On his return to Russia Sunday, five months after he left in a coma from a near-fatal poisoning, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny made it as far as border control. Before Navalny’s passport could even be stamped, police officers at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport surrounded and detained him. He gave his wife a […]Read More
Lionel Messi lost his cool after another Barcelona collapse on Sunday, hitting an opponent away from the ball and being sent off for the first time while playing with the Catalan club in the team’s 3-2 loss to Athletic Bilbao in the final of the Spanish Super Cup. Inaki Williams’ goal in extra time gave […]Read More
Manchester United maintained their three-point advantage over Liverpool at the top of the Premier League but were denied a famous win at Anfield by Alisson Becker’s heroics in a 0-0 draw on Sunday. Liverpool remain third after failing to score for a third straight league game, but were grateful to their Brazilian goalkeeper to extend […]Read More
It comes after the 32-year-old said his goodbyes to his Gunners teammates at the club’s London Colney training ground on Saturday. Ozil has travelled to Turkey ahead of a medical, with the formalities expected in the coming days. Speaking to NTV, Ozil said: “I am so happy. I’m a Fenerbahce fan. God wanted me to […]Read More
The Senate Public Account Committee has described as unacceptable the payment of N98.4m by the Petroleum Resources Ministry for the printing of leaflets.The flyers, according to the 2015 Auditor-General for the Federation’s report, was meant to create awareness campaign for the Petroleum Industrial Bill. The report, currently being scrutinized by the National Assembly, also […]Read More
The Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria has announced that the 38th edition of the Ramat Cup will hold from February 5 to13 at the Kano Pillars Stadium, Kano. According to a statement by the federation signed by its National Secretary, Patrick Okpavuerhe, preparations for the championship will start with the state play- offs, which is […]Read More
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will on Monday January 18, 2021 lead members of the Lagos State Executive Council to make a strong pitch to British businesses and policy makers in a new push to attract Foreign Direct Investment into Nigeria and Lagos State in particular. Sanwo-Olu will present business opportunities in Nigeria and […]Read More
The Defence Headquarters of the Nigerian military said the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed additional seven gun trucks, and eliminated scores of ISWAP terrorists who attempted to reinforce attack at Marte, in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, John Enenche, in a statement on Sunday, said the success came after the […]Read More
Head of the Media Unit of the university, Mrs Olufadeke Akinleye, however, said the institution would commence online classes on the announced date due to the second wave of COVID-19. But a few days after the institution released its revised academic calendar, a report surfaced online that the students are expected to pay N50,000 for […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of tenure for seven managing directors of the river basin development authorities. The president also approved the appointment of new managing directors for two other river basin development authorities. Mrs Kenechukwu Offie, Director, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Water Resources made this known in a […]Read More