Lagos, Oct. 31, 2021 (NAN) Abuja Rubicon, a polo team, has returned to winning ways defeating defending Champions, El Amin, by 9 to 6-goals to win its third FirstBank sponsored Georgian Cup. Mr Pisu Eromosele, media coordinator, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. The tournament, which held in Kaduna on Saturday Read More…
Oct 30 (Reuters) – Chelsea moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League after Manchester City lost 2-0 at home to Crystal Palace and Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw by Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. Manchester United repaired some of the damage from their 5-0 hammering by Liverpool last Read More…
Lagos, Oct. 30, 2021 (NAN) Hundreds of Igbos in Lagos State on Saturday celebrated Igbo Day to promote and preserve their culture and traditions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event held at the Ejigbo Mini Stadium in Oshodi-Isolo council area. The event featured Igbo cultural displays and launching of 2022 Calendar Read More…
Woe unto thee O land whose destiny is ruled by superstitions instead of production, thou shall continue to be vassals of the diligent, hewers of water and fetchers of firewood for the household of your former enslavers. Granted that the history of the black man has been tempestuous, but contemporary happenings indicate that the future Read More…
An official of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has said that Lagos Blue rail lines will be operational by Dec. 31, 2022. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Railway Engineer of LAMATA, Mr Joseph Akinpelu, said this when he led 57 Students of Leisure and Tourism Management (LTM), Yaba College of Read More…
The 26th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, popularly known as COP26, takes place between 31st October and 12th November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. It is happening at a time when the world has just experienced one of the warmest years on record. The year 2020 reached Read More…
Renowned music curator and founder of Evergreen Musical Company, Femi Esho, is 75. His daughter and CEO, Bimbo Esho, in celebrating this milestone is profuse with adjectives to describe her father: “Cerebral, charismatic, handsome, humorous, jovial, polished, refined, smooth, suave, urbane, trailblazer.” Esho is commonly called, Baba Musician, Baba Awon Elere, or Professor of Music. Read More…
In picture above: A general view shows customers and employees inside a mobile phone service centre operated by Kenyan telecom operator Airtel Kenya at the Sarit Centre within the Westlands district of Nairobi, Kenya January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya NAIROBI, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Airtel Africa expects a boost from growing demand for mobile broadband Read More…
Lagos, Oct. 28, 2021 (NAN) Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been named the ”Best Nigerian Governor in Internal Audit Transformation”, by the Institute of Internal Auditors of Nigeria. The award was in appreciation and recognition of the governor’s significant transformation of the internal audit function in the state. The award was received by Read More…
PM, Ministers detained The fragile civilian-military power sharing arrangement in Sudan seems to have come to an end as the military has effectively effected a coup d’etat. Agency reports say that soldiers on Monday arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet and many pro-government party leaders in an apparent military coup. This throws the Read More…