Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga in style with a resounding victory over bottom side Bochum. Michael Olise opened the scoring with a 20-yard free-kick over the wall after 15 minutes, becoming the second player after Harry Kane to score as many as five goals in his first five Bundesliga away appearances…
The lawmaker representing Borno South senatorial district, Ali Ndume, has called for the sacking of more ministers from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. Ndume, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said some other ministers who were not performing should be sacked. The lawmaker applauded Tinubu’s recent cabinet restructuring, particularly the creation of the Ministry of…
There are indications that controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, may face fresh criminal charges over claims that he served his jail term in a private apartment and bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to drop money laundering charges against him. According to reports a panel set up to investigate the claims…
The convener of Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Aisha Yesufu, has described popular Nigerian singer, Seun Kuti, as a product of Fela’s indiscipline. Aisha stated this while reacting to Seun’s recent remarks about her advocacy for women’s freedom in Nigeria. The singer had earlier disagreed with Yesufu following her stance on women’s freedom, saying “liberate…
The Libyan Football Federation, LFF, has decided to appeal the decision of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, to award Nigeria three goals and three goals over their botched 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier. According to a Libyan outlet, alwasat.ly, they consider the verdict unfair. The LFF has now hired Tunisian lawyer, Ali Abbas,…
The Abia State Government has reacted to a letter sent to the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly and jointly signed by the state chairman and secretary of the Abia State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, where the organised labour alleged that there’s a bill sent to the State House of Assembly…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency NiMet has predicted haziness and sunshine from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Saturday, forecast moderate dust haze in the northern region on Sunday with horizontal visibility ranging from 2km to 5km. The agency anticipated localised visibility of less than or equal to 1,000m during the…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has secured all the chairmanship and councillorship positions in the just concluded local government elections across the 44 local government areas of Kano State in a sweeping victory. This was announced by the Chairman of the Kano Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Sani Malumfashi, at the commission’s headquarters, declaring the…
Nigeria’s Under 17 female football team the Flamingos have crashed out of the U-17 Women’s World Cup after losing 0-2 to the US in the quarter-final on Saturday. Nigeria won all three games in Group A of the competition, scoring nine goals and bagging the same points to reach the last eight. But against the…
Barcelona continued their fine form with Lewandowski scoring twice as they crushed rivals Real Madrid 4-0 on Saturday, inflicting the Spanish champions’ first La Liga defeat in over a year. Teenage winger Lamine Yamal and Raphinha completed the rout, while Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe had two goals ruled out for offside on a frustrating first…
