China, India De-Escalate Border Tension After Russia Meeting
China and India have agreed to continue dialogue on border conflict. Dpa reports that the decision was reached at a meeting of their foreign ministers in Russia. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and India’s top diplomat, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, admitted that the situation is not in the interest of either side. The officials issued a joint […]
Argentina Vs Ecuador: Messi Ban Now Over, AFA President Says
Lionel Messi can play in Argentina’s opening 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier next month, Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), said on Thursday. Tapia said this was because the statute of limitations (barring him from playing) has run out on the ban he was given during last year’s Copa America Read Also: […]
Lagos Govt Evacuates 77 Occupants, Seals Building
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Thursday, evacuated 77 occupants of a partially collapsed building. The building, which is located at No. 26, Afolabi Alafia Street, Gaskiya Road, Ijora Badia area of Lagos, is dilapidated and no longer fit for habitation. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General of the agency, disclosed to the News Agency of […]
Abuja: FCTA Blames Shanty Towns For Insecurity
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says the rising rate of crimes in Abuja was caused by shantytowns. NAN reports that Adamu Gwary, Director of Security Services, spoke when he led a team to demolish illegal structures at Down Jabi community. “Shanty towns keep springing up in all corners. Henceforth, we shall not condone them […]
VIO Inaugurates New Abuja Headquarters
The Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) is set to synchronise operations of State commands. Director of Service, Wadata Bodinga, made this known at the inauguration of the agency’s national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday. He was represented by Paul Bepeh, Director, Cross River State Command. Read Also: 25 VIOs, FRSC Officials Arrested In Lagos Over Fraud […]
UK Court Orders P&ID To Pay Nigeria £1.5million
Nigeria secured another victory against Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) in the UK court today as Sir Ross Cranston ordered it to make an interim payment of £1.5million to Nigeria. The amount, to be paid within 21 days, is to cover the legal costs Nigeria incurred as part of a successful application for the extension […]
Premier League Returns With Blockbuster Weekend
Liverpool will face Leeds United to headline the return of the English Premier League’s this weekend. Leeds United have waited 16 long years to return to the English Premier League (EPL) and they will get a very clear reminder of what they are now up against. Marcelo Bielsa’s side face champions Liverpool at Anfield in […]
UK Holds Crisis Talks With EU As Pelosi Warns On Brexit Bill
Britain held emergency talks with the European Union on Thursday, facing warnings of legal action over a new Brexit bill and a threatening reminder of its obligations to Northern Ireland from leading US Democrat Nancy Pelosi. Warnings redoubled too within the ranks of the governing Conservative party as former prime minister John Major, who helped […]
Premier League Hit Back Over Newcastle Takeover Bid Claim
The Premier League have slammed Newcastle’s claim that the organisation rejected a Saudi Arabia-backed bid to buy the troubled club. Newcastle released a statement on Wednesday that said Premier League chief executive Richard Masters had blocked the takeover and did not “act appropriately”. But the Premier League delivered a strongly worded response on Thursday that […]
Ghananian Pastor Shoots Wife Dead In The US
The City of Orlando Police Department has arrested a self-described prophet, pastor and founder of Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries named Sylvester Ofori in the murder of his 27-year-old wife. The 35-year-old ‘pastor’ was arrested on Wednesday night after he shot his wife Barbara Tommey outside the Navy Federal Credit Union branch where she worked. […]
President Trump Admitted Playing Down Coronavirus Danger
President Donald Trump admits he tried to minimise the lethal threat of the coronavirus at the outset of the pandemic in audio recordings released Wednesday from interviews with veteran US journalist Bob Woodward. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump said in an interview with Woodward on March 19, according to a CNN preview […]
Ban On Foreign Airlines Triggers Fare Rise
The reciprocity policy being enforced by Nigeria that shut out some European nations’ carriers from operating into the country, is taking a huge toll on many Nigerians. Those affected by the policy are passengers that already booked on the airlines with preparation to coming home or leaving the country immediately resumption of international flights was […]