Nigeria’s Olumide Oyedeji has been elected Secretary General of the World Olympians Association after polling 55 votes out of the 106 valid votes cast. He secured 51.89 per cent of the votes to defeat Salvador Salguero of El Salvador and…
By Daniel Abia, Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has commenced its electronic membership registration exercise, setting a target of more than five million new members across the state. The Rivers State Chairman of the party,…
Filmmaker and producer Kunle Afolayan has cast Portuguese movie star Pedro Teixeira and the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in his upcoming film, “Anikulapo: The Ghoul Awakens.” Afolayan disclosed this while unveiling the…
—Commends LASG’s support By Henry Ojelu LAGOS—The Court of Appeal has deployed 40 Justices to Lagos in a special sitting aimed at clearing a backlog of appeals, with 360 cases listed for hearing before 16 panels constituted for the exercise.…
There is a script heaven authored for your life. Purpose is not random; it is written. When you align with what God wrote, life ceases to be guesswork and becomes guided work. Stop striving on the world’s terms. Seek God’s…
Eleven schoolchildren were killed on Monday morning when a minibus collided with a truck in a city south of Johannesburg, South African media reported. Five other pupils sustained “critical injuries” in the incident in the industrial city of Vanderbijlpark and…
The Enugu State Government has reconstituted a 20-member the Neighbourhood Watch for the Nomeh Unateze community in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state as part of the efforts to strengthen security at the grassroots. Speaking at the event…
Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid exit was a surprise but also predictable from the European giants known for cut-throat coaching decisions. Former Real midfielder Alonso lasted less than eight months in the Bernabeu dugout, leaving…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino condemned “some Senegal players” for the “unacceptable scenes” which overshadowed their victory in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final when they walked off the pitch in protest at a penalty awarded to Morocco. “We strongly condemn…
The Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development has dismissed claims by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) that the federal government established a gold refinery in Lagos in violation of the federal character principle. It said the allegations contained in a…