Arsenal responded to Manchester City’s victory over Crystal Palace by sweeping past Brighton 3-0 to move to the top of the league The win also ensures the Gunners kept a fifth consecutive away clean sheet as goals from Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard were enough to silence the home crowd Manchester City had…
Bayer Leverkusen moved to within touching distance of a first Bundesliga title by beating 10-man Union Berlin thanks to Bayern Munich’s loss away at mid-table Heidenheim. Florian Wirtz’s penalty gave Xabi Alonso’s side a ninth successive win to stretch their lead over Bayern Munich to 16 points with six games remaining. Bayern gave their title…
Abia community, Owo Ala Asa in Ukwa west local government area, has expressed concern over the litany of abandoned projects being executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the area. The community pointed out that the abandoned projects include the Owo Ala water project awarded by UNPADEC inherited by NDDC, Ngwaiyiekwe-Owo Ala Unuadienwe…
The Abia State House of Assembly has passed into law H.A.B.12 titled ‘The Abia State Medicine and Health Commodities Management Agency Bill, 2024’. The Bill which seeks to ensure regular availability of quality medicines and health commodities at affordable cost and strengthening of manufacturing units for local production of medicine among others was sponsored by…
As part of efforts to ensure availability of staple food in Nigeria amidst the dwindling global resources and food shortages, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has distributed agricultural inputs to farmers in Abia state, in South East and Kebbi and Yobe states in North West Nigeria. The accredited beneficiaries of the program received…
The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested three minors for alleged attempted rape of another minor. The State Commandant of the Corps, Elijah Willie, who revealed this to newsmen on Saturday in Abakaliki, said two of the suspects are aged 15 and 13. He added that the…
Former Governor of Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu has assured members of the Abia State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus that he has no plan to leave the party, saying he would retain other members to rebuild the umbrella party in the state. Ikpeazu, who spoke during a caucus meeting held at the new PDP secretariat…
The Enugu State government has warned that vandals of the state’s water facilities will henceforth be treated like terrorists. This was disclosed on a press conference addressed by the Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, on Friday at the Abuja Building, Government House, Enugu, following the invasion of a water facility in…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia has said that Local Government (LG) funds cannot be hijacked under his watch. Otti said this on Friday during the monthly media parley at Government House, Umuahia. The governor said that he was intentional about ensuring that funds meant for the Local Governments would be utilised to facilitate balanced socioeconomic…
Anthony Joshua says he will return to the ring in September following his one-sided win over Francis Ngannou in his last fight as he remains on the cusp of becoming a three-time world champion. The British-Nigerian pugilist is currently on a four-fight winning streak following back-to-back defeats of losing his belts and failing to win…
