Ola Bankole

Former Manchester United striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been slapped with a fine of £50,000 and given a two-match ban by the football association in England. Following an incident that occurred in April when Ronaldo smashed a fan’s…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled the newly redesigned N1000, N500 and N200 notes, the first time in almost 20 years that Nigeria will redesign its currency. The unveiling preceded the Federal Executive Council meeting at…

Long queues surfaced in Lagos on Tuesday as motorists spent hours at filling stations while waiting to buy the product. The situation was worse in Ikosi-Ketu, Arepo area of New Lagos, Obalende, Maryland and Iju-shaga in Lagos State.…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has extended his contract at the Etihad until 2025, the Premier League club confirmed on Wednesday morning. Guardiola, who joined City in 2016 put pen to paper in a two-year deal that will keep him…

The federal government has concluded investigations into the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre in which 600 inmates escaped. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the fourth edition of the PMB…

England captain Harry Kane is due to have a scan on his ankle, two days before his country faces the United States in the World Cup, reports said on Wednesday. Kane left the Khalifa International Stadium on Monday with a strapping to his…

The Actors Guild of Nigeria has elected new National Executive Council members to steer the affairs of the body for the next three years. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the new leadership was elected on Tuesday night at the end…

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress does not keep promises, insisting that the party has failed to restructure the country as promised while seeking power in…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Indonesia over a devastating earthquake that killed at least 268 people in the Asian country on Monday. The 5.6-magnitude quake hit the Cianjur region in West Java, Indonesia at a depth of…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, says the apex bank will fall back on its strategic grains reserve to check food inflation. Speaking to reporters in Abuja on Tuesday, Mr Emefiele said the idea was to…