archiveMarch 19, 2021

  Manchester United were on Friday drawn to face European newcomers Granada in the 2020/2021 Europa League quarter-finals. Manchester United, who ousted AC Milan in the last 16, travel to Spain first on April 8 before hosting the return leg on April 15 at Old Trafford. Manchester United are the...

  Title-holders Bayern Munich were on Friday drawn to meet Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in what is a rematch of last year’s final. Bayern Munich won the 2019/2020 decider 1-0 in Lisbon to lift the top European trophy a sixth time against first-time finalists...

The 35the National Qur’anic recitation competition has begun in Kano, on Friday, with 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja,  participating. Declaring the competition open, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar II, noted that Nigeria had participated severally and won the international version of the Qur’anic...

celebrates death of Madam Adaramaja, says her spirit lingers on Oyo State Governor, “Seyi Makinde, has reiterated the call for South West integration, adding that political or religious affiliations should not constitute barriers. The governor, who stated this at the funeral thanksgiving service of Madam Aderonke Adaramaja, held at Christ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State command, has solicited for the support of University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, in training and retraining of its personnel in the handling of accident victims and rescue operations. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mrs Uche Chukwurah, made the request during...

President Joe Biden unexpectedly missed his steps twice on Friday as he climbed the stairs to Air Force One. He was on his way to Georgia. He had gone about one third of the stairs of the aircraft at Joint Base Andrews when he stumbled. Luckily for him, he got...

 Gunmen on Friday attacked a vehicle of the Nigerian Correctional Service conveying some inmates to court in Anambra, leaving two officials of the service dead.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 11:00 a.m. around Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area. Friday’s incident occurred barely...

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen, on Friday, said that Nigeria as a nation may not record any meaningful achievement in life until they are able to free the nation’s Judiciary from the stronghold of politicians. Onnoghen who spoke publicly for the first time since his removal from...

A technology called COVID-19 Contact Tracer, a mobile application that could trace Coronavirus victims, was one of the indigenous technologies displayed at the concluded 2021 technology and innovation expo. Dr Henry Ossamulu, Director of Research and Training, Core Fundamental Inventors, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) about the...

  The nation’s bourse closed trading on Friday in red with key market indices dropping by 1.37 per cent, amid losses by blue chips.Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N279 billion within six trading hours to close at N20.081 trillion from N20.360 trillion recorded on Thursday. Also, the All-Share Index dipped...