Eight students of Madonna University, Elele, Rivers state have reportedly died in a ghastly motor accident on their way from Port Harcourt to Taraba state. Right have it that the students were travelling home from school on account of the forthcoming general election. Mr. Matthew Mbam, an eyewitness said the incident happened on Saturday, February 18, at the TTC/Special Science School junction, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State. Seven other students reportedly survived the incident with varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to the Alex Ekwueme Teaching Hospital Hospital in Ebonyi State. Mbam, who narrated the incident on his Facebook page,…
Author: Patron Akindele
Arsenal FC regained top spot in the English Premier League at the expense Manchester city, winning 4-2 against Villa in a pulsating game at Villa park. The gunners scored twice in stoppage time to win a six-goal thriller at Aston Villa and return to the top of the Premier League. Jorginho’s shot came off the crossbar and bounced in off Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez to put Arsenal 3-2 up, before substitute Gabriel Martinelli raced clear to score as Villa chased an equaliser. Aston Villa twice led, through Ollie Watkins and Philippe Coutinho, in the first half but they were pegged back…
Fans of SSC Napoli have labelled Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen the best striker in the world after his incredible performance in the win against Sassuolo in which he scored another incredible goal to take his League tally for the season to 18. Making his 197th appearance for both club and country, Osimhen scored his 100th career goal in the 33rd minute to double Napoli’s lead after a wonderful solo effort from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had shot the Naples based club into the lead after 12 minutes as Napoli’s relentless charge to the Scudetto continues. The Nigerian brilliantly held off two…
After days in the fog, Nigeria has seemingly awoken to the reality that it stands on the victim’s side of a most terrible deception. Told the CBN was implementing a cash redesign, people paid inadequate attention to the details of what was always intended as an all-out assault against their financial person. When a mean and stingy man starts repainting your house and moving in new furniture you should not celebrate. You should quickly realize you have not won some unexpected prize. You are being tossed from your home by the man who sees himself as its new owner.…
The super falcons of Nigeria suffered a one Nil defeat at the hands of Mexico in their first game of the ongoing Revelations Cup. Kiana Palacios scored the only goal of the game for hosts Mexico in the 85th minute to condemn the Falcons to their sixth straight loss with their last win coming against Cameroon in the quarter-finals of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Chiamaka Nnadozie, Ashleigh Plumptre, Osinachi Ohale, Toni Payne, Rofiat Imuran, Blessing Demehin, Ifeoma Onumonu, Rasheedat Ajibade Chinwendu Ihezuo, Francisca Ordega and Christy Ucheibe all started the game for Nigeria. The Falcons…
Bayern Munich secured a One Nil victory over Paris Saint-Germain in their round of 16 clash at the Parc Des Princes with Kingsley Coman repeating his Champions league final heroics to give his team the First leg advantage. Born in Paris and raised at PSG, Coman scored the only goal when Bayern beat the French side in the 2020 Champions League final and he was again the sole scorer as the German champions put one foot into the quarter-finals. PSG, who have now lost five games in all competitions in 2023, held firm in the opening half but were eventually…
Polytechnics in Nigeria have been directed to close for Elections following similar order of closure declared for Universities a week before. The directive was contained in a circular issued by the Federal Ministry of Education, directing the Executive Secretary of, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje to communicate to Rectors and Provosts of polytechnics. The letter, which was signed by Mr I. O Folorunsho, for the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu and dated Feb. 10, was obtained by newsmen in Abuja on Monday. “In view of concerns expressed on the security of staff, students…
Dutch star Cody Gakpo finally got off the mark for his new club Liverpool with Mo Salah as scoring as they defeated Everton 2 Nil in the latest installment of the Merseyside derby to ease the pressure on Manager Jurgen Klopp. The Victory was Liverpool’s first victory of the year, ending a four-game winless run in the Premier League thereby getting tothemselves out of the rut they found themselves in of late. It was a cagey start to the game for the first twenty minutes or so but from that moment onwards, Liverpool seemed to rediscover some of the quality…
The past few weeks have been a challenging one for Nigerians especially our SMEs, poor and vulnerable masses and those whose very survival depend on daily cash transactions. They have felt the brunt of the combined problems of scarcity of fuel and new Naira notes. We feel the pains of our market women and artisans who have experienced low sales because customers do not have cash to make purchases. We hear the loud cries of farmers in rural areas and hinterlands who have been forced to sell their produce at much lower prices so they don’t lose out completely. We…
Manchester United failed in their bid to go level on point with Manchester City on the EPL table after having to fight back from 2 goals down to secure a draw against Leeds at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Following the sacking of Jesse Marsch, managerless Leeds took the lead in the very first minute of game time, as Wilfred Gnonto’s right footed shot from outside of the box, easily found the back of the net. United went into half time one goal down, and at the return from the break, United’s defender, Raphael Varane, doubled the scoreline for Leeds…