Defending Champions Real Madrid suffered a surprise home defeat vy AC Milan at the Santiago Bernabeu. Madrid have fallen to back-to-back home defeats and have lost two of their first four games in the Champions League. Vinicius Junior’s penalty equalised for Madrid after Malick Thiaw’s opener, but strikes from Alvaro Morata and Tijjani Reijnders secured…
A bomb explosion has left many people dead and others injured in a market in Orlu, Imo state The explosion reportedly caused stampede and confusion as people ran helter-skelter, leading to many being injured. It is reported that people were in the market when the explosion was heard and everyone scampered for safety. Some persons…
A bus driver has set himself and an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) on fire while trying to evade arrest. In a video on X on Tuesday, the driver was seen setting his bus on fire out of anger. The incident created traffic on the Oshodi-Apapa expressway. LASTMA spokesman, Adebayo Taofiq,…
The Federal Government has reversed the decision to benchmark the admission age for tertiary institutions at 18 years. The newly appointed Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, announced the decision during his maiden news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The briefing allowed the minister to unveil his blueprint and the highlight is the decision to reverse…
Incoming Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim condemn Manchester City to a third successive defeat for the first time since April 2018 as Sporting hammered the English champions 4-1 It was City’s heaviest defeat since September 2020 and only the second time in his trophy-ladened spell at City that Pep Guardiola has been beaten in three…
The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the recent arrest of former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, describing it as a step in the right direction in the fight against corruption in the country. The APC, in a statement issued shortly after the news broke, emphasized that Okowa’s arrest signals a strong…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday landed in Maiduguri, Borno State on a courtesy visit over the recent floods that claimed lives, properties and livestock across the state. A statement posted on X by Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said he arrived in the warm hands of Governor Babagana Zulum, Senator Ali Ndume and other political…
The national grid has suffered another collapse, according to the official handle of the Nigeria National Grid on X. The development comes after the grid collapsed three times in one week towards the end of last month. This brings grid disturbance incidences to nine in 2024 alone. National Grid suffers another setback. Restoration soon!“, @NationalGridNg…
Nigerian born British boxer, Anthony Joshua has been named among the top three highest-earning boxers in 2024 despite suffering a shocking defeat to Daniel Dubois in September The former two-time heavyweight champion earned a guaranteed purse of £6m from the Wembley Stadium bout, with additional pay-per-view revenue, potentially pushing his earnings beyond £25m if PPV…
Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, says President Bola Tinubu economic policies are poorly conceived Atiku said enough of Tinubu’s shambolic “bolekaja” economic policy prescriptions. He said that Tinubu’s administration is anchored to a mere “Tea-plan, which can only lead to a T-pain.” In a statement he personally signed, Atiku…
