American actor and comedian Chris Rock has tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging his followers to get vaccinated against the virus. The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member revealed the news via his Twitter page on Sunday, 19 September,…
Germany’s 2014 FIFA World Cup winner and record goalscorer Miroslav Klose is a candidate to replace Stefan Kuntz as the country’s under-21 coach, a leading sports newspaper reported on Monday. Klose, 43, retired in 2016 and was an assistant coach…
The National Association of Ilaje Students (NAIS) has called on Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in sea incursion into some riverine communities in the state. In a statement in Okitipupa, Ondo, on Monday,…
Football’s world governing body FIFA will hold a meeting with its member-associations over the controversial plan to hold the World Cup every two years. An online summit on the international match calendar will take place on Sept. 30, FIFA announced…
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel revealed goalkeeper Edouard Mendy did not feel comfortable playing in the 3-0 English Premier League (EPL) win at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Mendy missed Sunday’s London derby victory with a knock he picked up in midweek…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it has not been informed about the court judgment ordering it to pay N20B in damages to Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Peter Afunanya, spokesperson of the…
The Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Ms Ene Obi, has charged youths in Nasarawa State to stem the tide of violent extremism through active and peaceful participation in the country’s electoral process. She stated this on Friday in Doma Local Government…
The All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN), on Friday, said it was encouraged by the ongoing military action against the bandits across some northern states in the country. The National President of AFAN, Mr Farouk Mudi, this known made in…
A business woman, Maryam Ismail, charged with N500,000 fraud, was on Friday admitted to bail by a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State. The defendant, whose address was not provided, pleaded not guilty to the two-count offences of…
Gov Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has sworn-in the state Head of the Civil Service (HOS) Alhaji Yahuza Adamu, along with 22 permanent secretaries who were recently appointed. Mohammed, at the inauguration ceremony in Bauchi on Friday, called on the…
