Spain’s World Cup winner Ferran Torres scored twice to claim a draw for Paris Saint-Germain as they started the defence of their French Ligue 1 title with a 2-2 draw at Rennes. Torres came off the bench for his Ligue 1 debut and opened his account for his new club weeks on from scoring the…
Spanish champions Barcelona cruised to a 5-0 win over Elche on Sunday in their La Liga opener with Raphinha and Fermin Lopez scoring twice each and Anthony Gordon setting up two goals on his debut. After watching Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid defeat Espanyol 2-1 on Saturday with a late winner, Barca’s display warned the Portuguese…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger State, Hon. Jonathan Vatsa, has backed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s criticism of the Federal Government’s fuel subsidy removal, urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reconsider the policy. Vatsa, a former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism in the state, said Nigerians had been “shortchanged…
…Says N1.9m needed every three months for drugs By Joseph Erunke, Abuja For Mrs Kehinde Oluwatoyin Ugbede, a former banker whose career was cut short by kidney failure, a successful kidney transplant in March 2026 offered what she described as a second chance at life. But four months after the life-saving surgery, Ugbede says the…
Several people have been killed and others injured after bandits attacked communities in Zamfara State, destroying homes and forcing residents to flee for safety. The attacks occurred on Sunday afternoon in Bardoki community in Gummi Local Government Area and Bunkasau in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the state. The development was contained in a post shared on…
By Emma Una CALABAR — Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has assured victims of Saturday’s fire outbreak at SPAR shopping complex in Calabar of government assistance, promising immediate intervention to mitigate their losses and support the recovery of affected businesses. The governor’s assurance was conveyed by his Deputy, Dr Peter Odey, who visited…
By Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS: The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has called on the Federal Government, employers and other stakeholders to implement reforms that will create decent jobs, protect workers and ensure a fairer distribution of Nigeria’s wealth. The TUC Secretary-General, Nuhu Toro, made the call at the closing ceremony of the 2026 Petroleum…
There is no story trending in Nigeria’s sports circle today that interests Nigerian football fans as the call on the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to either resign or not to bother to seek to return in the next election. Mainstream and social media platforms are buzzing with stories on what has happened…
By Bobson Gbinije “Criticism is a disinterested endeavor to learn/And propagate the best that is known and thought in the World.” Mathew Arnold (1822-1888) Essays in Criticism. In his poem, The Volunteer Day, C. Lewis took an emotional and retrospective glance at the travails, trauma and tribulations of the volunteers of war for ancient England….
By Benson Ndokwe Come 2027 in Delta State, it will be liberation time for Deltans when Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru and his African Democratic Congress (ADC) win the governorship election. Many critics will be taken aback while others will be astounded for somebody who has been written off. And so shall it be as Ogboru is…
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