At least 100 people were killed in a “barbaric attack” by gunmen targeting a village in north-eastern Burkina Faso, said the West African country’s president, Roch Kabore, on Saturday. Kabore said he had ordered three days of national mourning over the attack on the village of Solhan in the conflict-ridden Sahel region. Security forces […]
Brazilian football federation (CBF) president Rogerio Caboclo was temporarily removed from his position late Sunday, in connection with sexual assault accusations. Caboclo has been initially suspended for 30 days by decision of the CBF ethics commission. He was accused of sexual and moral assault by a employee of the confederation. Caboclo denies all accusations. […]
A United Nigeria Airline aircraft on a flight number U50515 from Port Harcourt to Abuja airport yesterday made air return to Port Harcourt on almost getting to Abuja after running into turbulence at Abuja. Mr Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, Head, Corporate Communications, United Nigeria Airline, in a statement yesterday said : ” A United Nigeria flight […]
Hundreds of members of the Synagogue Church of All Nations on Sunday mourned the passing of the church’s General Overseer, Prophet Temitope Joshua, aka TB Joshua. TB Joshua died on Saturday after holding a service with members of the church. Joshua, who was born on June 12, 1963, died on June 5 at the […]
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of Osaigbovo Toni Iyoha as his Chief of Staff. Iyoha, a former member and chief whip of Edo state House of Assembly between 2015 and 2019, was the APC House of Representatives Candidate for Oredo federal Constituency but lost to Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama. He […]
Netflix on Tuesday released the trailer of Dhanush’s most-awaited film Jagame Thandiram. The film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj introduces Dhanush as a gangster from Madurai who travels to London to lock horns with a local gangster, played by James Cosmo of Game of Thrones fame. It appears as though they share a […]
Barcelona have made their third signing of the week with Brazil defender Emerson Royal joining from Real Betis. Emerson, 22, initially joined Barcelona from Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro in January 2019 in a three-way deal also involving Betis, which saw the full-back join the Andalusian club on loan. Barca have now exercised their option […]
The African Union (AU) has decided to suspend Mali again following a second military coup in nine months. The AU’s decision comes a few days after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), also announced the suspension of Mali from its institutions. In its statement, the AU called for the military to “urgently […]
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Tony Aziegbemi, have been suspended over alleged misconduct said to have caused disaffection within the party. In a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare, the decision was taken at a State Working Committee meeting that held at the state party secretariat on […]
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang has said that the Nigeria has fallen short of expectation as the “is getting too hot”. Senator Ita Enang, stated this on Monday at the inauguration of Francis Olabode Johnson Foundation in Abuja. He said, “Things are getting too hot. […]
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