•A car is stranded on a flooded street in Dubai today Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates today as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change. A lightning storm with high winds swept across the oil-rich monarchy […]
Leicester’s hopes of an immediate return to the Premier League suffered a fresh setback today with a 1-0 loss away to Bristol City in English football’s second-tier Championship. City’s Anis Mehmeti scored the only goal of the game 17 minutes from time at Ashton Gate with a left-footed shot into the roof of the net, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will tomorrow Presents Certificate of Return to its Edo State governorship candidate, Asuerinme Ighodalo. Recall that Ighodalo had on Thursday won the primary election with 577 votes as announced by the returning officer in the PDP governorship primary and Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, reports Daily...
•Toni Kroos World Cup winner Toni Kroos announced his return to the German national team today ahead of Euro 2024 on home soil. Kroos, 34, will be eligible for selection in the upcoming March international friendlies against France and the Netherlands, reports AFP. “Hey folks, short and sweet, I’ll be playing for Germany again from […]...
Mixed reactions have trailed the confirmation by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the federal government has resumed the payment of subsidies on the premium motor spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol through the backdoor. Recall that during his inauguration on May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu announced an end to petrol subsidy,...
•House of Representatives No fewer than 60 members of the House of Representatives have proposed bills to alter the 1999 constitution to return the country to parliamentary democracy as practised in the first republic. Addressing a news conference ahead of the presentation of the bills to the House, the spokesman of the Parliamentary Bill Spon...
•Stanley Nwabali The Goalkeeper of the national team, Stanley Nwabali, has said he will be returning to his South African club side, Chippa United because he has no reason to fear going back. Speaking to State House Correspondents after President Bola Tinubu hosted the Super Eagles at the end of the CAF’s African Cup of […]
•Super Eagles Super Eagles executives and players are scheduled to arrive in Abuja today, Monday, February 12, from Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The Africa Nations Cup 2023 silver medallists, Super Eagles of Nigeria, departed Abidjan few minutes ago, at 2.45 pm local time (3.45 pm Nigerian time). The team’s media officer, Babafemi Raji, issued the te...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented certificates of return to Senators and House of Representatives members who won the bye and re-run elections held last Saturday. The certificates were presented by the National Commissioners representing the states where the senator or house member is representing, reports Chan...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will present certificates of return to 18 newly elected members of the National Assembly today. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said this yesterday, days after re-run and bye-elections across the country. “Certificates of Re...