Ronald Koeman has been sacked as coach of Barcelona, the club announced on Wednesday, after defeat by Rayo Vallecano left the club ninth in La Liga. Barca have won only two of their last seven league games under Koeman, a run that included losing to Real Madrid in Sunday’s ...
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CBN’s E-Naira Speed Wallet Disappears From Play Store Two Days After Launch
The E-Naira speed wallet has disappeared from the Google Play Store barely 48 hours after its launch, The PUNCH has observed. However, our correspondent learnt that the eNaira merchant wallet, which is designed for businesses, is still running and has over 10,000 downloads on the Google Play Store ...
Read More »Youths Beat Bandits’ Informant, Family Members To Death In Kaduna
Angry youths have stormed the residence of a suspected informant for bandits and beat him to death in Kaduna State. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the youths inflicted severe injure on the victim, Abdullahi Mohammed Gobirawa before he ...
Read More »Consumer Protection Agency Bill Scales Second Reading at Lagos Assembly
Consumer Protection Agency Bill Scales Second Reading at Lagos Assembly Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday intensified moves to repeal the State’s Consumer Protection Agency law and replace it with an amended version that is more people-friendly and aimed at strengthening the rights of residents. The ...
Read More »Fuel Subsidy: Why Buhari should be impeached – Sanusi Lamido
The Former Emir of Kano state, Sanusi Lamido has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is meant to be impeached for paying millions of dollars on fuel subsidies without appropriation. He disclosed that this is contained in Nigeria’s Constitution.He stated this while speaking virtually as a panelist on Sustainable Development ...
Read More »Tinubu Throws Weight Behind Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola As Fight With Aregbesola Deepens
As the feud between Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State and his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior festers, there are reports that their political godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has thrown his weight behind the governor, raising anxiety in the state’s political cycle. The fight between Oyetola ...
Read More »LIFANIMA Gets Lagos State Endorsement, Receives 1000 Entries
The Lagos International Festival of Animation, LIFANIMA has received the endorsement of the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism and Culture. The State further pledged the collaboration of its agency, The Lagos State Films and Video Censors Board. This was conveyed in a letter signed by the Executive Secretary of ...
Read More »Just In : Court Of Appeal Suspends PDP National Convention
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday ordered the suspension of the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which was slated for Saturday, 30th October 2021. The convention was suspended pending the determination of a suit brought by Prince Uche Secondus, the embattled National ...
Read More »See List of Nigerians, groups mobilising Support for Tinubu presidency in 2023
Although the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has not declared intention to contest any office in 2023, there have been different political movements mobilising support for him to join the 2023 presidential race. Over the past few months, the ex- Lagos Governor’s campaign posters ...
Read More »Tension As Hoodlums Storm Ogun School, Two Teachers Hospitalised, Others Flee
The hoodlums stormed the school premises with weapons and descended on the teachers, inflicting varying degrees of injury on them. There was palpable tension as thugs were allegedly hired by students of Community High School, Ijoun, in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Monday, to attack ...
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