•African players in Europe A stunning goal by Democratic Republic of Congo forward Yoane Wissa helped Premier League strugglers Brentford draw 2-2 with Chelsea in a London derby at the weekend. The 27-year-old acrobatically hooked a bicycle kick past goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic into the roof of the net midway through the second half to put [&hel...
•Okpebholo (APC), Ighodalo (PDP) and Akpata (LP) The three major political parties in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party (LP), have all got their candidates ahead of the September 21, governorship in Edo State. Here are the APC, PDP, and LP candidates for Edo 2024 election, report...
President Bola Tinubu and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil met yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for discussions on the comprehensive strengthening of bilateral ties in all fields. A statement issued by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), disclosed that while speaking at the meeting, Tinubu e...
•Bags of cement In a bid to stem the rising cost of cement and other building materials and enhance the delivery of affordable housing in Nigeria, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa has called for a meeting with manufacturers of Cement and other building materials in the country. The move is aimed […]
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are meeting at the Oyo State Governor’s lodge in Abuja. Although the agenda for the meeting is unknown at this time, the governors are likely going discuss issues relating to security, and the forthcoming off-season elections in Edo and Ondo states. Already in attendance [...
•Some Nigerian governors The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has met with the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu to address the security situation in the country as well as the rising cost of food items. During the meeting that had a representative of the Department of State Services (DSS), the governors agreed to support the NSA […]...
•Billionaire Tope Awotona Forbes has named a 42-year-old man, Tope Awotona, as the richest immigrant and Nigerian-American residing in the United States. Awotona is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Calendly, a scheduling software company, worth $3 billion. He was born in Lagos but migrated to the US in his teenage years, and previous...
•Feyi Daniels An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence court today sentenced founder of iReign Christian Ministry, Feyi Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, to life imprisonment for “raping a church member.” The trial judge, Rahman Oshodi, found the Lagos-based cleric guilty of rape and sexual assault of a female worshipper. The pastor was accused of ...
•Blinken United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken is currently in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Blinken, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 4pm from where he would proceed to the Presidential Villa to meet with the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reports Daily Independent. Although he is on tou...
•Carmen Dell’Orefice She started as a model at the age of 13, now at the age of 92, she is not ready to retire as she is still very active catwalking on the runway. He name is Carmen Dell’Orefice and she is known officially as the oldest working model in the fashion industry. It was […]

