SPORTSCoutinho Returns To Barcelona Training
Brazilian playmaker, Philippe Coutinho, has returned to Barcelona’s pre-season training ahead of a new season.
The development was disclosed by Barcelona in a post on their official Twitter handle on Friday morning.
The playmaker looks set to stay at Camp Nou after new manager Ronald Koeman convinced him he is part of his plans.
The 28-year-old spent the last campaign on loan at...
Nigerian Military Airstrikes Hit Bandits’ Hideout, Kill Scores In Kaduna Forest
The Defence Headquarters on Friday noted that the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike has neutralized several armed bandits in airstrikes on their camps in the Kuduru and Kwaimbana forest areas of Kaduna State.
Maj. Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, in a statement released in Abuja on Friday, said the successes were achieved through separate airstrikes carried...
Only Buhari Can Look Obasanjo In The Eye And Survive It – Adesina
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has noted that the Nigeria President can confront former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ‘survive it’
The President aide stated this in a piece entitled ‘Buhari Applause for Akinwumi Adesina’.
He compared Obasanjo to “America and some other world powers”.
Buhari’s media aide wrote: “If America and some other world powers come...
At Least 17 Killed By Suspected Bandits In Niger State
At least 17 persons are feared killed by bandits in Dukku community in Rijau local government area of Niger State.
Eyewitnesses said the attackers stormed the community at about 7:00 pm on Wednesday, and also attacked a bank at Kagara in Rafi local government area.
The attackers were said to have laid ambush on the community for several hours before unleashing...
GIST‘What Is This” Falz Reacts To Lagos State’s Newly Introduced Levies Various Works
Nigerian rapper and actor, Falz has reacted to the implementation of 5 percent levy on all audio and visual content on all phyical and digital platforms, by the Lagos state government.
The state government has made it known in a notice it addressed to the Managing Director of Iroko TV.
The Lagos State Government requested for the “immediate payment of 5% levy on...
Kai Havertz Arrives In London To Complete Chelsea Move
Bayer Leverkusen have confirmed that Kai Havertz is on his to complete his £90million deal with Chelsea.
The player has been linked with the English Premier League side and the deal is expected to pull through soon.
Information gathered revealed that he has now left for London, where he will wrap up his transfer to the Premier League.
Leverkusen’s sporting director, Rudi...
Nigeria Confirms 125 Fresh COVID-19 Infections As Recoveries Near 43,000
Nigeria has confirmed one hundred and twenty-five (125) fresh cases of COVID-19 on Thursday even as the number of persons who have recovered from the pandemic in the country inched close to 43,000.
While disclosing the latest COVID-19 data, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the new cases take the number of infections in the West African nation...
Fuel Hike: Oil Marketers Explain Benefits Of Newly Increased Price To Nigerians.
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has described how beneficial the deregulation of the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, will be to Nigeria and Nigerians in the long run.
Through its Chairman, Mr Tunji Oyebanji, who issued a statement today in Lagos, MOMAN made this known, while reacting to the outcry over the...
UK Court Grants Nigeria Relief From $9bn Judgment Debt
Nigeria has won its case against the Process & Industrial Developments Limited and will no longer pay the $9 billion judgment debt.
Recall that in August 2019, a British judge ordered the Nigerian government to pay $9 billion in assets to the firm.
The P&ID had reached a deal with the Nigerian government in 2010 to build a natural gas plant...
