Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski may have his chance at a 2021 global football award after being short-listed for the Best FIFA Men’s Player award by soccer’s world governing body on Friday. Paris St Germain forward Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah were also shortlisted. Lewandowski, who won the award in 2020, scored a Bundesliga Read More…
In picture above: Supporters of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic and pro-refugee protestors rally outside the Park Hotel, where the star athlete is believed to be held while he stays in Australia, in Melbourne, Australia, January 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders Tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic will not be the only one being deported from Australia. Read More…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that Nigeria is working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. He disclosed this in a televised interview on Thursday. “We are working very hard with the Ministry of Health to develop vaccines,” Buhari said in the interview broadcast on NTA. “We shouldn’t make noise about it until we succeed.” Nigeria, Read More…
Nigerians will be paying a lot more for their fizzy drinks. This is because there is a new policy on sugar control, and because the Federal Government is increasing its revenue base to include more non-oil products. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Nigerian Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said the Federal Government has introduced Read More…
Unless our summations are wrong, the Federal Government may impose a six-per cent tax on turnover of non-resident blue-chip digital companies who sell products to Nigerian residents. These may affect companies such as Alphabet (owners of Google), Apple inc., Meta (owners of Facebook), Twitter, and PayPal who render online services to Nigerian residents. On Wednesday, Read More…
After much dilly-dallying over the issue, the Federal Government is now ready to call bandits by the name ‘terrorists’. This move is contained in an official gazette on the proscription of banditry in Nigeria released by the Federal Government on Wednesday. This was disclosed by Dr Umar Gwandu, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Read More…
Parties in the Magodo/Shangisha land dispute met on Wednesday as a way towards resolving the matter. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement, indicated that the meeting held at the Lagos House, Ikeja, was chaired by the State Governor, Mr Babajide Olusola-Sanwo-Olu. Stakeholders in attendance included the Judgment Creditors (Shangisha Read More…
Jan 4 (Reuters) – Seven-times Grand Slam doubles champion Jamie Murray was among those to question the decision to grant world number one Novak Djokovic a medical exemption from getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to compete at the Australian Open. read more Djokovic, gunning for a 10th title at Melbourne Park later this month, Read More…
2022-01-05 06:52:35 GMT+00:00 – (Reuters) – LeBron James and Malik Monk combined for 55 points, including five 3-pointers in a fourth-quarter rally that allowed the host Los Angeles Lakers to overtake the Sacramento Kings 122-114 on Tuesday night. James finished with a game-high 31 points and Monk had 24 as the Lakers won a third Read More…
Nigeria’s police cannot account for thousands of firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles, an audit report published by the auditor general of the federation on Tuesday has shown. The report of missing firearms creates concern in a country fighting growing insecurity from Islamist insurgents in the northeast and armed kidnappings and banditry in the north and Read More…