English Premier League side Everton are interested in signing midfielder Kalvin Phillips on a season-long loan deal from Premier League champions Manchester City. Phillips joined City from Leeds for £45m in 2022 but has struggled to make an impression and spent the second half of last season on-loan at West Ham. The 28-year-old was part…
The Nigerian Senate has joined the House of Representatives in passing a bill seeking to make provision for Nigeria to revert to its old national anthem. The upper legislative chamber passed the bill following deliberations on a report presented by Tahir Monguno, the chair of the judiciary committee. The old anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee”…
Ineos is “confident” of finding a solution that allows Manchester United and Nice to compete in next season’s Europa League. Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos company owns a 27.7% stake in United and are in control of the club’s football operations, while they completed a takeover of French club Nice in 2019. Uefa rules restrict the…
Nigerian singer and entertainer Charly Boy has urged Nigerians not to take Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, seriously. According to him, Soyinka, who turns 90 in a few days, might be suffering from brain deterioration due to ageing. He claimed this could be the reason for his rhetorics and actions in recent times. The 73-year-old singer…
A Lagos-based blogger, Stanley Okoruwa, has tendered a public apology for making unfounded allegations against Emeka Okonkwo, aka. E-Money, and the wife of the late actor, Junior Pope, Jennifer Awele. Recall that E-Money initiated a search for two women and a man who claimed he had an affair with the wife of the later actor….
The crisis in Kano state has taken a new twist after a group of lawyers from Northern Nigeria issued a 48 hours ultimatum to Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, to rescind the reinstatement of Emir Muhammad Sanusi II. The lawyers, who identified themselves as the Northern Lawyers’ Forum, at a briefing on Tuesday in Abuja,…
A 27-year-old woman, Khanyisile Mndayi, is currently battling for her life after being stabbed over 20 times by her boyfriend in front of their children on Sunday. The attack reportedly occurred at their residence in Berea, Johannesburg, South Africa. According to a Facebook post by one Gillian Mogale, Mndayi arrived home late from her shift…
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has called for better pay, insurance cover and pension for journalists across the country. Ajaero made the call when he visited the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Dr Chris Isiguzo in Abuja. He explained that while journalists played significant roles in the fight for…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi has called for the scrapping of state electoral commissions. He stated this in Abuja on Monday at a national dialogue organised by the House of Representatives. The AGF said, “Many have proposed that there is need for scrapping the state electoral commission….
The Benue State House of Assembly has repealed the law for the maintenance of former elected governors of the state and their deputies. The bill was passed and assented to by former Governor Samuel Ortom in the twilight of his administration in May 2023. The bill to repeal the law was presented on Monday by…
