West Ham underlined their Premier League top-four credentials with a 4-1 win against 10-man Aston Villa on Sunday. Ben Johnson scored early for the visitors only to see Ollie Watkins…
Month: October 2021
Serie A: Correa Hits Double As Inter Milan Down Udinese 2-0
Joaquin Correa’s slick second-half double earned Inter Milan a 2-0 win over Udinese in Serie A on Sunday to consolidate the defending champions’ hold on third place. The Argentina international…
Atlético Madrid vs Real Betis: Carrasco Inspires Atletico To Victory
Yannick Carrasco’s blistering strike set Atletico Madrid on the way to a 3-0 victory over Real Betis in La Liga on Sunday, keeping the reigning champions within two points of…
Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kidnap Travellers In Delta
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly kidnapped a-yet-to-be ascertained number of travellers along the popular Sapele-Warri Road in Delta State. Witnesses claimed that the incident occurred on Saturday. But the Delta…
Anambra: 76,104 Voters In Five LGAs May Mot Vote, Says YIAGA
Yiaga Africa, an election watch group, has said about 76,104 voters in six Local Government Areas of Anambra State risk disenfranchisement in next Saturday’s governorship election. The group said voters…
BREAKING: Ortom Visits Orji Kalu In Abuja, Details Unknown
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday evening visited the Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, in his Queen…
EX-SGF Eyes Presidency, Govs Dump Oyinlola As PDP Deputy Chair
•Ex-Osun governor banks on non-PDP states’ delegates for victory •Nineteen contestants elected unopposed in Abuja •It’s not easy keeping party together, says Tambuwal A former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim,…
Security Agents Rescue Expatriate In Bayelsa, One Kidnapper Killed
The Bayelsa State Police Command said on Saturday that security operatives had rescued a foreign national, who was abducted by a gang of gunmen at a construction site along the…
NBA, PANDEF, Others Condemn Justice Odili’s House Invasion, AGF Orders Probe
Condemnations from several quarters, on Saturday, trailed the invasion of the Abuja residence of Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili by security agencies on Friday. Among those who condemned the invasion…
Northern States Owe NECO N2.8bn, Exam Body Laments
The National Examinations Council has said that the northern state governments owe it examination fees of N2.8bn. The Registrar and Chief Executive of the council, Dantani Wushishi, made the disclosure…
Senate Asks NSPM To Reinstate Worker Sacked In 2008
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has directed the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc to reinstate a worker sacked in 2008, Philip Kemdel, and pay him…
Groups Seek End To Irregular Migration, Human Trafficking
The International Organisation for Migration, the National Agency for Prohibition and Trafficking in Persons, and the Women’s Board have agreed to support efforts at combating irregular migration and human trafficking…
Lagos High Court Orders 29 Suspects, Ship’s Detention Over Cocaine Importation
The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the application by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for the interim attachment of a vessel, MV Chayaneenaree, allegedly used to import…
Anambra: Umeoji Joins APC, Says APGA Now Minority Party
A former factional candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance for the November 6, Anambra governorship election, Chukwuma Umeoji, has defected to the All Progressives Congress, a week to the…
BREAKING: EFCC Speratives Storm Supreme Court Judge’s Home Amids Odili Probe
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday stormed the Maitama home of Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili, in Abuja, The PUNCH can confirm. It was learnt…
I Haven’t Decided On Super Eagles Return -Ighalo
Striker Odion Ighalo is undecided on his return to the Super Eagles. The President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, had hinted that Ighalo may return two years after…
Three Crowns Shapes Nigerians Up For End-Of-Year, begins 30-Day Fitness Challenge
As the last quarter of the year 2021 gathers momentum; and Nigerians, both at home and abroad are counting down to the end of the year, Three Crowns milk, the…
Yoruba Nation: What Buhari Told Me About Sunday Igboho -Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has regretted the detention of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, in Benin Republic. In an interview with BBC,…
Allow Kanu Access To Personal Physicians, Cousin Urges FG
Fresh concern over Nnamdi Kanu’s health has led a cousin of his to plead with the Federal Government to grant the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra access to…
Afe Babalola Hails ABUAD As Varsity Performs First Kidney Transplant
The Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Wednesday thumbed up the university’s multi-system hospital for the various exploits it had been doing since establishment, saying it…
Rivers Man In Police Net For Sexually Assaulting Underage Boys
A 27-year-old suspected homosexual identified only as Ekpeye has been arrested for allegedly fondling the private parts of two boys on Ekwulobia Street, Mile 3, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.…
75 Laptops, Seven Cars Recovered From Abuja Vehicle Buglers
The police in Abuja have arrested suspected thieves who break into cars to steal valuables. The Federal Capital Territory Police Command stated that it recovered 75 laptops, among other items,…
329 Arrested, 32 Behicles Seized As Police Enforce Containment Order
The Katsina State Police Command on Tuesday said 329 people were arrested for allegedly violating various measures put in place by the state government to tackle insecurity in the state.…
German Cup: Dortmund Beat Ingolstadt 2-0 To Advance
Thorgan Hazard netted twice as holders Borussia Dortmund advanced in the German Cup Tuesday with a 2-0 home win over Ingolstadt without striker Erling Braut Haaland, who is sidelined by…
Rise And Fall Of Oriental Brothers International Band – NAF STARS.
A highlife band from Eastern Nigeria, the original Orientals were formed by the Opara brothers Warrior, Dan Satch and Godwin Kabaka in 1972. By the end of the decade, the…
E-naira Can Revive Nigeria’s Economy Within Two Years – Archbishop Sam Zuga
Popular cleric, Archbishop Sam Zuga has applauded President Buhari and Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele for unveiling Africa’s first digital currency. Sam Zuga said the new digital currency…
ICYMI: Court Unfreezes Accounts Blocked By CBN For Cryptocurrency Trading
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has vacated with immediate effect an interim order through which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) froze the bank accounts in two banks…
Arsenal vs Leeds United: Chambers Helps Gunners Reach Carabao Cup Quarter-Finals
Calum Chambers scored with his first touch after coming on as a substitute to help Arsenal secure a 2-0 victory over Leeds in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.…
Abia State: Ikpeazu Swears In 27 Commissioners
Abia State Governor,Okezie Ikpeazu, swore in 27 commissioners in Umuahia on Tuesday with a charge to make meaningful contributions to the growth and development of the state. He said at…
Anambra Poll: Enforce Vehicular Movement Restriction, Oyeyemi Orders FRSC Operatives
Operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps have been ordered to enforce vehicular movement restriction during the Anambra governorship election. This was contained in a statement by the Corps Public…
Protesting Ex-Agitators Barricade Ayade’s Office Over Unpaid ‘Settlement’, Reject N.5m Gift
Some ex-agitators on Monday stormed the Governor’s office in Calabar to demand payment of the money allegedly promised them in 2018 after they laid down their arms in exchange for…
N780m Fraud: Ex-SGF Anyim Spends Second Night In EFCC Cell
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, has spent the second night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja, where he was…
Former South Korean President, Roh Tae-woo, Dies At 88
Former South Korean president, Roh Tae-woo has died at the aged of 88, according to his aides. The aides said that Roh, who served as president from 1988 to 1993,…
Buhari Arrives In Saudi Arabia For Investment Summit
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will be attending the Future Investment Initiative Institute conference. Senior Special Adviser to the…
One Killed, Another Injured In Akwa Ibom Auto Crash
One person is said to have been killed and another injured in a motor accident which occurred on Monday along the IBB way, near Women Development Centre, Uyo. The accident…
Football: Don’t Bring Back Ighalo, Fans Tell Pinnick
NIGERIAN fans have questioned the desire of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation to bring back striker Odion Ighalo to the Super Eagles. Ighalo quit the Eagles two years…
Kogi: Bread Sellers Beg For Spaces To Sell Product
The Chairman, Association of Bakers, Gabriel Adeniyi, has appealed to the Kogi State Government to reconsider its decision to chase away bread sellers from their selling points in the Lokoja…
Ebonyi Man Machetes Sister-In-Law, Two Others To Death
A middle-aged man, Chibuike Ochie, has allegedly killed his sister-in-law, younger sister and a laborer in Uburu community, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The Police Public Relations…
FG To Unveil Her Cryptocurrency eNaira On Monday, Says CBN
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will formally unveil the Nigerian Central Bank Digital Currency, known as the eNaira, on Monday, at the State House, Abuja. The Director, Corporate…
Otedola Acquires Major Stake In FBN Holdings
FBN Holdings Plc has announced that the Chairman of Calvados Global Services Limited, Mr Femi Otedola has acquired substantial shareholding in the company. FBN Holdings made the announcement in a…
Igboho: Your Conduct As AGF Unexemplary, Afenifere Slams Malami
The Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has slammed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami over his conduct as the first law officer of the…
Former Delta Speaker, Lawmakers, Others Defect To PDP
Former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, alongside other past lawmakers, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. This was announced on Saturday by the State…
Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim: Lewandowski, Gnabry Score To Keep Bayern Top Of Bundesliga
Robert Lewandowski stated his case for the Ballon d’Or by scoring his 10th Bundesliga goal in nine games this season for leaders Bayern Munich in a 4-0 romp at home…
Tributes As Pele Celebrates 81st Birthday
Pele celebrated his 81st birthday on Saturday, apparently in good shape, despite his fragile health after a month in hospital following the discovery of a tumor in September. “My birthday…
Cardiff Fires Coach McCarthy After Eighth Straight Defeat
Cardiff have sacked manager Mick McCarthy following their 2-0 home defeat to Middlesbrough on Saturday – their eighth loss in as many games. The latest setback means the Bluebirds have…
Wike, Fayemi, Makinde Grace Fayose Son’s Wedding
…My political rift with Fayose, over -Makinde Rivers State of Governor, Nyesom Wike; Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi and their Oyo states counterpart, Seyi Makinde and other high profile dignitaries…
Genk Demand Spurs Pay £20m For Onuachu
ENGLISH Premier League side, Tottenham Hotspur, have been told to pay £20m by Genk for the service of Nigeria international Paul Onuachu. The North London club managed to keep their…
#EndSARS: Lagos Suspends Officers For bBrutalising Uber Driver
The General Manager, Lagos State Neighborhood Safty Agency, Ifalade Oyekan, has suspended two officers for brutalising an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, when security agents clamped down on protesters marking the…