A 39-year-old former Nigerian striker, Akeem Omolade, has been found dead in his vehicle in the Italian city of Palermo.Omolade, who spent his entire career in the Southern European country, was found dead on Monday in a Peugeot car.He was found dead in his car days after complaining of pain in his legs.The Kaduna-born football Read More…
Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has become the first player to win for the fifth time the African Player of the Year award at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards. Oshoala warded off competition from Cameroonian Ajara Nchout Njoya and Zambia’s Grace Chanda to win her fifth women’s title at the CAF Awards ceremony in Rabat, Read More…
The Miners Association Nigeria has condemned the Federal Government’s plan to ban mining activities in the country, saying it would render thousands of youths jobless and further worsen the insecurity.The National Security Council on Thursday announced that it was considering the nationwide ban on motorcycles and mining activities to check crime. The meeting presided over Read More…
The top three trending people in Nigeria in the first half of the year are Peter Obi, Vladimir Putin and Bianca Ojukwu, according to Google Nigeria. The online search engine giant disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Google processes more than 40 000 search queries every second. It translates to more than a billion Read More…
Security operatives chasing a Yahoo boy have reportedly shot dead a pupil and injured four others in Ogun State. The deceased was identified as an SS2 student while a passerby was said to be among those injured by stray bullets fired by the security operatives. The deceased, a 17-year-old student of Unity High School, Ago Read More…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, fixed November 1 to commence hearing on a suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court, in a ruling that Read More…
A 31-km redline passengers rail service from Oyingbo, Lagos State to Agbado in Ogun State is set to commence in the first quarter of 2023. Disclosing this during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the rail project between Ogun and Lagos States, the Secretary to the Ogun State Government (SSG) Tokunbo Talabi, noted Read More…
Lagos State Government has declared September 5, the resumption date for the first term of the 2022/2023 academic session in an effort to harmonise the calendar of public and private schools.The government made the disclosure in a statement signed by Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance in Lagos State Ministry of Education, on Thursday Read More…
There are over 30 illegal checkpoints existing within the Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports corridor where truckers are extorted up to N60,000 per trip, it has been revealed. Truck owners and drivers under the aegis of Association of Maritime Truck Owners, AMATO, made the allegation on Thursday. They identified the Apapa-TinCan port corridor as become Read More…
Heavy gunfire has been heard at the main military base outside Mali’s capital Bamako. The shooting began at around 5am local time on Friday but eased after about an hour. Afterwards, helicopters were seen heard circling above the base in the town of Kati, where mutinies in 2012 and 2020 led to successful coups. The Read More…
