Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to appoint Finidi George as Head Coach of the Super Eagles. George, who spent 20 months as assistant to coach José Santos Peseiro before the Portuguese voluntarily left the post following the accomplishment of the Africa Cup of Nations runner-up position…
The traditional council of Ihite Community in Orumba South Local Government Area which is the body responsible for the selection of monarch in the community has berated the President General of the community, Mr George Madu for bypassing them to elect a traditional ruler. The council said it was not part of the constitution of…
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has inaugurated the newly constituted Chairman and members of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) sequel to the provisions of Section 4(1) of the ENSIEC Law, charging them on free, fair, and credible polls. The new ENSIEC leadership, which had earlier been confirmed by the Enugu State House of…
The organising secretary of the Abia state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Obinna Atuonu has reportedly died. Atuonu, according to information, died at the age of 65. He died during a church service in Aba, the commercial capital of the state, where he was addressing the parishioners. A family source disclosed that…
A15-year-old secondary school student, Ebube Offo, has killed himself after drinking a substance confirmed to be sniper insecticide. Ebube, who hailed from Ezeagu local government area of the state, was said to have taken his own life after the management of his new school, Malex International School, located at No 2A, Niger Close Uwani Enugu,…
When we think of road traffic crashes in Nigeria, the usual causes that come to mind are speeding, drunk driving, wrong overtaking, poor road conditions and road unworthiness of the vehicles involved (such as tyre burst, brake failure, etc). However, there’s a less conventional factor that deserves clear attention: Big Buttocks. Although, this may sound…
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has increased the minimum wage of workers in the state civil service to N70,000, beginning from May 1, 2024. Obaseki disclosed this on Monday at the commissioning of the Labour House, built for the organized labour in the state. The house was named after a former governor of the state,…
Former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has been elected president of Portuguese football giants FC Porto, ending the 42-year reign of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. Villas-Boas, 46, obtained 21,489 votes, to just 5,224 for his 86-year-old rival, who had won his previous 15 successive elections to head ‘The Dragons’. Villas-Boas enjoyed his…
The Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has refuted claims that he has a hand in the impeachment of the state’s former Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu. Ighodalo who denied the allegation said it was cooked up to tarnish his reputation. This was contained in a statement by his media team on…
Defending champion and World number three, Carlos Alcaraz reached the last 16 of the Madrid Open after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild in two straight sets 6-3 6-3. The win continues Alcaraz’s dominance at the event, which he won in 2022 and 2023. The Spaniard was again sporting a compression sleeve on his right arm following…
