archiveApril 2021

  Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani scored twice each as Manchester United took a giant step towards the Europa League final with a 6-2 drubbing of AS Roma on Thursday. The emphatic victory was in their semi-final first leg game at Old Trafford. Manchester United’s run of four semi-final losses...

  FC Barcelona missed the chance to go top of La Liga with just five games left when they were stunned 2-1 by Granada at Camp Nou on Thursday night. Although Barca controlled most of the ball and had the majority of the chances, two defensive lapses did them in....

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 62 new COVID-19 infections in 10 states. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified Twitter  handle. The new figure, the NCDC said brings the total number of infections in the country to 165,055. The centre said the new cases were...

The German economy contracted in the first quarter after the country launched a new round of tough lockdown measures aimed at containing a third wave of the pandemic. Europe’s biggest economy shrank by 1.7 per cent in the first three months of the year compared with an upwardly revised 0.5-per-cent growth...

The risk of COVID-19 resurgence remains high in several African countries due to poor adherence to public health measures, including mass gatherings, low testing and vaccination rates, an analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) has shown. Three countries face very high risk of COVID-19 resurgence, 20 face high, 22...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reinstated Sola Adeduntan as the managing director and chief executive officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the CBN, made this announcement in a press briefing on Thursday. He also announced the immediate removal of all directors of FBN...

  Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has again made a strong case for the restructuring of the country and the decentralisation of its economy, stating that this will afford all states the opportunity to develop their resources at their own pace. Makinde stated this while receiving the University of Lagos...

 Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, on Thursday urged lecturers of the institution to strive to be mentors to their students.Ogundipe gave the advice at the exaugural lecture of Prof. Olubunmi Magbagbeola, Acting Head, Department of Biochemistry in Lagos. The title of the lecture is: Reminiscence of a...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says Digital Switch Over (DSO) will be inaugurated in 13 states before the end of the year. The minister, who stated this on Thursday at the inauguration of DSO – transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television in Lagos, assured that...

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a vote of confidence on its National Chairman, Uche Secondus. During its emergency meeting on Thursday in Abuja, it also endorsed the National Working Committee (NWC) led by Secondus, and warned members of the main opposition party...