•Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta Arsenal are expected to be without Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard when they take on Sunderland in the Premier League later today. The Gunners are once again six points clear at the summit of English football and with Aston Villa and Manchester City away to Bournemouth and Liverpool respectively this weekend, [&hel...
•Super Eagles goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho Francis Uzoho will start in goal this evening for Nigeria in the final Group C match against Uganda in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The goalkeeper is one of eight changes made by Eric Chelle, Super Eagles head coach, for the dead-rubber match against the Cranes, reports […]
•Vote casting Residents in the 23 local government areas of Rivers State will today cast their votes in the council election scheduled to be held across 6,866 polling units. The elections are coming six months and two days after the Supreme Court nullified the local government election conducted on October 5, 2024, by the Rivers […]
•PVCs Following commencement of online pre-registration of the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on August 18, 2025, the Commission has earlier announced the commencement of the physical onside registration today, Monday, August 25. According to a notice posted on the Commission’s offi...
•An Israeli Air Force CH-53 Sea Stallion military helicopter flies over as people gather with Israeli national flags Israeli captives Gadi Moses, Arbel Yehud and Agam Berger are set to be released from Gaza today as part of the third hostage-prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian militants are also set to free five Thai […...
•Ireland’s flag Ireland goes to the polls today with the incumbent coalition parties neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises. Polls open across the country at 0700 GMT and close at 2200 GMT as voters choose new members of the 174-seat lower chamber of parliam...
•Barcelona vs Bayern Munich The highlight of today’s Champions League fixture will arguably be Barcelona vs Bayern Munich at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys by 8pm. Here are a few things to know about the elite encounter: •Both European giants have faced off in the Champions League 15 times with Bayern Munich clinching the victory […]...
•Protesters The trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters will begin in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Borno today, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence, Dasuki Galadanchi, has disclosed. The DIG disclosed this at the just-ended Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), reports Daily Trust. He said those to be charg...
•Late Onyeka Onwenu Nigeria’s celebrated music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, known as the “Elegant Stallion,” will be buried today in Lagos. The renowned artiste died on July 30, 2024, at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, after collapsing at an event honouring Dr Stella Okoli, the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals. She was 72 years old. The funeral ...
•Nigerian workers protest Barring any last-minute change in plans, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, will today (Thursday) honour the summons by the police over allegations of treason and terrorism financing. Ahead of today’s visit to the police headquarters in Abuja, the NLC Central Working Committee, yesterday, issued...

