Struggling Espanyol Sack Third Coach Fernandez
Struggling Espanyol said on Saturday they have sacked coach Abelardo Fernandez, the third manager they have dispensed with this season, as they fight to extend their 26-year stay in La Liga. Fernandez was appointed in December after David Gallego and Pablo Machin were each dismissed. But in spite of a positive start since play resumed […]
Arjen Robben Comes Out Of Retirement; Joins Boyhood Club
Arjen Robben has sensationally revealed he is coming out of retirement to sign for his boyhood club FC Groningen. The Dutch retired last summer after ten trophy-laden seasons with Bayern Munich. Read Also: FIFA Approves $1.5bn COVID-19 Relief Plan 36-year-old, however, confirmed his latest decision in a video on Twitter. “Dear football friends and FC […]
NBA President Not Reserved For SANs – Ajibade Replies Awomolo
Babatunde Ajibade, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has insisted that the Office of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, is not the exclusive preserve of SANs. Ajibade stated that the NBA’s constitution does not empower only SANs to become President of the association. The senior lawyer was reacting to a letter by a former Attorney-General […]
Zamfara Banditry: Blame Yansakai Groups, Not Fulani People – Govt
Zamfara State commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Hon. Abubakar Mohammed Dauran has revealed that almost all the offensive operations in the state by Fulani people have been recorded to be reprisal attacks. The commissioner disclosed this during an exclusive interview with DAILY POST in his office in Gusau, the state capital, pointing out that […]
COVID-19: FG Confirm Airports 90 Percent Ready To Reopen
The Federal Government has said the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is 90 percent ready to open up airports for domestic flights. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, stated this during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Saturday in Lagos. Read Also: London City Airport Reopens As UK Slowly Wakes Up The […]
Edo 2020: Godwin Obaseki Receives Certificate Of Return
Governor Godwin Obaseki has received his Certificate of Return from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The certificate was issued on Saturday by the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus in Abuja, the nation’s capital. This was confirmed on the party’s Twitter handle. Read Also: Obaseki Emerges Official PDP Candidate For Edo Election Secondus also presented the […]
Adams Oshiomhole Breaks Silence Over Dissolution Of APC NWC
Suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has finally spoken out on dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee, (NWC). The ex-chairman, who spoke with journalists on Saturday in Abuja, said he has formally accepted the dissolution of the party’s NWC under his leadership. Oshiomhole, however, pledged his loyalty to the ruling […]
FAAN To Increase Passenger Service Charge
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said there will be a 100 per cent increase on passenger service charges on domestic and international flight tickets from August 1, 2020. FAAN’s Managing Director, Rabiu Yadudu, revealed in a letter to airlines, with reference FAAN/HQ/MD/18E/VOL.86/72. Read Also: Coronavirus: FAAN Urges Passengers Not To Entertain Fear […]
Malaria Kills More Nigerians Than COVID-19, Sufferers Shun Hospitals
Some medical experts in Kaduna said on Friday that the most deaths in the state were largely due to the scourge of Malaria, as patients fear going to hospitals because of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dr Firima August and Mrs Olukemi Adeyanju both of Malaria Consortium made the revelations during a bi-annual media briefing. The briefing […]
Senate President, Lawan Denies Receiving N-Power Job Slots
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has refuted reports that he has been allocated N-Power recruitment slots by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management. Reports emerged from an online publication during the week suggesting that the Senate President and other lawmakers have been given some N-Power recruitment allocation. Read Also: Senate President Ahmad Lawan Speaks […]
APC Debunks Allegation Of Witch-Hunting Sacked NWCs
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday said the decision of the party’s National Executive Council, NEC, was not a “witch-hunt.” Recall that the APC NEC had dissolved its National Working Committee, due to protracted leadership crisis. The party’s NEC also constituted a caretaker committee headed by the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni. At the meeting, […]
UN Reacts To Video Of Couple Having Sex In Its Official Car
The United Nations (UN) said it has launched an investigation into a viral video showing a couple apparently having sex in one of its official cars in Israel. According to spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric, while speaking to UN correspondents in New York on Friday, the organisation was “shocked and deeply disturbed” by […]