Labour is set to win a landslide in Uk election with a majority of 170, according to exit poll. If the forecast is accurate, Sir Keir Starmer will become prime minister with 410 Labour MPs – just short of Tony Blair’s 1997 total. The Conservatives are predicted to slump to 131 MPs, their lowest number…
English Premier League side Arsenal have activated the £27m option to buy Brentford goalkeeper David Raya after his successful loan spell last season. Raya, 28, kept 16 Premier League clean sheets for the Gunners to win the Golden Glove, conceding just 16 league goals in the campaign. Arsenal already had a settled keeper in Aaron…
Nigeria have been grouped with Benin, Libya and Rwanda in Group D of the qualifiers for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON qualifiers) in Morocco The 2025 AFCON will be played from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026 following the decision of CAF to adjust the schedule of the tournament for the congested…
The police in Delta State have commenced investigation into an incident where a man, identified as Onyemali Christopher, allegedly brutalised his wife, Annabel Onyemali, in the state on Thursday. The command’s spokesperson, SP Edafe Bright, disclosed this in a post on X.com on Thursday. In his post, he shared a picture of Annabel with blood…
The police in Lagos on Thursday stopped a 19-year-old lady from killing herself The unidentified lady was rescued by operatives of the Ikorodu Area Command, the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said. He said the rescue efforts followed a tip-off from a concerned citizen that the lady was trying to ingest…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja has nullified the expulsion of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others from the Rivers State House of Assembly by the Rivers State High Court. Justice Charles Wali had in May, while ruling on a motion exparte following a prayer brought before his court by Victor Oko Jumbo, issued an ex parte…
The Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered two Kano judges to resign from their appointments within 48 hours. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State had appointed the judges, Justice Farouk Lawan Adamu and Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, to chair the Judicial Commission of Inquiry for the Recovery of Misappropriated Public Properties and Assets…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) tasked with strategising a way out of the current economic situation in the country. The Council has a mix of government officials, top private sector players, and consultants including President of the Dangote Industries Limited, Mr Aliko Dangote; Chairman of the United Bank…
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has reacted to the nullification of the party’s governorship election, insisting that Asue Ighodalo is its flagbearer. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja voided the February 2024 election that produced Ighodalo on the ground that 378 delegates who were supposed to vote…
Yet-to-be-confirmed number of persons were feared dead in Anambra State on Thursday, following the collapse of a two-storey in the state. Reports have it that the incident, which occured at the ever-busy Eke Amawbia Market in Awka, came with a thunderous sound at in the noon hours of the day when the market was still…
