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Ecstatic Napoli fans at the Diego Maradona stadium couldn’t hide their joy as they chanted the name of Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen after his goals helped them to win the Italian Serie A league on Thursday night, May 4. The title is the first Serie A title won by Napoli since 1990, when an […]
Continue ReadingTransmission Company of Nigeria and the Market Operator have begun a massive disconnection of debtor electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) from the national grid over debt. This came after notices of disconnection from the grid served on some of the Discos by the Market Operator. Punch reported that the MO, a division of the Transmission Company of […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie has mourned the death of her father, Ametuo Daniel Johnson. Grieving over the loss, the popular thespian took to her Instagram page to share a video of her father and herself on his 74th birthday. She shared the sad news on her Instagram page writing; “For the rest of my life […]
Continue ReadingCharles III on Saturday finally met his date with destiny after a lifetime as heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, as he was officially crowned king in the first coronation in Britain since 1953. At 12:02 pm, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the solid gold St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old boy, Emmanuel John, over the killing of his father, Monday John. It was gathered that Emmanuel, around 10pm on Tuesday, May 2, used a pestle to kill his father during a fisticuff between the deceased and his mother, Mrs Mercy John. A […]
Continue ReadingOn 29th August 2015, just three months after he was sworn-in, President Muhammadu Buhari disowned two ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign documents containing promises of the achievements he would make during his first 100 days in office. A statement from Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said Buhari had no knowledge […]
Continue ReadingA court in United Kingdom (UK) has sentenced former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot, in a conviction that was the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act (MSA). The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, whose victory in February is being challenged in court, has been keeping part of his wealth in the United Kingdom, where he and his close associates own at least 20 properties that were mostly acquired when Tinubu was the governor of Lagos State. Following the 2023 presidential election, Tinubu is scheduled to […]
Continue ReadingEgyptian authorities have sent over 500 students back to Sudan following the failure of two of them to provide either a passport or Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC). According to a voice note of a Nigerian official obtained by Punch on Friday morning, students without passports or ETC had been instructed to stay back. The official […]
Continue ReadingEmbattled and suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa-Ari has been granted bail after coming under a police investigation for declaring Ayisetu Dahiru Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the governorship election of the state before the conclusion of the collation of results. Yunusa-Ari was allowed to go home […]
Continue ReadingBishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Nigeria, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has said that it does not make sense to swear in people into office when their electoral victories are being challenged in court. Onaiyekan shared this thought during an interview with Channels TV on Thursday, April 4. Onaiyekan said: “There are cases in […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s first coronation in 70 years takes place on Saturday, with Charles III crowned king in an elaborate Christian ceremony steeped in solemn ritual and more than a millennium of history. The coronation, the first of a British king since 1937, is the religious confirmation of his accession after the death of his mother, Queen […]
Continue ReadingI am not going to talk about heroic figures whose names have continued to resonate in public discourse and in spaces far beyond their places of birth. This piece is not about the lives of legendary names like the great Nnamdi Azikiwe, the Sage Obafemi Awolowo, the titan Sir Ahmadu Bello, the immortal Nelson Mandela, […]
Continue ReadingGolden Eaglets of Nigeria have lost 0-1 to Morocco in their second Group B game at the 2023 U-17 AFCON on Wednesday. Early strike by Abdel Maali secured Morocco’s second win in the group. The Eaglets are expected to bounce back from the loss when they face South Africa on Saturday. Morocco got off to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian universities come up in the news these days to announce either the inauguration of new dress codes or the revival of dormant rules. Fixating on appearance is not new in Nigeria, but the frequency—especially by academic institutions—in the past months is head-scratching. Hardly a month passes these days without some university or polytechnic issuing […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Ndiegoro, in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. The ASP identified simply as “Agbalagba”, said to be attached to the Ndiegoro Police Division, was gruesomely murdered with his head cut off along East Road at about 5:am on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. […]
Continue ReadingImo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, has suspended one of its lecturers, Desmond Izunwanne, for allegedly slapping female students who arrived to a class session behind schedule and in non-departmental uniform. Spokesperson for the University, Ralph Njokuobi, in a statement in Owerri, the state capital, said the lecturer’s action was “barbaric and unbecoming.” Njokuobi said at […]
Continue ReadingPresident Buhari has come to judgment. After exercising presidential power, judgment follows. Pricked by pangs of conscience on the last Sallah Day, Buhari realized that he committed many injustices against numerous Nigerians during his 8-year misrule. Consequently, he apologized to Nigerians and begged for their pardon. “God gave me an incredible opportunity to serve the […]
Continue ReadingTragedy struck on Sunday as a female undergraduate student of the University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria, Maria Precious Tunde, reportedly died in her sleep. The sad incident according to sources occurred at the deceased off-campus hostel, located at Ekosodin Village, a student town near the school. It was gathered that the late Maria, until […]
Continue ReadingThe lady that makes my hair told me an interesting story yesterday. She said when she relocated to this town, she could only afford accommodation in a shanty. A few blocks from where they lived was also the house of a rich man, who lived abroad, although he visited home a couple of times yearly. […]
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