Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has announced that he will be taking up an advisory role for the people of the state after his tenure ends on May 29, 2023. This decision comes after Wike lost his bid for the presidential ticket of the PDP to Atiku Abubakar. While speaking recently, the governor declared…
NPFL Group A leaders Bendel Insurance have been urged to maintain their unbeaten run as they trade tackles with Kwara United this weekend at home in continuation of the 2023 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). Insurance are currently four points clear at the top of the Group A table, having played 12 matches without…
The Nationwide League One (NLO) has listed 33 Stadium League venues for the 2023 Division One season which is scheduled to kick off Wednesday, April 26. The NLO in a statement informed the development to the participating clubs. According to the nation’s third-tier domestic league, the 33 Stadium League venues were strategically drawn…
UFC 287: Israel Adesanya says his rivalry with UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira could be the “greatest storyline in MMA history”. The pair met for a fourth time at UFC 287 in Miami on Saturday, with Pereira winning all three previous fights. The Brazilian, 35, has won twice in kickboxing and once in…
Paris 2024 organisers have announced a programme of Olympic and Paralympic test events between July 2023 and June 2024. Three different types of test event have been organised, to help with preparations for sports and venues in the run-up to the next Olympics and Paralympics in the French capital. Four test events are…
Super Eagles attacker, Victor Osimhen, gives Gennaro Gattuso and Luciano Spalletti credit for his development as a player. The Nigerian international claims that his drive and self-esteem have greatly improved due to Gattuso’s support, and he accepts that his development has been accelerated by the work completed over the last month under the direction…
Russian authorities have formally charged American journalist Evan Gershkovich with spying, according to local media reports. The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested last week in the city of Yekaterinburg while working on a story. The media reports have said that he categorically denies the accusations against him. The newspaper has demanded his immediate release….
Six men have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the murder of Italy’s ambassador, Luca Attanasio, in February 2021. Attanasio and two others were shot dead after a UN convoy they were travelling in was ambushed in the troubled east of the country, where many…
By Paul Mumeh David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark, a retired Army General and President of the 6th and 7th Senate (2007-2011 & 2011-2015), Federal Republic of Nigeria is 75, (April 8, 2023). He is unarguably an accomplished soldier and a successful politician. As a soldier, he rose to the commanding height of…
The US is “going to hell”, Donald Trump has said in a defiant address after pleading not guilty to falsifying business records to hide damaging information ahead of the 2016 election. The former president was charged with 34 counts in a Manhattan court in New York on Tuesday.These relate to a hush money payment…
