FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has called on Russia and Ukraine to enter into a one month ceasefire during the World Cup in Qatar.Infantino told leaders at a summit of the G20 group of major economies in Indonesia that the World Cup provided a “unique platform” for peace and unity because ...
A federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, adjourned, indefinitely, the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in terrorism charges brought against him by Federal Government. Justice Binta Nyako put off the trial, indefinitely, at the instance of Kanu, pending the resolution ...
Court, sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has cancelled the governoship primary election of the All Progressive Congress, APC, party, held on May 26, 2022, and ordered a new exercise. Meanwhile, a chieftain of the APC in the state, Eseme Eyiboh, has expressed dissatisfaction with the order that disqualified Udofia. ...
The MTV EMA’s 2022 awards were held at the weekend with Nigerian music star bagging the Best African Art award. Burna won the award ahead of other nominees including Ayra Starr (Nigeria), BlackSherif (Ghana), Musa Keys (South Africa) and Zuchu (Tanzania) following a widely successful 2022. Here is, however, a ...
Nigeria’s World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan has made the five finalists for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year 2022 Award, according to a statement released by the World Athletics on Monday. The names of the five finalists for Women’s World Athlete of the Year were ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has denied authoring a statement on allegations of drug trafficking made against the ruling All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi told our Correspondent that the statement was fake. The said statement ...
UN Deputy Secretary- General, Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed says the growth of terrorism is a major threat to international peace and security currently felt most keenly in Africa. Mohammed said this on Thursday while briefing the Security Council at the UN headquarters on behalf of the Secretary-General António Guterres. Terrorists and ...
Nigerian Afrobeat superstar Davido has postponed his ‘A.W.A.Y’ Atalanta music festival to November 18, 2023. The postponement was announced a few days after the singer lost his son, Ifeanyi. The concert was originally slated for November 18 this year. We have made the difficult but necessary decision to postpone A.W.A.Y ...
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that he is highly connected to the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors. Mohammed, who said this on Wednesday when the aggrieved governors paid him a solidarity visit in Bauchi, said he shared his fears and worries with the governors during the visit. ...
L-R Segun Adeyina, Gabe Okoye, Solomon Adesanya, Tish Naghise, Phil Olaleye, Carol Kazeem, Oye Owolewa and Esther Agbaje Eight Nigerian-American politicians have emerged winners in their respective elective posts in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and the District of Columbia (DC) in the ongoing US midterm elections. They are Segun Adeyina, Gabe ...
