Ola Bankole

Brentford and Tottenham Hotspur both shared point in the first game of the English Premier League after the long World Cup break. The Bees had a good start at Gtech Community Stadium taking the lead twice before Spurs got their rhythm…

Three civil society organisations have dragged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to court over its failure to furnish them with its 2020 budget breakdown in line with the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.…

Timber traders in Imo have lamented severe losses resulting from a fire accident in the popular timber market along Wethedral road, Owerri, the state capital. Some traders who spoke to a correspondent in Owerri on Monday said the…

Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba has condemned the killing of a legal practitioner, Omobolanle Raheem, by a police officer. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He…

Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, says President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be wishing Christians merry Christmas when under his watch, many Christians in Northern Nigeria are living in fear. In an interview with…

The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the sacked Akwa Ibom governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Akanimo Udofia. The three-member panel headed by Justice Elfreda Williams-Dawodu made this…

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has congratulated Habu Gumel on his re-election as president of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC). This is contained in a statement on Monday by NOC spokesman Tony Nezianya. He…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned the people of his country of further Russian attacks in the few remaining days of 2022. “We must be aware that our enemy will try to make this time dark and difficult for us,” he said in…

As long as there are internally displaced persons dotting Nigeria, all Nigerians could be considered as living in an Internally Displaced Persons’ camp, said Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP). Mr Obi made the…

The Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN) has expressed its solidarity with Nigerians celebrating Christmas in the midst of hardship occasioned by the lingering fuel scarcity. “IPMAN felicitates Nigerians especially the…