Arsenal came from two goals behind to secure a crucial 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Sunday, edging closer to a Champions League spot. Despite first-half goals from Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz putting Liverpool in control, the Gunners fought back after the break. Gabriel Martinelli pulled one back for Arsenal, and Mikel Merino’s header in…
Property worth millions of naira has been destroyed after a fire broke out at a furniture workshop and a church in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The incident occurred on Saturday at Sogoye, Bode, in Ibadan. Moroof Akinwande, the state Chairman of the Fire Services Agency and Special Adviser on Fire Services Reform to Governor…
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has officially launched a 100-bed Mother and Child Centre at the Awo-Omamma General Hospital near Owerri, Imo State. This state-of-the-art facility, named the Senator Oluremi Tinubu Mother and Child Centre, was built by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) and…
The Nigerian Army has arrested at least twelve individuals in connection with terrorism committed by a breakaway faction of Boko Haram insurgents, known as ‘Mahmuda’, which allegedly occupied the Kanji Lake National Park. The group has reportedly terrorized and exploited residents in neighboring border communities in the Baruten and Kaiama Local Government Areas of Kwara…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the widespread institutional weaknesses, bureaucratic inefficiencies, and rampant corruption in Nigeria, which undermine governance at every level. Speaking at the union’s 23rd National Delegates Conference at the University of Benin, Main Campus, Ugbowo, on Saturday, ASUU National President Emmanuel Osodeke expressed concern over the lack of…
Fear and uncertainty have swept through parts of Isa Local Government Area in Sokoto State following new threats from notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, who has allegedly forced residents of Bafarawa town to flee their homes. In response, the state police command has confirmed the deployment of personnel to the affected areas. Local sources report…
The Federal Fire Service has handed over the driver of a rescue truck involved in a fatal accident on Friday night in Wuse 2, Abuja, to the police and has suspended the officials on duty pending the outcome of a full investigation. The tragic accident, which occurred around 11:00 PM on Friday in the Wuse…
The Federal Ministry of Works has assured Nigerians that the Akure-Ikere road dualisation project will be ready for inauguration by President Bola Tinubu in December. Engr. Olajide Hussein, the Federal Controller of Works in Ondo State, provided this assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Akure. Hussein clarified that…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a fuel tanker ingeniously modified to smuggle illicit drugs across Nigeria. This was revealed on Sunday via a post on X.com by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi. He said NDLEA operatives, during a targeted stop-and-search operation, discovered a specially constructed…
Leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland told Russian president to accept unconditional 30-day ceasefire by Monday or face increased sanctions and weapons transfers to Ukraine Vladimir Putin has rejected an ultimatum from European leaders to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine or face intensified sanctions. However, he has suggested holding direct negotiations with Kyiv…
