The United States launched their bid for an unprecedented third consecutive Women’s World Cup crown with a 3-0 win over Vietnam on Saturday, as fellow favourites England were set to enter the fray. The 22-year-old attacker Sophia Smith was the star of the show at Eden Park in Auckland, scoring twice and setting up captain […]
Lionel Messi made a Hollywood start to his American adventure, scoring a last-second winner with a curling free-kick in his debut game for Inter Miami on Friday. Deep in the fourth minute of stoppage time, with the Leagues Cup match against Mexican club Cruz Azul standing at 1-1, Messi won a free-kick just outside the […]
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one of the suspected killers of the councillor representing the Eha-Ulo Ward, Nsukka Local Government Area of the state, Nelson Sylvester. Sylvester, who was popularly known as Ofunwa, was shot dead on Sunday at his residence in the Eha-Alumonah community by gunmen suspected to be assassins. Confirming the […]
•Aggrieved NWC members welcome Adamu’s removal, NEC meeting postponed indefinitely •Kyari, Funtua take temporary charge, new leaders to emerge at emergency convention The sudden resignation of the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, was spurred by the manner they handled the contentious audit report […]
The Federal Government on Monday confirmed one case of Anthrax disease in a mixed livestock farm in Niger State. This is the first animal case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning of the West Africa outbreak in Ghana in June 2023. The apex government said further investigation was also ongoing to trace the […]
A group of Point of Sales operators in Nigeria have protested against the increased service charges in the country which took effect on Monday. The Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria announced new service charges for operators in June. The association had said the increase in service charges was to ensure Point […]
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, says he did not grant a media interview suggesting that he will run for the office of the President in 2027. In a Twitter post on Saturday, the former Anambra State governor lamented “an emerging pattern where fake media reports”. Obi […]
At least 22 people have died and 14 more are missing after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in South Korea, officials said Saturday, with thousands more ordered to evacuate their homes. Advertisement South Korea is at the peak of its summer monsoon season and there has been heavy rainfall for the last three days, […]
Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon in the Open era as the Czech swept to a shock 6-4, 6-4 victory over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in Saturday’s final. As the first unseeded woman in the Wimbledon final in 60 years, Vondrousova was a heavy underdog against sixth-ranked Jabeur. But the 24-year-old upset […]
The UK’s oldest medical union on Saturday hit out at government plans to increase the amount migrant workers pay to use the state healthcare service, to cover public-sector wage increases. Advertisement Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government this week approved recommendations to boost wages of teachers, doctors and police by between 5.0 to 7.0 percent. Sunak […]