Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo has been banned for one match for provoking fans in a Saudi Pro League match against Al-Shabab. Al Shabab supporters chanted “Messi” – Ronaldo’s long-term rival Lionel Messi – after Sunday’s 3-2 defeat in Riyadh. Portugal captain Ronaldo cupped his hand to his ear and made a gesture to the fans….
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned from football for four years for a doping offence. The former Manchester United player was provisionally suspended in September after a drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone in his system. France international Pogba, 30, was randomly tested after Juventus’ first match of the season on 20 August….
Former Manchester United defender John O’Shea has been appointed interim head coach of the Republic of Ireland. O’Shea who won 118 caps for the Republic, was an assistant coach under previous manager Stephen Kenny and with the Under-21 side. He will lead the team in the friendlies against Belgium and Switzerland in March and will…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, says if he was Nigeria’s president at this time, he would have implemented the Oronsaye Report. Responding to texts from persons wanting to know his stand on the Oransaye Report, Mr Obi stated via his official handle on X that prior to…
Nigeria’s minister of Labour Nkiruka Onyejeocha says the Federal Government has achieved 90% of its agreement with Organised Labour. Speaking on a live television programme, Onyejeocha said NLC President, Joe Ajaero, told government representatives at a meeting on Sunday that the protest was not about the government’s commitment to the October agreement but food inflation….
The upper legislative chamber Senate has set machinery in motion for amendment of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Act, 2007, which will among others, make tenureship of Governor of the apex bank to six years single term as against renewable five years in the extant act. It also proposed N1trillion recapitalization for commercial banks…
Nigerian Lawyer and rights activist Femi Falana, says the 12-year old Steve Oronsaye Report recommending the merger of government agencies and commissions is outdated. In a statement on Tuesday, Falana said the report won’t “substantially reduce the enormous costs of governance in the country as it does not reflect the current situation in the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its two-day protest all over the country. The Labour, in a communique at the end of its National Executive Council meeting, on Tuesday said the objectives of the protest were achieved on the first day of the demonstration. “Consequently, NEC-in-session resolved as follows: to suspend street action for the…
Stand-up comedian, Seyi Law says he will never forgive his colleague in the industry Noble Igwe for insulting his wife. Speaking in the latest episode of The Honest Bunch, the comedian said: “There is somebody in the entertainment industry that I will never forgive; Noble Igwe. I am saying it publicly, I will never forgive…
The PDP has presented Edo State governorship candidate for the September election Asue Ighodalo, with his certificate of return. Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Amb. Umar Damagun presented Ighodalo with the certificate at the National Executive Committee Hall of the PDP National Secretariat, in Abuja, on Tuesday. Secretary of the Primary Election Committee, Senator…
