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Kennedy Boboye says Akwa United is battle ready for their next NPFL match against Kwara United. Akwa United will entertain Kwara United at the Ilorin Township stadium in one Wednesday’s Nigeria professional football league fixtures. The Promise Keepers recorded their first win of the season against Abia Warriors and Boboye said they are hoping to […]

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil said he drew inspiration from former Nigeria international Austine Okocha while growing up. Ozil made this known during a question and answer session with his fans on social media on Monday night. Okocha was one of the best playmaker in the German Bundesliga during his time with Eintracht Frankfurt and one […]

BFC Daugavpils center back Joshua Akpudje said his dream is to play in the English Premier league and possibly for Manchester United. Akpudje has been a revelation since moving to the Latvian Virsliga last year from NPFL side MFM FC. The 22-year-old played a prominent role in BFC Daugavpils’ success last season and was tipped […]

Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images Crouch sealed the Reds’ fate when picked Manchester United. Instead of a match against lower level competition on the fourth round of the FA Cup, Liverpool ended up pulling another game against their rivals Manchester United. And it’s all Peter Crouch’s fault. Ok, ok, not really. But the former Liverpool […]

A file photo of the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu.   The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the redeployment of 21 Commissioners of Police to new commands and formations across the country. This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Aremu Adeniran. Nine […]

The Director in the Centre for Infectious Disease Research, Bayero University Kano, Professor Isa Sadeeq-Abubakar, says the number of COVID-19 cases reported daily in Nigeria is not a true representation of the situation in the country. He said this on Tuesday, during an interview on Channels Television’s News At 10, while defending the need for […]

The four soldiers and the another said to have killed a 12-year-old boy appear before the 7 Division General Court Marshal in Borno State on January 12, 2021.   Four soldiers have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from one to four years for torturing a civilian to death. The erring soldiers are Sani Ishaya, […]

     Deputy Chairman, Alliance for Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond, (ASCAB), Sina Odugbemi, says it is safer for students to remain at home to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19. While admitting that by remaining at home, the students are losing time, he believes that the risk of sending them back to school, […]

A file photo of Golden Eaglets players representing Nigeria at the ongoing WAFU U-17 Cup tournament in Lome, Togo.   Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have qualified for the semi-finals of the WAFU U-17 Cup tournament taking place in Lome, Togo. The five-time world champions advanced to the next round on Tuesday after Group B leaders – […]

   Deputy Chairman, Alliance for Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond, (ASCAB), Sina Odugbemi, has challenged the Federal Government to do better in its handling of COVID-19 cases in the country. Narrating a personal experience, Odugbemi said he had run a test and three months after, he was yet to receive the results. “In the […]

A map of Ogun, a state in south-west Nigeria.   Two persons said to be husband and wife have been killed in an accident along the Sagamu-Ogijo Road in Ogun State. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this to reporters on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the state […]

A file photo of President Muhammadu Buhari.   Ninety-five career ambassadors and non-career ambassadors-designate are to be posted to various Nigerian missions abroad, the Federal Government has said. This follows the approval of the posting of the envoys by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday by […]