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The FCT Police Command yesterday confirmed that its operatives have arrested the national president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Tajudeen Baruwa and over 20 other members over conduct that bothers on public disturbance and breach of peace. Spokesperson of the Command, SP Josephine Adeh said the president and others arrested will […]

Super Eagles and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has been nominated for the latest edition of The Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award. The list, which was released by the world football governing body yesterday, had the Nigerian striker, Andre Onana (Cameroon) and Yassine Bounou (Morocco) as the only Africans nominated. The qualifying period […]

Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, Lesotho and five others are expected to converge in Cairo, Egypt from September 20 to 23 for the 2023 African Para Table Tennis Championships which is a qualification tournament for Paralympic Games and Commonwealth medallists – Isau Ogunkunle, Faith Obazuaye, Ifechukwude Ikpeoyi top the list of Nigerian contingent to the […]

The police in Sokoto State have confirmed a banditry attack in Giyawa village, Goronyo Local Government Area in the eastern senatorial district of the state, where four persons were confirmed dead. The Sokoto State Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ahmed Rufai, confirmed  that eighteen persons were initially abducted by the assailants that […]

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended from playing after a drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone in his system. The 30-year-old France international, an unused substitute, was randomly selected for post-match drug testing. If found guilty of doping, he could face a ban of between two and four years. Juventus said in a […]

Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi has won the Player of the Month and Goal of the Month Awards for the month of August at Nottingham Forest. The 25-year-old striker has scored three times in four games for Nottingham Forest this season, stretching his impressive scoring run from last term to seven consecutive Premier League matches […]

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has refuted claims of political motivation behind the partial demolition of a five-storey building in the state. The property – DATKEM, is believed to belong to Olufunke Daniel, the wife of former Ogun state governor, Gbenga Daniel. Abiodun said this yesterday during an inspection of the reconstruction of the 8km […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu for his victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal yesterday. In a statement issued yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, the governor said Nigerians had spoken through the ballots and the court has also validated the citizens’ decision by the judicial […]

The Lagos State Government has unveiled a document containing strategies to achieve the vision of reducing and ending preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths in the state. The document titled ‘Lagos State Every Newborn Action Plan’, which was unveiled and disseminated to health sector stakeholders at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, recently was developed in line […]

Ivory Coast international defender Eric Bailly, who spent last season on loan at Marseille from Manchester United, has signed for Besiktas, the Turkish club announced today. Besiktas specified neither the length of the contract nor the value of the transfer. Having arrived in Manchester from Villarreal in the summer of 2016 and played a full […]