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Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed a deal to sign for Manchester City this summer but the clubs have a couple of stumbling blocks to overcome before the transfer can be confirmed. Reports emerged on Tuesday which insisted Ronaldo was ‘seeking to engineer’ a move to Man City this summer as he looked […]
Two explosions went off Thursday outside Kabul’s airport, where thousands of people have flocked as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The explosion has killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded many Taliban guards, a Taliban official told Reuters. Russian Officials say it was a suicide attack. Western nations […]
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has said that he plans to leave the club in 2023 when his current contract runs out. The Spaniard, who joined the club in 2016, feels he will need a rest after seven years at the helm. “After seven years at this team, I think I’m going to have […]
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on security. The governor under the ruling All Progressives Congress, gave the advice when he received the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Ali Janga, on a courtesy call on Wednesday in Gusau. […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has requested the British Government to grant an exemption to African players for the international window. “CAF has noted the current circumstances in place in Britain regarding the lack of sporting exemptions for players returning from several African countries after the international window next week. “CAF, acting on […]
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 5.01 percent in the second quarter of 2021 — strongest growth since fourth quarter 2014. This is according to the second-quarter GDP report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday. This also marks three consecutive quarters of growth following the negative growth rates recorded […]
Critical stakeholders to Oil Mining Lease (OML 150) facility in the Niger Delta region, operated by Conoil Producing Limited, have called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to caution his Oil and Gas Commissioner to desist from actions capable of creating restiveness and violence in the seven host communities to the facility in […]
Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer for over 50 years, died on Tuesday in London. He was 80. His death, in a hospital, was announced by his publicist, Bernard Doherty. No other details were immediately provided. The Rolling Stones announced earlier this month that Mr. Watts would not be a part of the band’s […]
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor, has allayed the fears of Nigerians on the ongoing mass surrendering by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Irabo gave the advice in a statement issued by Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyer, Director, Defence Information at the end of an interactive session which the CDS had […]
The former Commissioner representing Isoko in the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Ogaga Ifowodo says agitation by the leaders and Youths of the South South for the Board of the NDDC to be inaugurated means well for the development of the region, as the region is weary of the sole […]
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