President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff John Kelly will leave his job at the end of this year, confirming speculations about another high profile departure from his team. Trump broke the news on Saturday and described the former Marine Corps general…
Lucas Torreira scored a sublime bicycle kick late on to break Huddersfield’s resistance and move Arsenal into the Premier League top four with victory at Emirates Stadium. The visitors, who slip into the bottom three, had looked on course for a valu…
Manchester United recorded their biggest Premier League win of the season as they swept aside Fulham in a match Cottagers boss Claudio Ranieri described as “11 lambs against 11 wolves”. The victory – United’s first in five league matches – moved the…
A Mexican model and volunteer was crowned Miss World at a glitzy event on the tropical Chinese island of Hainan on Saturday. Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce de Leon, 26, has a degree in international business, volunteers for “Migrantes en el Camino” and i…
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday urged Nigerians to vote for credible candidates who will drive growth and development. Obasanjo, who spoke at the 27th annual Owu National Convention held in Iwo, Os…
Medview Airlines said on Saturday that some of its aircraft have returned from major maintenance checks abroad as it prepares to increase flight frequencies on some routes. In a statement by the airline’s Head of Commercial, Mr. Trevor Henry said th…
Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick as Liverpool eased to a 4-0 win at Bournemouth and returned to the top of the Premier League ahead of Manchester City's trip to Chelsea on Saturday evening. Salah struck once before half-time and twice after it, with…
The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps said two persons died while six others sustained various degrees of injury in an accident involving four vehicles near Kara Bridge on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. TRACE Public Relations O…
The Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has announced the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor and two other principal officers. A statement by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Lekan Fadeyi, named P…
Oil marketers on Saturday said they did not reach any agreement with Federal Government on the N800 billion subsidy arrears, saying their ultimatum to cease depots operations on Monday remained unchanged. Mr Olufemi Adewole, Executive Secretary, Dep…
Paris Saint-Germain have slammed reports claiming they could be forced to sell Neymar or Kylian Mbappe, to avoid Financial Fair Play (FFP) sanctions. French newspaper, L’Equipe, published an article on Friday, claiming PSG were considering cashing i…
The President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of nine (9) new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. In a statement signed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, the list of the success…
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central) said the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance forbids President Muhammadu Buhari from signing the Electoral Bill. The All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker gave this insight in a phone interview …
The Director, Strategic Communications of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has revealed why some people are spreading the false news of the death of President Muhammadu Buhari. Keyamo said the issue of the presi…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the National Open University Amendment Act, to allow the institution to operate as all other universities in the country. With the assent, the graduates of the NOUN can now participate in the National Youth…
The presidential election, which is scheduled to hold on February 16, 2019, may take five days to collate and announce its result. Multiple sources within the Independent National Electoral Commission told our correspondent that they envisaged three…
The National Youth Service Corps has sanctioned popular artiste, David Adeleke, aka Davido, for violating camp rules during the mandatory three-week orientation camp. Top sources in the NYSC told one of our correspondents that for “absconding” from …
The Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has ruled out the possibility of voting for Nigerians in Diaspora in 2019 general elections. Dabiri-Erewa made the assertion while playing host to the Rwa…
Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti and his Egypt 80 band, has been nominated for 61st Grammy’s best world music album for his Black Times album. The youngest son of late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti will be contesting the category with four other nominees: Bombino …
About three settlements, including a clinic funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund in Borno State have been attacked by Boko Haram. Two of the attacks were hatched by the insurgents on Thursday in the Bama and Rann areas, while the third attac…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday declined signing the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018 into law, saying that it was capable of derailing preparations for 2019 polls. It was the fourth time he would reject the bill as previous rejections were base…
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