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The Head Coach of the Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles, Mondher Kebaier, has said his players were determined to win the Round of 16 clash with Super Eagles regardless of the absence of some players due to COVID. He stated this during the press conference after the 1-0 victory over the Super Eagles. “As we said before, […]

The posters of former President Goodluck Jonathan are currently in some part of Lagos State and Abuja. According to the information on the posters, which have the inscription, “Please Run, Nigerians Are Calling Again”, a group known as Greater Nigeria Ambassadors (GRENA), are behind them. Although Jonathan is yet to throw his hat into the […]

Nigerian football legend, Austin ”Jay Jay” Okocha has said Tunisia outclassed Super Eagles with tactics. Tunisia shocked Nigeria on Sunday to set up an Africa Cup of Nations last-eight showdown. Veteran Youssef Msakni scored two minutes into the second half to give previously unimpressive Tunisia a 1-0 second-round triumph over 10-man Nigeria in Garoua. Okocha […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, declared that there is no going back on his decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and partisan politics. Obasanjo, who was twice elected president on PDP platform, renounced his membership of the party, when he fell out with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in the buildup to the 2015 […]

Lagos State has declared an end to the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered by the Omicron variant. Speaking to Channels Television, State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi said the government was now focused on getting more people to take the Covid vaccines. “We are now out of the fourth wave, we don’t […]

The Confederation of African Football has named Nigeria’s interim coach Augustine Eguavoen the best manager at the group stage of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. The 56-year-old led Nigeria to three straight victories against Egypt, Sudan, and Guinea Bissau in Group D. In doing so, Eguavoen who won the 1994 edition as a player, equalled his […]

Businessman and socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, kept to his promise as he has offered a letter of scholarship to Jeremiah Ekumah. A few days ago, Ekuma, a young hawker, was caught on camera in the Ajah area of Lagos, giving money to persons who were being transported to prison in a […]

The police in Kano State have arrested the abductors and killers of five-year old Hanifa Abubakar, a pupil of Noble Kids Academy in Kwanar Dakata, Nassarawa local government area of Kano State. The principal suspect, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, 30, who turns out to be the victim’s teacher, had initially demanded N6 million ransom for her […]

Former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, has disowned recent presidential campaign posters that flooded Aba and Umuahia, saying he had no more political ambition since he would quit politics after serving out his present term in 2023. He said he would not go back on his words and blamed fifth columnists and his political […]

Aliko Dangote recorded a boost of as much as $1.3 billion in his fortune in the year to January 21, a period that was a blessing to investment for shareholders of his cement firm, Dangote Cement Plc. At $20.4 billion according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index on Friday, the wealth of Africa’s richest man now approaches the value […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been promised $250,000 by Femi Otedola if they lift the 2021 AFCON trophy. The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who was at the Super Eagles’ Hotel la Rabidou camp in Garoua alongside business moguls, Otedola and Aliko Dangote on Wednesday, made the announcement. They visited the team’s camp at […]