AFCON: Gernot Rohr highlights 2 major issues with Cameroon ahead clash with Nigeria
Gernot Rohr, a former handler of the Super Eagles, has highlighted two major problems with the Cameroon national team ahead of Saturday’s clash with Nigeria. […]
Month: January 2024
Ibadan Airport: Private jet carrying VIPs onboard overshoots runway (photos)
A private jet carrying 10 people, including VIPs, overshot the Ibadan airport runway in Oyo State capital. According to an excellent source, the event occurred on Friday at about 11 a.m. at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. The plane with the registration number N580KR missed the runway and skidded into a nearby bush. Firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were immediately deployed to the scene. But there was no […]
CAF reveals why Nigerian referees are not officiating at AFCON —
The Confederation of African Football has revealed why Nigerian referees are not selected to officiate at the Africa Cup of Nations and other football tournaments […]
Edo: Obaseki’s special adviser resigns
Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki‘s Special Adviser on Strategy, Performance, and Project Monitoring, Mrs. Sarah Ajose-Adeogun, aka Madam Sarah, has resigned. Ajose-Adeogun, a former Senior Manager with […]
Calabar reckless driver runs over journalist, wife
A senior journalist with Cross River Broadcasting Corporation, CRBC, Peter Okon, has been run over by a reckless driver. His two legs were crushed by […]
Plateau killings: CAN chairman snubs DHQ invitation, more corpses recovered
On Thursday, the Nigerian Police Force announced the discovery of ten corpses in various locations within the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. This came as Rev Timothy Daluk, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Plateau State’s Mangu Local Government Area, stated that he would not withdraw claims against troops involved in the incident and would not accept any military invitation. The Chairman of the CAN, Rev Daluk, was invited by Defence Headquarters over his recent comment against the military on the killing in […]
Rivers crisis: Wike not ready for peace – Clark tells Tinubu
Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark has conveyed to President Bola Tinubu that Nyesom Wike, the former governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the […]
AFCON’23: CAF ignores Super Eagles players in Group Stage Best 11
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named its Best X1 for the group stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations but didn’t include […]
Nigeria police recover N55m stolen from Mr Ibu, charge son, daughter to court
Detectives at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex in Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos, have successfully retrieved N55 million believed to have been withdrawn from the compromised […]
Atiku seeks Tinubu’s explanation, accountability over NNPC $3.3bn emergency loan
Tinubu’s administration owes Nigerians an explanation for the NNPC $3.3bn emergency loan In what appears to be a landmark economic decision of the Bola Tinubu-led […]
Edo: ‘Nobody can intimidate me’ – Shaibu vows
Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shaibu has said that nobody would intimidate him out of the September 21, 2024, governorship election. Shaibu said this […]
I never wanted to marry someone like my husband – Simi
Award-winning Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, better known as Simi, has talked about how her husband Adekunle Gold’s job might have made their relationship worse. The “Gone For […]
Transfer: Four clubs that can afford Osimhen, Football agent reveals
Football agent, Paolo Palermo, has named Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Liverpool as the four clubs that can afford Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen. […]
Abuja court sends suspended UNICAL professor, lawyer to Prison
A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the remand of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), […]
How insecurity can be terminated in the North, By Shettima, Sultan, Abdulsalami, Others
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says ending insecurity in the nation remains the cardinal agenda of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration. Shettima spoke at the opening […]