Ronaldo Scores Twice As Real Madrid Take Control Against PSG
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid came from behind to stun Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in the first leg of their heavyweight Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday. Ronaldo scored his 100th Champions League goal for title-holders Real from the penalty spot late in the first half to cancel out Adrien Rabiot’s opener for the […]
Ortom Appears Before Senate Panel Probing Benue Killings
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, is currently before the Senate Panel Investigating the killings in the state. The Committee had on Tuesday last week presented a report of its investigation into the failure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of the January killings in Benue State. In […]
$350m power fund not missing – Adeosun, Fashola
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Tuesday, denied the alleged diversion of $350m belonging to the Nigerian Electricity Bulk Trading Company domiciled in the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority. The NSIA also said the $350m it was managing for the NBET had grown to […]
FCT police nabbed robbery gang allegedly headed by medical doctor
The police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have busted a robbery gang allegedly led by a medical doctor and the proprietor of Vital Care Hospital, Kubwa, Abuja, Dr. Ola Jimade. Northern City News learnt that while five members of the gang were arrested, Jimade is still on the run. Those arrested were Sunday Okhomode, […]
No section will impose presidential candidate on us – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party has said that no section of the country will impose its 2019 presidential candidate on it. Rather, it said the task of picking who would fly the party’s flag would be the joint efforts of all delegates to the party’s convention where the candidate would be elected. The spokesperson for the […]
UNILAG Postpones Convocation
The University of Lagos has postponed its 50th Convocation previously scheduled to commence on February 19. The university authorities, in a statement released on Tuesday by the Principal Assistant Registrar, Information Unit, Mrs. Taiwo Oloyede, said the postponement was due to challenges posed by the ongoing strike by the non-teaching staff of the institution. The […]
Kane Hails Tottenham Valuable Away Goals
Striker Harry Kane said he was delighted that Tottenham fought back on Tuesday to take two valuable away goals into the second leg of their last 16 Champions League tie with Juventus. Kane scored one of Spurs’ goals as the English side fought back from 2-0 down to 2-2 in Turin, giving them an outstanding […]
Shekau Now Wears Hijab, Says Army
Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, has abandoned his followers and is currently trying to escape from the war front, according to the army. In a statement on Tuesday, Sani Usman, army spokesman, said the Boko Haram leader who has been disguising as a woman, was last seen in a black hijab. “The […]
Mr President, I Think You Are In A Trance – Soyinka Blasts Buhari
“Mr President, I think you are in a trance.” This was the reaction of Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka when he was asked by journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, what he would tell President Muhammadu Buhari if he meets him face to face. “I will say to him, Mr President, I think you are under […]
Tinubu Asks Obasanjo To Join Retirees Club
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has advised former president Olusegun Obasanjo to join the retirees club and collect his pension. His comments were in reaction to Obasanjo’s special statement in which he advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to re-contest for office in 2019. “I don’t address those shadows. We should […]
