archiveAugust 2020

Arsenal forward Mesut Oezil says he wants to see out his contract with the Premier League club, which runs to summer 2021. The Germany World Cup winner, who did not play for the club when the season resumed in June after the coronavirus lockdown, said he would fight his way...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has stated that the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality TV show should be scrapped for a more beneficial and educational show for youths. The monarch, who said this on Wednesday while interacting with youths in his palace as part of the celebration of...

A Nigerian firm, AIC Limited, has warned potential investors against taking over the Nigerian subsidiary of Africa’s biggest supermarket chain, South African-owned Shoprite. Shoprite last week said it was looking at selling all “or a majority stake” in its operations in Nigeria after 15 years. Shoprite said lockdown restrictions because...

An artisan, Abdullateef Babatunde, on Thursday told an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his marriage of eight years to estranged wife, Omotayo because she forced an illegitimate child on him. Abdullateef’s claim was contained in his counter argument before Chief Henry Agbaje, the court’s President after his wife...

The Senate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, has rejected the removal of Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as Vice Chancellor of the institution by the Governing Council. The Governing Council of the university, led by its Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Dr. Wale Babalakin on Wednesday in Abuja removed Ogundipe as VC of...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined a radio station, Nigeria Info, N5 million for a recent comment made by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailaifa on the crisis in Southern Kaduna. This was contained in a statement signed by the NBC management...

In-demand winger Jadon Sancho says he is happy at Borussia Dortmund and is enjoying helping some of the younger players develop at the Bundesliga club. Sancho has been linked with a move to a host of top clubs including Manchester United, but Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc says the England...

Argentina and Mexico on Thursday said they would co-produce millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by Britain’s University of Oxford with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca for Latin America. According to the Argentinian President, Alberto Fernandez, Argentina and Mexico will be in charge of the Latin American production of...

Contrary to misleading reports, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it has adhered to statutory guidelines on the distress resolution and liquidation of Fortis Microfinance Bank (MFB) Plc. and the protection of interest of depositors. According to Dr. Sunday Oluyemi Director, Communication & Publication Affairs in a press statement...

• Unilag gets new Vice Chancellor • I remain Unilag VC, disregard news of my removal — Ogundipe Hours after the removal of Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, the school’s council said it has appointed Professor Theophilus Soyombo in acting capacity, even as...