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NEWCASTLE MANAGER HOWE DIAGNOSED WITH PNEUMONIA

Newcastle manager, EDDIE HOWE will miss the club’s next two Premier League games after being diagnosed with pneumonia HOWE watched the Magpies’ 4-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday from his hospital bed after being admitted on Friday, having been feeling unwell for several days.  Newcastle have now said the 47-year-old will also miss Wednesday’s home match against Crystal Palace and Saturday’s trip to Aston Villa, with assistants JASON TINDALL and GRAEME JONES due to prepare the team […]

todayApril 15, 2025

Entertainment

COURT GRANTS 1 MILLION NAIRA BAIL TO PORTABLE IN A DEFAMATION SUIT.

An Upper Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara State has granted bail in the sum of 1 million Naira to controversial Nigerian artiste, Portable. The court also ruled that his bail is conditional upon the provision of two sureties in like sum. Portable was arrested on April 13th, in Abeokuta, Ogun State following a petition filed by veteran Fuji artist, Saheed Osupa, accusing the artiste of criminal defamation, threats to life, incitement, character […]

todayApril 15, 2025

National

ATIKU ABUBAKAR CONDEMNS RENEWED ATTACKS IN PLATEAU STATE

Former Vice President, ATIKU ABUBAKARhas condemned the renewed attacks in Plateau State that claimed many innocent lives on Sunday. ATIKU in a statement by his media aide, PAUL IBE, lashed out at President BOLA TINUBU,saying his security policy and infrastructure have failed woefully. ATIKU explained that “every sincere Nigerian should be worried about the frequency and impunity with which terrorists and bandits attack innocent people in the country, especially in Northern Nigeria, insisting that the […]

todayApril 15, 2025

News

NIGERIA’S FLYING EAGLES TO FACE TUNISIA, AND TWO OTHERS IN AFCON U-20

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have been drawn in Group B with Tunisia, Kenya and Morocco for the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. The Confederation of African Football, CAF, held a fresh draw for the competition in Cairo , Egypt yesterday. Egypt stepped in to host the competition following Cote d’Ivoire’s withdrawal and they will be up against Tunisia in their opening fixture of the competition on Sunday, April 28 Hosts Egypt, […]

todayApril 14, 2025

National

ARMY DECRIES LOW ENLISTMENT FROM SOUTH-EAST

The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm over the poor enlistment of South East youths into the military service, and called for a change of attitude to reverse the trend. Speaking at a town hall meeting held in Enugustate, the leader of the 2025 army recruitment enlightenment team, CHIMA EKEATOR, said the “south-east is gradually losing out on what is rightfully theirs, revealing that while Kaduna State had recorded over 3,000 applications in the […]

todayApril 14, 2025

National

SINGER SPYRO CALLS OUT BILLIONAIRES FOR WANTING FREE SERVICES

Nigerian singer, SPYRO has accused rich people, especially billionaires, of having a penchant for owing and always preferring to get things for free instead of paying for services rendered. SPYRO, took to his Instagram story to make his opinion on rich people known, asking them not to act that way towards him as he worked really hard to get to where he is, and that he is not poor. The singer added that the so-called […]

todayApril 14, 2025

National

PRESIDENCY REACTS TO US COURT ORDER ON PRESIDENT TINUBU’S RECORDS.

The Presidency has dismissed concerns over a recent judgment by a United States federal court directing the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release records of their investigations of President BOLA TINUBU’S involvement in alleged drug trafficking, asserting that the documents contain no new revelations. Judge BERYL HOWELL, who had given the order, following a motion by an American, AARON GREENSPAN, seeking a reconsideration of an earlier ruling, had ruled that protecting the information […]

todayApril 14, 2025

News

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EDO STATE GOVT SET UP FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE OVER UROMI KILLINGS

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the Edo State Government, have set up a fact-finding Committee to look into the circumstances surrounding the recent killings of 16 Kano-bound Travellers in Uromi, the administrative headquarters of Esan North-East Local Government Area.  Edo State Governor, Senator MONDAY OKPEBHOLO, disclosed this yesterday when he received a high-powered delegation from Kano State,  led by the Deputy Governor of the State, AMINU ABDULSALAM GWARZO at the Government House in Benin City. […]

todayApril 11, 2025

National

NBC BANS EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM’S ANTI-TINUBU SONG

The Nigerian government has banned singer EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM’S new protest song, ‘Tell Your Papa.’, which directly addresses President BOLATINUBU’S son, SEYI TINUBU, urging him to speak to his father about the hardships faced by Nigerians. Announcing the ban yesterday  evening, the Federal Government, through the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, stated that the song is inappropriate and offensive , directingNigerian radio and television stations to refrain from airing the song. Reacting to the ban, ABDULKAREEMdescribed the Nigerian government’s actions as […]

todayApril 11, 2025

News

IDRIS ABDULKAREEM URGES SEYI TINUBU TO PRESENT NIGERIA’S PLIGHT TO HIS FATHER.

Popular Nigerian musician, EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM has called on SEYI TINUBU, the son of President BOLA TINUBU, to present the struggles of Nigerians to his father. ABDULKAREEM made the call in a new song titled ‘Tell Your Papa,’ which seems to be a reaction to SEYI TINUBU’S boastful claim that his father is the greatest president in Nigeria's history. In his new song, ABDULKAREEM criticized SEYI, stressing that the president’s son was insensitive to the plight of Nigerians who are suffering from economic […]

todayApril 9, 2025

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