archiveJuly 2020

Manchester City have won their appeal against a two-year ban from Europe. City had been hit with the ban in February by UEFA after being found guilty of 'serious breaches' of financial fair play rules. The news stunned Etihad bosses, who launched an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says the handover and revitalisation of the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, fits the vision of the state to become a 21st-century hub of commerce, trade and tourism. Sanwo-Olu said this on Sunday during the handover ceremony of the National Arts Theatre by the Federal...

The founder of the Household of God Church, Pastor Chris Okotie, has said that COVID-19 is a grand plan to reduce the population of the world. Okotie stated this in a 80-minute video posted on YouTube on Sunday. The Lagos-based cleric accused the owner of Microsoft, Bill Gates, of leading...

The Oyo State Government has written personal letters to individuals and corporate organisations that contributed to the state's fight against the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19. The government, in letters signed by the governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, and the state's Commissioner for Finance,...

Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Queens College, Lagos, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to consider a student -proximity- model, to allow students to write the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The PTA made the plea in a communique signed by its Chairman, Mr Adewuyi Adedamola, after a...

Doctors under the aegis of the Medical Guild in Lagos State are set to begin three days warning strike from Monday, over issues that affects their safety and welfare. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Medical Guild is the Association of Medical Doctors under the employment of the...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed the poverty and growing insecurity in Nigeria, on the alleged unbridled looting and extortion by a cabal around the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the ruling All Progressives Congress. The party in a statement on Sunday signed by the its National...

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Kamarudeen Usman on the successful defence of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title with an emphatic win over Jorge Masvidal. The president’s congratulatory message was conveyed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday....

The Awba-Ofemili League of Professionals (ALeP) has received the good news of the release of one of their own, a lawyer and journalist, Barr. Mathew Onwuasoanya from incarceration since May 30 this year. Family sources confirmed to ALeP that Onwuasoanya regained his freedom after some 40 days following his disappearance...

Police operatives have successfully rescued an American citizen, who was confined in a Lagos hotel, where she was held against her wish for over a year by a Nigerian man she met on social media Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, DCP, Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement in...