The official draw for the 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup group phase will take place on Friday in Zurich, Switzerland. The FIFA Council Bureau announced this on Monday, while also reaffirming Argentina’s intention to host the competition from May 20 to June 11. Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are one of four African teams, along with Senegal, Read More…
The Board of Directors of the Edo State Football Association (FA) voted no confidence in its chairman, Roland Abu, on Monday, citing his alleged inability to deliver financial reports, among other difficulties. In a letter sent to the General Secretary on Monday, the board also informed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) of Abu’s dismissal. The Read More…
I have always been fascinated by the worldview and insights of old people— fellow mortals who have trodden these ever changing paths for so long that the story of their lives is the story of an era. I am doubly enthralled when such old people have impacted their societies and LIVED FOR SOMETHING. In a Read More…
The Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) says that some people in the state will have to go without water because an articulated vehicle broke some pipes and other valuables worth millions of naira. Eng. Muminu Badmus, who is in charge of the LWC, said this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. Badmus said that the Read More…
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal received a petition from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor). The party and Adediran want the APC and LP candidates disqualified for violating the Election Act 2022. The petitioners disputed the March 18 gubernatorial election’s results in the April 7 EPT/LAG/GOV/01/2023 Read More…
AS an aspirant in 2022, the President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, made a pilgrimage to Keffi, Nasarawa State. He needed the blessings of one of the most consummate and influential law professors the country has ever produced: Onje Gye-Wado. The latter from 1999, was for four years, Deputy Governor of Read More…
Our values as a people have broken down. There is no better place to witness the madness than social media where apparent cowards hide behind digital anonymity to cast aspersions on the integrity of their betters. It was sad seeing the kind of insults some misguided elements were flinging at Prof Wole Soyinka over his Read More…
Three people were slain by unidentified shooters at Gowon Estate, in the Ipaja area, according to the police headquarters in Lagos State. The incident was reported on Thursday by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson. The event took place at about 11.35 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Hundeyin. He said that the Gowon Estate Police Read More…
The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba Senior Staff Association has announced a partnership with the Federal Government Housing Loan Board (FGSHLB) and BROOKS Asset and Resources Ltd to provide members with low-cost homes. Speaking on the sidelines at the launch of the Senior Staff Association of University Teaching Hospital (SSAUTHRIAI) home ownership scheme held on Thursday Read More…
A joint venture between Vitol and Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund has been established to engage in a variety of carbon avoidance and removal initiatives, the fund announced on Wednesday. An initial $50 million had been pledged, according to the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), and both companies were in the process of making a final Read More…
