Real Madrid have overtaken Manchester City to become the highest revenue generating football club According to Deloitte the Spanish club generated record revenue of 831m euros to top their Money League study from the 2022-23 season. City drop to second despite record revenue of 826m euros helped by their FA Cup, Premier League and Champions…
Six Ghanaians, including three soldiers, have been sentenced to death by hanging for their involvement in a coup plot three years ago. This was the first treason trial in Ghana since 1966 when post-independence leader Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown. The six were arrested in 2021 while testing weapons in the capital, Accra, to allegedly topple…
An Alabama death row inmate is expected to become the first person in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, after losing last-minute appeals. The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court declined to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith’s lawyers called a “cruel and unusual” punishment. Opponents say using nitrogen could cause unnecessary…
British media and hospitality company, Time Out, has ranked Lagos as the 19th best city to visit in the world. In the rankings published on its website, Time Out said it drew its conclusion from a survey of more than 20,000 city dwellers around the world, along with its network of editors. New York city…
Confusion in Ogurugu community in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State when some armed men suspected of being bandits invaded the area. Reports obtained by Ekweanaedo News revealed that the assailants successfully made away with four women to an unknown location. According to media report, the attack took place on Tuesday evening. Meanwhile…
Ebonyi State Government has commenced the clampdown of unapproved buildings and structures located in the capital city Abakaliki. The State Commissioner for Capital City Development Chief Sunday Inyima, made the disclosure in Abakaliki on Wednesday when he led a Joint Inspection team comprising of officials from the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria…
Former Chief of Staff to the former Governor of Abia State, Professor Anthony Agbazuere has been granted bail by the Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the recovery of government property and funds, headed by Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe (Rtd). Agbazuere, who served as the Chief of Staff in the administration of former Governor, Okezie…
Abia State House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Security and Boundary Matters to liaise with Abia State Deputy Governor and the Transition Committee Chairman of Ukwa East LGA, to resolve the matter of an alleged illegal construction of Uzonta road, a project from the neighboring Akwa Ibom community into the territory of Azumini…
Ebonyi State chapter of the Consolidated Quarry Owners Association, on Wednesday, shut down operations following the arrest of its chairman, Chikaodiri Ojimba by security operatives. Ojimba was arrested on Saturday by the police. One of the quarry owners, who spoke to newsmen at the quarry site in Ezillo community, Ishielu Local Government Area of the…
The sale of Nomination and expression of interest forms for aspirants interested in flying the PDP flag in the September governorship election in Edo state ends today So far the party says it has amassed N265m from the sale of Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to 11 governorship aspirants. The Nomination Form was sold…
