insecurity, adding that anyone parading himself as a Yoruba Nation agitator should either toe the path of peace or have…
The Security post in front of the residence of former deputy governor of Edo state has pulled demolished OFFICIALS of the Edo State State Network and members of the Public Works Volunteers, on Sunday, pulled down the security post in front of the residence of the former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, in the Government Reservation…
Three persons have been killed while many others were injured after a Nigerian Army patrol vehicle hit a Keke Napep rider, causing injuries on the driver and his passengers. An eyewitness, Adamu Hassan, said the incident happened on Sunday afternoon at the popular Garin Alkali market via Gashua, the headquarters of the Bade Local Government…
Exactly 10 years after the abduction of 276 students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State, former abductees, parents and relatives gathered at the multipurpose hall of the school on Sunday to pray for the safe return of 92 uncounted girls. At the inter-faith service of prayers, speakers expressed mixed reactions following the…
Bayer Leverkusen have emerged champions of Germany after winning the Bundesliga title for the first time in their 120-year history on Sunday with a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen breaking Bayern Munich’s 11-year stranglehold on the German top flight. Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen knew victory would secure the title with five games to spare, and…
Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes suffered a huge blow as they fell to a 1-0 defeat by Crystal Palace at Anfield. Eberechi Eze converted from Tyrick Mitchell’s cut-back to finish off a flowing Palace move early on and the visitors were deservedly in front at the break. Jurgen Klopp’s Reds ramped up the pressure in…
Organised labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has demanded N615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country A source, who begged not to be named told a journalist with Sunday PUNCH that the new wage of N615,000 monthly was reached after consultations by the NLC and TUC. The…
