The Federal Government has fixed the National Sports Festival for November 2 to 15, 2022 in Delta State following the resolution of the Technical Committee of the National Council on Sports. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, disclosed this on Monday in Asaba, the Delta State Capital during the extra-ordinary National … Continue reading FG Approves November 2022 For National Sports Festival In Delta

  Hoodlums on Monday attacked some management staff of the Obafemi Awolowo University, including Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede. The staff members had tried to visit a hostel built on land claimed by members of a community near the university premises. The hoodlums were reportedly hired by the land claimants. READ ALSO: 75-Year-Old Nigerian Dies On Arrival … Continue reading Land Dispute: Hoodlums Attack OAU Vice-Chancellor In Ife

A 75-year-old man (name withheld) has died at the Lagos Airport in Nigeria’s commercial capital.

  Turkey’s troubled lira nosedived Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited Islamic teachings to justify not raising interest rates to cushion the currency against historic falls. Erdogan has pushed the central bank to sharply lower borrowing costs despite the annual rate of inflation soaring to more than 20 percent. Economists believe the policy could … Continue reading Turkey’s Currency Loses Value As President Erdogan Goes Religious

  Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Monday continued his testimony at the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja in the trial of Abubakar Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4 billion subsidy fraud. Mr Bawa who is testifying as the fifth prosecution witness concluded his … Continue reading EFCC Boss Continues Testimony In Alleged N1.4bn Oil Fraud Case

  Premier League clubs on Monday decided against a temporary halt to the season despite a surge in coronavirus cases that has forced mass postponements and threatened to derail the season. Just four of the weekend’s scheduled 10 games went ahead as Britain battles record numbers of positive Covid cases due to the new Omicron … Continue reading Premier League Clubs Choose To Continue Matches Despite Covid Outbreak

  Giving a full dose of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine as a booster shot provides more antibody protection against the Omicron variant than currently authorised half-strength injections, the company said Monday. The lab study measured the levels of Omicron-neutralising antibodies in blood samples from 40 people who had low levels of these antibodies before getting the … Continue reading Full Booster Dose Improves Omicron Protection, Says Moderna

  A 17-year-old student Jemimah Marcus has emerged one-day Governor of Lagos State. Marcus, a student of Angus Memorial Secondary School in Somolu, Lagos East, won the 2020 edition of the Spelling Bee Competition, thereby earning the honour to become the one-day Governor. Master Sotin Ajose of Topo Senior Grammar School emerged first runner up … Continue reading 17-Year-Old Jemimah Marcus Becomes Lagos’ One-Day Governor

  The UN’s refugee agency on Monday called for Thailand to allow them “urgent access” to more than 3,000 Myanmar refugees who fled to the kingdom to escape fighting in conflict-wracked Karen state. Clashes between Myanmar’s military and the Karen National Union — a rebel group vocally opposed to a junta which deposed a civilian … Continue reading UN Agency Calls For ‘Urgent Access’ To Myanmar Refugees

  Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal said Monday he had tested positive for Covid-19, which puts in doubt his participation in the Australian Open next month where was was expected to make his big comeback after months of injury. The Spanish former world number one said he took the test when he returned to Spain … Continue reading Nadal Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Latest Blow For Tennis Legend