Coach Salisu Yusuf the head coach of Nigeria U-23 national team, otherwise known as the Olympic Eagles is cocksure that the Guineans will fall on Wednesday March 22 when his wards confront their counterparts in the first leg of 2023 U-23 AFCON qualifying fixture at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja. The match is expected to kick off by 4pm. Read More
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Contents, Senator Teslim Folarin, on Tuesday declared his ambition to contest the 2023 governorship election in Oyo state. Declaring his ambition at the Oyo state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Folarin said his mission was to rescue Oyo state by forming a pact with the people brokered by invaluable blueprint. Senator Read More
Ahead of the national convention, some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have asked Minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs, Senator George Akume, to declare his interest in the national chairmanship race of the ruling party. The stakeholders said Akume has the administrative acumen to succeed Mai Mala Buni and lead the APC to a more adventurous exploits Read More
A 22-year-old man, Ismaila Raheem, has appealed to the police to forgive him, saying he is a first offender. The suspect who was paraded by the Osun state police command for alleged rape, confessed to the crime, saying that the victim has been his friend. He explained that the victim dumped him for a ‘yahoo boy’ and told him that Read More
Benue state governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Paul Angya, Monday lamented rising insecurity which has led to sharp drop in food production in the state by 50 percent. He said the situation will certainly affect not only the food security of the state but that of the whole country since majority of the Read More
It is obvious that Nigeria is fast sliding into the state of a “killing spree” as one of the national dailies described it, but there is always a missing link to the narratives going round about the genesis or the people behind such atrocitiesFor instance, the alleged killing of innocent individuals in the North-central state of Benue and many other Read More
Gome state governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has commiserated with the Emir of Gombe, Dr. Abubakar Shehu Abubakar lll, and other members of the Bubayero family over the death of a royal family member, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar (Sarkin zangon Gombe). The governor who led senior government officials to the funeral prayers for the deceased at the Bubayero Central Mosque, Gombe, later Read More
MUAZU ABARI writes from Yola on the impending political battle for the soul of Adamawa South between the incumbent Senator Binos Yaroe and Alhaji Adamu Atiku Abubakar, eldest son of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is also the Commissioner for Works and Energy in the state Complexity of Adamawa South politics Adamawa South senatorial district is the most Read More
A political support group in Cross River state, Tinubu Vanguard, has reeled out reasons why it was seeking emergence of All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, as Nigeria’s president, come 2023. The state coordinator of the group, Dr David Okon, told supporters in Calabar, during a meeting, that the former Lagos state governor has the capacity to Read More
The federal government Tuesday said it will begin the second rollout of Digital Switch Over (DSO) from Thursday April 29, 2021 in Lagos state. Minister of Information Lai Mohammed made the disclosure during an interactive session between the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation and the 13-member ministerial task force on the DSO project. “We are kick-starting the new roll out in Lagos state on April 29, Read More
It is no more news that the race for the national chairmanship of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has since started. Many aspirants have indicated interest to lead the party to the next 2023 general elections.Some of the aspirants that have so far indicated interest to vie for the exalted seat of the APC chairmanship include Senator Kashim Shettima, Read More
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has invalidated and nullified the purported suspension of former Governor of Niger state, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu, describing it as spurious.The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Kola Ologbondiyan stated this in a statement made available to journalists in Minna Wednesday. The party expressed dismay over what it called Read More
Organised labour has commended the recent measures of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) aimed at shoring up the value of the Naira. The naira recently reversed its depreciation trend in the parallel market, recording N20 gain against the United States Dollar closing at N470 per dollar. Experts attributed the naira appreciation to the new rules introduced by the CBN, which Read More
A lady whose name was simply identified as Ada awka has lost her life after suffering severe burns while answering a phone call close to her cooking gas. Her close friends posted on Facebook while they prayed for her survival. Unfortunately, she lost her life after her health condition deteriorated. This sad development was shared via Facebook, by Okechukwu Christabel Read More
The Presidency said Sunday that proscription of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites, had nothing to do with banning the larger numbers of peaceful and law abiding Shi’ites in the country from practicing their religion. In a statement issued in Abuja, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu said the proscription was Read More
Virgil van Dijk has beaten Raheem Sterling to become the PFA Players’ Player of the Year for 2019. The official announcement is due on Thursday but the Liverpool centre-half has won the backing of his fellow professionals for his outstanding contribution in the best defence in the Premier League this season. The Dutchman was on a six-man shortlist that included his Anfield team-mate Sadio Read More
A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing after a row caused by a passenger who refused to stop The two Dutchmen sitting next to him didn’t take very well to his flatulence, but the unashamed man was apparently not put off and refused to hold back. Members of the crew on the Dutch low-cost airline were apparently less Read More
A Phoenix father is facing second degree murder charges for allegedly killing a man who allegedly harassed his young daughter. Police say Melvin Harris, 40, admitted to beating Leon Armstrong, 26, to death after he attempted to break into the teenage girl’s stall at a QuikTrip convenience store bathroom. Harris was waiting for his daughter and her two friends in Read More
Two men used a stolen dump truck to rip an ATM out of a supermarket in Pennsylvania. The men pulled up to a Bill’s ShopRite store wearing ski masks and gloves and attached a chain to the ATM at about 1:53 a.m. on Tuesday, according to The TimesTribune. The men then used the chain to drag the ATM out of Read More
How do you get away with murder? Maybe don’t write a blog post about getting away with murder. Last week, police in Portland arrested 68-year-old Nancy Crampton-Brophy. She is charged with the murder in the death of her 63-year-old husband, chef Daniel Brophy. At 8:30 a.m. on June 2, police and medics arrived at the Oregon Culinary Institute, after students Read More
A Utah toddler’s parents are in disbelief after they discovered their 2-year-old son sent more than $1,000 through a shredder Leo Belnap’s parents, Ben and Jackee, tore through their home over the weekend, desperate to find the $1,060 they had saved to pay back Ben’s parents. The couple had borrowed the money to purchase season tickets to the University of Read More
A worker in East China has found an unusual way to pass the time and rid his office of mosquitoes. The man, surnamed Man, grossed out Chinese net users recently with photos of rows of squished bugs taped to a piece of paper. The Qingdao, Shandong Province graphic designer said his swat operation began while working long hours late on Read More
A father and son in Rhode Island who disagree about President Donald Trump are running for the same office, one as a Republican, the other as an independent. David Quiroa Sr., 47, and David Quiroa Jr., 22, both filed Tuesday to run for a state House seat currently held by a Democrat. Both live at the same address in Newport. Read More
For months, Kayla Rahn of Montgomery, Ala., had unexplained stomach pain and was unable to lose weight. The situation was taking a toll on her life and well-being. “I couldn’t even walk to my car without losing my breath,” Rahn recalled to NBC12, adding that she was once asked if she was pregnant with twins. In May, Rahn finally got Read More
A Colorado man achieved a distinction last week that few people would probably want to match. When Dylan McWilliams was bitten by a shark Thursday in Hawaii, it meant he had been bitten by a shark, a bear and a rattlesnake – all in less than four years. “I don’t know,” McWilliams told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Friday. “I’m either Read More
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