Liverpool on Sunday dumped fellow premier side Arsenal out of the FA Cup The Gunners who are looking to stop the losing streak after successive loses to West Ham and Fulham in the Premier League lost 2-0Arsenal failed to make their first-half dominance count, with Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard culpable after missing good chances….
Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, on Sunday, urged the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu, to stop insulting Nigerians following her claims that the allegations of a N585 million fraud was meant to tarnish her image. The minister came under heavy criticism on Friday after a memo surfaced where she directed the…
Five people have been reported dead in a boat mishap in Anambra State. The boat was coming from Kogi State through River Niger. The incident according to an eye witness happened on Sunday morning, most of the dead are mainly women and children. The victims who are believed to hail from the riverine part of…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has asked the public to disregard news of an increase in the price of petrol. The Chairman of IPMAN, Enugu Depot, Mr Chinedu Anyaso, who gave the warning in Awka, Anambra state, at the weekend, while speaking with reporters, said the rumours of an impending increase in…
Multiple award-winning singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, revealed that the Bible is one of the essentials he can’t live without. He said he has a Bible app on his tablet, stressing that the app also contains hymns and prayers. In a recent interview with British GQ, Davido mentioned popcorn, wallet, headphones, jewellery, sneakers, sunglasses, and…
The Registrar in charge of the University of Ibadan, in Oyo State has denied the discovery of a fake professor in the institution. The institution said this in a statement made available to the media on Sunday, following a list of fake professors in some universities that went viral on social media on Saturday. The…
Peter Obi has bemoaned the reported exit of Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing Company (JSM), located in Awa, Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, the largest syringe manufacturer in Africa. Obi said that the development was yet another painful development on “our national journey.” Reacting to the development in a chain of statements on his X…
Governor Chukwuma Soludo has placed a ban on sand excavation in Oko Community, in the Orumba-North Local Government Area (LGA). The ban also extends to three adjacent communities: Nanka, Amaokpala Awgbu, and Ekwulobia in Aguata LGAs. Soludo said his intention to sign an executive order next week to enforce the ban. Those found guilty of…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Osun State Command, has revealed that it arrested 252 suspects and seized 1,909.6920kg of illicit drugs between January and December 2023. Osun NDLEA also disclosed that 214 males and 38 females, totalling 252, were arrested within the period. This was disclosed by NDLEA Osun State Commandant, Nnadi Chidi,…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has declared that the proposed computer-based test format in the forthcoming West African Senior School Certificate Examinations will result in mass failure for students, especially in rural areas of Northern Nigeria, therefore, calls for its cancellation. Yerima Shettima, the National President of AYCF, in a statement released in Kaduna…
