Nigeria national football team captain, John Obi Mikel, has hinted that he is not extending his contract with Middlesbrough, saying he has options elsewhere and wants to win trophies. Shortly after Boro’s 2-1 win against Rotherham United in which he scored his first goal for the club he joined in the winter transfer market, the … Read more
Days after it was announced that poisonous cow skins popularly as ponmo is in circulation, the Lagos State Police Command has arrested six persons over a truckload of same. The command’s spokesman, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said the suspects, whose names were given as Adelowo Yinka, Olawumi Onabanjo, Omowumi Wasiu, Adeshokan Taiwo, … Read more
Tiger Woods is expected to visit the White House next week, where he will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump, a source told CNN on Thursday. The 42-year-old won his fifth Masters title last month, his first since August 2013. Following the victory, United States president, Donald Trump, congratulated Woods … Read more
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has warned some players in his team that they may have played their final game for the club. United’s pursuit of a Champions League spot for next season came to a disappointing end on Sunday in a 1-1 draw at rock-bottom Huddersfield. With the result, United ensured they cannot … Read more
Chelsea on Sunday wrapped up qualification for the 2019/2020 Champions League season after both Arsenal and Manchester United dropped points on Sunday. It marks a return to Europe’s biggest club competition after a year of playing in the Europa League for Chelsea after they missed out on qualification during Antonio Conte’s final season on the … Read more
Days after a video in which he threatened to stab his estranged wife and sister-in-law in a now-viral video, Nollywood actor, Francis Odega, has denied maltreating his wife and daughter. The actor, long known for his role in the popular sitcom, Clinic Matters, became an even more popular star after his “gerarahere” tag line became … Read more
Organisers of Big Brother Naija have announced June 2019 as the kick-off date for the season 4 of the reality TV show. Scheduled to be filmed in Nigeria for the first time, the fourth season of the widely followed reality TV show will air for the duration of 90 days while other details are being … Read more
Days after “Amin” singer, Dammy Krane, seem to suggest internet fraudsters known as Yahoo boys are the promoters of Nigerian music, rapper, Vector, has weighed in on the raging debate. In his own opinion, the Lagos Island-bred 34-year-old musician said he can never judge the perpetrators of internet fraudsters. “I support anything any man does … Read more
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto has declared Monday as the first day of Ramadan fast in Nigeria. Indonesian Muslims pray on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan at the Baiturrahman Mosque in Banda Aceh, in Aceh province, on May 5, 2019. Abubakar announced the citing of the new crescent … Read more
President Buhari this evening arrived Nigeria after a 10-day visit to the United Kingdom. He departed Nigeria on April 25th. He was received at the airport by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Boss Mustapha and other government functionaries. See more photos below
As Muslim faithfuls begin the annual Ramadan fast on Monday, The Commander-General of Kano sharia police known as Hisbah, Nabahani Usman says his men will begin to arrest adults who are seen eating in public. Usman said arrested persons would only be released if they can provide an exemption letter from a medical doctor or the person … Read more
Unknown gunmen have abducted the Permanent Secretary in the Taraba State Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs. Susana Jonathan. According to reports, she was kidnapped in her house around the ATC area of Jalingo at about 2:17am on Sunday. This is coming barely five days after the Deputy Registrar of the Taraba State University Jalingo, Mr. … Read more
At least one person has died after a passenger plane erupted into flames during an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia. The Aeroflot aircraft burst into flames at Sheremetyevo airport after hitting the runway this evening. Video shared on Russian news channel Rossiya-24 showed the plane, a Sukhoi SSJ-100 regional jet, landing with large flames … Read more
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has appealed to the Nigerian Air Force to end attacks along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The governor made this appeal on Saturday during the inauguration of military detachment base built by the Force in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state as part of the effort to end armed banditry … Read more
Boko Haram fighters on Friday engaged operatives of the Operation Lafiya Dole, killing five soldiers in a fierce battle that ensued after the terrorists attacked the military base in Magumeri, Borno State. According to a statement by its spokesman, Colonel Ezindu Idima, the army said the insurgents came in numbers to infiltrate Magumeri in order … Read more
The President of the United Nations General Assembly, María Garces will be in Nigeria tomorrow on a working visit. In a statement by the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Friday Akpan, Garces and her delegation will be received into the country by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations … Read more
The Nigerian Army yesterday said it has noted with great concern efforts by some unpatriotic individuals, groups and foreign interests determined to cause mischief and exacerbate the security situation in this country in particular and West African Sub-region. The spokesman of the Army, Colonel Sagir Musa made this known in a statement without being specific, … Read more
Britain’s two biggest parties said there was renewed impetus Saturday to find a compromise on Brexit after taking a battering in local elections from voters exasperated by the impasse. Prime Minister Theresa May’s governing centre-right Conservatives had a disastrous result, losing more than a thousand seats in the English local authority polls. But the left-wing … Read more
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for the opposition’s local election victory in Istanbul to be declared invalid and the vote re-run, increasing the pressure on the country’s electoral authorities. “Clearly, there were irregularities and corruption,” Erdogan said in a speech at a business leaders’ meeting. “If the Supreme Electoral Council could dissipate … Read more
The UN Security Council will hold a first informal meeting on Cameroon this month to discuss a worsening humanitarian crisis that has left three million people struggling for food. The United States is organizing the May 13 meeting after persuading African countries on the council to drop their initial reluctance to talks on the two-year … Read more