Larry Banks

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday urged university unions, particularly the Academic Staff Union of Universities, to partner with the Federal Government to arrive at a funding blueprint for the university…

The UK’s biggest popular music prizes, the Brit Awards, will be handed out Saturday evening, with singer and actor Harry Styles and US star Beyonce tipped for top prizes. The awards ceremony will, for the second time, hand out a…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it has the capacity to print the new naira notes. A top banker had earlier told one of our correspondents on Friday that information available to him indicated that the Mint had succeeded in printing…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Saturday revealed that over 1.16 million tertiary institutions admission seekers had so far registered to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry…

Chelsea’s winless run in the Premier League extended to three games as Joao Felix’s first goal for the Blues was cancelled out by Emerson in Saturday’s 1-1 draw. Graham Potter’s expensively assembled side once again failed to live up to…

Chelsea extended the contract of 38-year-old centre-back Thiago Silva to the end of the 2023/2024 season on Friday. Despite spending in excess of £500 million ($606 million) on new players this season, the Brazilian international has…

South African rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes was shot dead on Florida Road Friday night, police sources in Durban have confirmed. Another person believed to be AKA’s bodyguard was also wounded, while an unidentified person, who is…

Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez has posted pictures of a trip to the Saudi Arabian desert with their children via social media. According to The Goal, the supermodel seems to have already settled into her new life in…

Over 40 anti-corruption civil society organisations have asked the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sack the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, for “incessant disobedience of…

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has instructed the security agents to arrest anybody who refuses to recognise and accept old naira notes as legal tender in the state. Matawalle who gave the directive at a swearing-in ceremony…