Liverpool lifted the Carabao Cup on Sunday evening after an enthralling final went to penalties at Wembley. Earlier in the match, Joel Matip thought he had put Jurgen Klopp’s men ahead during the second half until VAR intervened. Before the penalty shootout, Thomas Tuchel brought on Chelsea’s specialist penalty expert […]
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Ukraine appeals for foreign volunteers to join fight against Russia
Ukraine’s embattled president has issued a call to foreign nationals who are friends of peace and democracy to travel to the country to fight against the Russian invasion. The appeal from Volodymyr Zelenskiy, published on the Ukrainian presidency’s website early on Sunday, said the Ukrainian armed forces were in the […]
NDLEA seizes 649,300 capsules of tramadol at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have seized 649,300 capsules of tramadol at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said €809,850 cash suspected to be proceeds of illicit drugs was also seized from two other persons. […]
INEC fix August 18 as the final deadline for the submission of nomination forms for governorship candidates.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed August 18 as the final deadline for the submission of nomination forms for governorship candidates. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, announced this on Saturday at a media briefing in Abuja. While giving a breakdown of the schedule of activities for the 2023 general […]
SSANU Accuses Government of Dishonoring MoA, Sets To Shut Down Schools
THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has said that it will soon shut down universities as a result of the inability of the federal government to honour the Memorandum of Action, MoA, signed with the union. SSANU said it has been reluctant to resume its suspended strike because […]
NCC Warns Of A Malicious Fast Which Harvests Device Information, Difficult To Uninstall.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned the public of a malicious app called Fast Cleaner, which steals users’ banking app login credentials on Android devices. The warning was issued by Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC director of public affairs, in a statement posted on the commission’s website on Saturday. According to […]
CAF shifts Super Eagles/Black Stars’ clash
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has announced that the Super Eagles will now take on Ghana’s Black Stars on new dates. CAF conveyed the new dates to the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement that the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off […]
Ogun Police Arrest Pastor For Allegedly Raping Church Member During Deliverance
A popular pastor in charge of Life and Power Bible Church, Ogijo, Mathew Oladapo, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command, for “forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 19-year-old member of the church during a deliverance session”. According to the report, the unnamed woman had reported to […]
Trade Union Congress threatens to withdraw members if current fuel scarcity persists across the country.
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has threatened to withdraw its members if the current fuel scarcity persists across the country. Mr Mohammad Yunusa, National Treasurer of TUC, made their position known while speaking with journalists at the just concluded delegates conference of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and […]
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons rescues fifteen Nigerian girls trafficked to Mali.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, in collaboration with the Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour, NACTAL, has secured the release of 15 Nigerian girls trafficked to Mali. The girls were released with the support of Action Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of […]