The University of Lagos (UNILAG) celebrated its 54th convocation ceremony today at the J.F Ade Ajayi Auditorium. During the convocation ceremony, a unique story emerged as some graduates from the Class of 2021 faced the reality that their academic journey, originally planned for four years, took seven years to complete. Despite the additional years of…
Former Big Brother Naija reality show winner, Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has reacted to those questioning her claim that a man offered her N5 million for sex in a night club. Many, including her colleague, DeeOne, expressed disbelief, challenging her to provide “evidence.” Ekweanaedo News recalls that Phyna had sparked various reactions after…
Burkina Faso on Tuesday defeated Mauritania 1-0 in their opening match at the Cup Of Nations in Ivory Coast in a group D game The game was heading for a draw until a penalty was awarded to Burkina Faso in the sixth minute of added time Betrand Traore made no mistakes as he sent the…
Spain will host Brazil in an international football friendly at Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium on March 26 to raise awareness of racism. The Spanish and Brazilian football federations announced plans for the match in June, a month after Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior, who is black, was racially abused by Valencia fans in an…
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says a date has been set for the hearing into Manchester City’s alleged breaches of financial rules. Everton, already appealing against a 10-point deduction for a previous charge, and Nottingham Forest were charged for breaching league profit and sustainability rules on Monday. Premier League champions City were charged with…
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has shunned an invitation by the Code of Conduct Bureau over an ongoing investigation bordering on alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for public officers. As at 1pm today the minister who was scheduled to meet with officials of the bureau at 11am, has not arrived the bureau….
Charles Ugwuh The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Charles Ugwu, the chairman of the Imo state chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ugwu, a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, faces allegations of conspiracy and fraud amounting to N3.6 billion. The arrest, which took place on January 11 in New Owerri,…
As the tussle over who becomes the Eze Aro (King of Arochukwu people both at home and in the Diaspora) assumes a warring dimension, the Abia State government has denied the allegation that it is supporting Eberechukwu Oji, an aspirant to the throne. Oji and Godwin Kanu Idei have been engaged in fierce battle over…
Despite allocating a significant amount of funds, totalling N21.04 billion, towards foreign trips over the past three years, 14 states of the federation have failed to attract any foreign investments into their respective domains. The affected states are Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Ebonyi, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Nasarawa, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara. Between…
Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s (AFN) Performance Director, Victor Okorie, has urged the five South Eastern states, Governors to fix tartan tracks at the various stadia in order to host AFN events. Okorie who is a representative of the South East on the board of the AFN, decried the dilapidated state of facilities for athletics at…
