Nigeria’s representatives in this season’s caf confederation cup, rivers united, will know their quarter-finals opponents next Tuesday after the confederation of African football confirmed the date for their two continental tournaments. The draws will be held in Cairo, Egypt starting with the confederation cup, while the champion’s league will follow an hour later. Rivers united…
Former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says there is “no magic wand” to fix the problems at his former club. Sir Jim Ratcliffe has bought a 27.7% stake in United, who lost 3-1 at Manchester City on Sunday. It was their 11th defeat in the Premier League this season and left Erik ten Hag’s…
Real Madrid will be without their midfielder Jude Bellingham for two La liga games after he was shown a red card in their 2-2 draw at Valencia. Bellingham thought he had scored the winner six minutes into stoppage time at the Mestalla on Saturday. But referee Gil Manzano had blown the full-time whistle as the…
The Edo State House of Assembly, during plenary on Wednesday, commenced proceedings to impeach embattled Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shaibu. The majority leader of the state house of assembly and member representing Ovia North East 1, Charity Aiguobarueghian, announced this during sitting. He stated that the petition against the deputy governor which dated…
The Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Justice Mary Peter Odili retired, on Wednesday, cautioned lawyers against addressing the media after court proceedings, describing the action as unethical. She stated this on the second day of the Call to Bar Ceremony of 4,412 new lawyers in Abuja. The retired justice of the Supreme Court also…
A fresh graduate of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, was yesterday, crushed to death shortly after her clearance in preparation for NYSC. Miss Mary Ogechi Ezekiel was on Tuesday, March. 5, crushed by a fast-moving tanker in front of the institution. Ogechi had reportedly graduated with a first class from the department of accounting in the…
Ahead of their boxing fight, former UFC World Heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou claimed his opponent Anthony Joshua has been looking nervous Joshua is the clear favourite to win in Riyadh but Ngannou, the 37-year-old former UFC star preparing for only his second professional boxing contest, went the full 10 rounds with Tyson Fury last year…
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has appointed 16 new permanent secretaries for the state civil service and local government service. Announcing the appointment in a statement on Tuesday, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary Ebenezer Adeniyan said 14 of the appointees were from the core civil service while two were appointed from the local government service….
Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Brainard, has spoken about his journey following his departure from the entertainment industry to relocate abroad. The actor, in his latest interview with Teju Babyface, said he had to venture into driving to feed his family in America despite being a celebrity. Brainard revealed this while discussing his ordeal after leaving…
The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru, says no fewer than seven top terrorists commanders were killed by security forces in the last few months. The Minister who disclosed this on Tuesday during a tour of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, Kaduna State, said there is improvement in the fight against insurgency…
