Sevilla FC have completed the signing of Nigerian forward Chidera Ejuke on a three-year deal. The 26-year-old winger joins the Spanish club as a free agent after completing his medicals. The former UEFA Europa League champions announced his arrival on Monday afternoon, June 17. ” Sevilla FC has reached an agreement with the Nigerian footballer…
Hollywood superstar Morgan Freeman has again kicked against Black History Month which he described as a “deeply flawed concept”. The Oscar winner railed against the annual observance in a new interview with Variety, saying he absolutely detests and doesn’t relate to it. He said; “You are going to give me the shortest…
A female pilgrim from Kaduna State, Hajiya Asma’u Muhammad-Ladan, passed away at the King Fahad Hospital in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after a brief illness on Friday. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Malam Yunusa Muhammad-Abdullahi, issued to newsmen in Arafat on…
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command raided kidnappers’ hideouts in an Abuja border community, neutralized a bandit and arrested three other suspects. Spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, June 15, 2024, said the suspects confessed to being involved in a series of…
A Texas pastor has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after a jury convicted him of stealing three churches valued at more than $800,000. Whitney Foster, 56, the pastor at the True Foundation nondenominational church in Dallas, was sentenced after he was convicted of theft of property involving three local churches, Dallas County…
President Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians to make sacrifices as he observes Eid prayer in Lagos. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said some level of sacrifices will be required to move the nation forward. He spoke with journalists after joining the Eid-el-Kabir prayers in Lagos, amplifying the theme of the sermon by the Chief…
The police in Delta state have begin the manhunt for a man identified as Stanley Overmureye for the alleged gruesome murder of his six-year-old daughter, Abigail Stanley. The sad and painful incident which occurred on June 15 was reported by the brother to the fleeing suspect. The DPO on receipt of the complaint detailed…
An accident involving a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) a commercial yellow bus (Danfo), and a truck at Ketu, inward Ojota area of Lagos State has reportedly left 19 people injured. Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) team from the Command and Control Centre, arrived at the scene under the Ojota inter-change bridge at about…
The National Buereau of Statistics says Nigeria’s inflation rate increased to 33.95 per cent in May 2024. In its latest report released today June 15, the bureau stated that there was an increase of 0.26% points when compared to the April 2024 headline inflation rate. The data revealed that on a year-on-year basis,…
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Saturday, June 15, attacked the Ogbaru Local Government Area Headquarters Secretariat. The attack, which resulted in the destruction of four patrol vehicles belonging to the vigilantes, has been described as an act of cowardice. Thankfully, there were no casualties. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson…
