Football Legend Diego Maradona Dies At 60
Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona, is dead. Maradona was reported to have undergone surgery earlier in the month for blood clots on brain. He died at the age of 60. More to follow…
CBN Retains Interest At 11.5%
The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the monetary policy rate(MPR) at 11.5%. The committee also retained the Liquidity Ratio at 30 percent and Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at 27.5 percent. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele announced this on Tuesday after its two-day meeting. This […]
FULL LIST: Wizkid, Burna Boy, Rema Nominated For MOBO Awards
Wizkid, Rema and Burna Boy have been nominated for the 2020 edition of the Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) awards billed for December 9. Rema and Burnaboy were nominated in the ‘Best International Act’ category alongisde Drake,Koffee, Megan Thee Stallion, Pop Smoke, Popcaan, Roddy Ricch, Shenseaa, Summer Walker, HER, and Lil Baby The duo was […]
IGP Adamu Promotes 82, 779 Junior Police Office
……As 16 Killed by ENDSARS Rioters get posthumous promotion The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni, has today, 23rd November, 2020 approved the promotion of Eighty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine (82,779) Junior Police Officers to their next ranks. The promotion of the officers comprising 56,779 Sergeants to Inspector, 17,569 Corporal to […]
Help! Crude oil is dying!
By Simon Kolawole Do you remember when your mechanic advised you not to buy a car with automatic transmission? If you recall, he said manual cars were the best — easier and cheaper to maintain. What he didn’t tell you was that technology had injured him and left him behind. He had thought the […]
Again, Nigeria Economy Plunges Into Recession
Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria has slipped into a recession again for the second time in five years. This was shown in a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBC) on Saturday. According to the Gross Domestic Product report by the NBC , the nation recorded a contraction of 3.62 per cent in the third […]
Tottenham Show Title Credentials Against Toothless Man City
Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester City played perfectly into Tottenham’s hands as Spurs shot to the top of the table with a 2-0 win thanks to goals on the counter-attack from Son Heung-min and Giovani Lo Celso. Spurs have not won an English top-flight title in 60 years, but showed their title credentials with a defensive […]
Iyabo Ojo Loses Mum
Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has announced the demise of Victoria Olubunmi Fetuga, her mother. The 42-year old movie producer took to her Instagram page to break the sad news She said her mother died in her sleep in the early hours of Saturday “My mother, my jewel, my guardian, my pearl… this is how you said […]
#EndSARS: Nigerian Army Admits Going To Lekki Tollgate With Live Bullets
The 81 division of the Nigerian Armey on Saturday has admitted that it took live bullets to the Lekki Tollgate on october 20, 2020 #EbdSARS protest. The army made a u-turn when testifying before the judicial panel set up by the Lagos State government to probe the incident. The army commander Brig.Gen Ahmed Taiwo had […]
CAPPA seeks international probe of #EndSars killings
*Justice for victims of Lekki shootings Picture: L-R Adeniran, Soweto, Oluwafemi, Ige, and Abayomi Francis, ED, Peace and Development Project (PEDEP) The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has sent a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) over the October […]
