In picture above: Soccer Football – Premier League – Chelsea v Manchester United – Stamford Bridge, London, Britain – November 28, 2021 Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes in action with Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs Nov 28 (Reuters) – Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier League was cut to a point Read More…
Nov 28 (Reuters) – Frank Williams, founder and former boss of a team that bore his name and that still ranks as one of the most dominant and successful in the history of Formula One, died on Sunday at the age of 79. The sport’s chief executive Stefano Domenicali, a former boss of rivals Ferrari, Read More…
Even though no Nigerian has tested positive for the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, they cannot enter Indonesia as from Monday. This is because Indonesia has said that it will ban the entry of travellers who have been to eight African countries including Nigeria. It will also extend quarantine times for all arrivals Read More…
Over 12 tonnes of “Loud’’ Indian hemp smuggled into Lagos from a neighbouring country through the waterways have been intercepted. Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, who said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, described the drug as a strong variant of Indian hemp. Babafemi said that 12,385 Read More…
Traffic will be diverted on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for six days beginning from Monday. This was announced by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, in a statement on Sunday. Popoola said traffic will be diverted to enable Julius Berger, the contractor handling Section One of the project, to lay asphalt between Arepo Read More…
BOLA AHMED TINUBU is a redoubtable politician and one of the most dexterous political acrobats in the circus called Nigerian politics. Like him or loathe him, you deceive yourself if you say he is not consequential in determining who becomes Nigeria’s next president in 2023. Right now, Tinubu is one of the issues in Nigerian Read More…
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor, has disclosed plans to deliver 50 MegaWatt of electricity for 20 hours daily to residents through the Lagos State Electricity Policy. The governor made this known in a statement on Saturday signed by Mr Kayode Oyekanmi, Director Public Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives (MCIC). Sanwo-Olu said the development Read More…
In picture above: Montage L-R: Gubernatorial Aspirants – Asuquo Ekpenyong, Prince Bassey Otu, Arthur-Jarvis Archibong, Sen. Gershom Bassey, Prof. Sandy Onor By Efiom Okpo The political dynamic in Cross River State is, to say the least, now becoming difficult to understand. Ordinarily, it would be easy to predict the political climate in the State but Read More…
Lagos will go agog from Friday, Dec. 17 to Saturday, Dec. 18 when it hosts a music concert tagged, “Thrillerbandz@Theatre” billed for the National Theatre, Lagos. The organisers, Evergreen Music Company, say that “not less than 50 live bands are expected to showcase their musical appeal to thrill, pleasure and dazzle the audience and African Read More…
Lagos is expected to experience isolated thunderstorms on Friday. Other cities that will experience similar weather are Asaba, Yenagoa, Calabar and Uyo. For the rest of the country, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness from Friday to Sunday. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja predicted sunny and hazy skies Read More…