World football governing body, FIFA, has confirmed it has paid Nigerian Football Federation the outstanding $700,000 owed to the Super Falcons for participation in the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria’s women’s team, the Super Falcons participated in the Women’s World cup in June 2019 and as at February 2020 had not received payment of $1m […]
Mixed martial arts fighter, Conor McGregor has announced he is retiring from the sport at the age of 31. The two-division UFC World Champion made the announcement via his Twitter account on Sunday morning. This is not the first time the controversial Irish fighter is announcing his retirement ffrom the sport. In March 2019, he […]
Residents of Surulere in Lagos have taken to social media to raise an alarm of their community being overtaken by debris after last night’s rain. While some Twitter users called out the Lagos state government over an alleged poor drainage and poor waste disposal system in the community, others lashed out at residents of the area for […]
The Chancellor of the Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, has advised the government not to reopen schools, churches, mosques and similar institutions until a permanent solution is found to the problem. According to him, the reopening of schools and religious gatherings without having a cure or vaccine for coronavirus would bring about […]
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced the resumption of clinical trials of the anti-malaria drug – Hydroxychloroquine – to determine its efficacy in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. It concluded that there was no cogent reason to halt the drug use for trial based on review of available data by its Safety […]
As the Premier League football is set to return on June 17 after its hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the fixtures for the next three rounds of matches in the 2019/20 season with dates and kick-off times have been announced. Aston Villa vs Sheffield United at 6pm – and Manchester City vs Arsenal at 8pm […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has updated the list of approved post-graduate awarding institutions in Nigeria. The commission said it observed that some Nigerian universities are running unapproved post-graduate programmes, leading to the award of Masters and PhD degrees. “The commission has also observed some parastatals and institutes awarding these same post-graduate degrees, either on […]
The leader of Al-Qaeda’s north Africa affiliate in the Islamic Maghreb has been killed in a French military operation following a seven-year hunt. Abdelmalek Droukdel and members of his inner circle of the terrorist group were killed on Wednesday during an operation in Mali, where thousands of French troops have been deployed to battle the jihadist groups in the area. French Defence […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has requested that worship centres be allowed to go beyond one hour. The association stated this during a meeting with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), in Abuja on Thursday. CAN’s General Secretary Joseph Daramola said the one hour timing would not be enough for services, adding that it […]