The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite has set aside the warrant of arrest it earlier issued on the 31st of January, 2024 against the Chief of Staff to Rivers State Governor Edison Ehie and five others. The court agreed with the submissions of Senior Advocate of Nigeria,…
Tom Cleverley has been named the new permanent head coach of Championship club Watford. The former England player took over as interim boss after Valerien Ismael was sacked in March. Cleverley, 34, has lost just one of his seven matches in charge, with the Hornets safe from relegation in 15th place. The ex-Manchester United and…
Barcelona coach Xavi will remain at the club until at least the end of his contract in June 2025 after changing his mind that this would be his last season. The 44-year-old announced in January he would step down as boss this summer. But, with president Joan Laporta keen for him to remain, the former…
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s female cadet team Flamingos Bankole Olowookere has invited 25 players to camp for his team’s 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso. The Nigerian girls will travel to Burkina Faso for the first leg on May 11, while the reverse fixture will hold at the Moshood Abiola Stadium,…
Scores of demonstrators on Thursday stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja to demand the resignation of the National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, following his recent suspension by a faction of his ward executives and the alleged bribery allegation levelled against him by the Kano State government. Chanting solidarity songs and…
Following the resignation of Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Zacchaeus Adangor, another commissioner in the oil-rich South-South state, Isaac Kamalu, has also resigned from the state executive council Like Adangor, Kamalu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Tammy Danagogo, on Wednesday, rejected his redeployment from the Finance…
The governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State is set to be held today in Akure, the state capital. Seven aspirants have been cleared by the Senator Sam-Egwu-led screening committee to contest in the indirect primary election. The election will be held at the International Culture and Events Centre in…
About One hundred and nineteen inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, in Niger State after a rainstorm wreaked havoc on a part of the facility on Wednesday. “A heavy downpour that lasted for several hours on the night of Wednesday, 24 April 2024 has wreaked havoc on the Medium Security Custodial…
The Senator Representing Anambra Central Senatorial District And Chairman, Senate Committee On Diaspora And NGOs, Senator Victor Umeh, Recently held a crucial Meeting with the Comptroller General of The Nigerian Immigration Services, CG Kemi Nanna Nandap and her Team in his Office in Abuja. The purpose of the Meeting was to address the difficulties encountered…
Anambra State Traders at the D- line of the Umuokpu, Awka building materials market, renamed Uwakwe Ukaegbu International Building Materials Market, have dragged the Anambra State government to court, claiming N1.5 billion for demolition of their shops and denying them their source of livelihood. Other defendants in the suit, which has Messrs Anekwe Joseph, Emeka…
