Arsenal won the FA Community Shield on Saturday in penalty kicks over Liverpool, winning the shootout 5-4 after regulation ended at 1-1.
A 45-year-old business man and father-of-four, Chinedu Ogwa, has committed suicide in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, over perceived failure to succeed in his business and inability to recover his debts from some people. According to Vanguard News, the deceased who hails from Ebonyi state, was found dead in his Diobu, Port Harcourt residence on Thursday night, after alleged intake of poisonous substance. His wife, Chidinma, said that her husband had opened up to her on Monday about resisting an initial attempt to take his life over his frustration with his failing business and poor relations with some unnamed persons. She…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control, NAFDAC, has said that it is testing 40 herbal drugs for cure of coronavirus. This was disclosed by the Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye.
The new Premier League season will start on Saturday September 12 Premier League announces full fixture list for 2020/21 season; City, United afforded delayed kick-off due to European involvement, Wolves and Chelsea don’t begin until September 14. The new Premier League season will start on Saturday September 12. Liverpool host Leeds on opening weekend, Manchester City and Manchester United given late start
Malian soldiers who forced the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign have explained their action. Keita resigned and dissolved parliament as soldiers detained him at gunpoint.
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed his desire to live beyond 100 so as to have more opportunities to celebrate with the Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sabur Bakare, Jamolu II. Obasanjo was part of the dignitaries present at the first anniversary of the monarch held in Abeokuta on Tuesday.
Viewers on DStv can look forward to thrills and spills from the world’s best basketball league, as ESPN 2 brings live playoff action from the 2019-20 National Basketball Association (NBA) season this coming week, Friday 21 to Thursday 27 August 2020. DStv is your home of the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. The first live match available to viewers this week arrives on the evening of Friday 21 August when the Denver Nuggets visit the Utah Jazz (9:00pm LIVE on ESPN 2). Denver have had an up and down season thus far, though coach Michael Malone didn’t hold his punches…
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Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests deeper into crisis. Looking tired and wearing a surgical mask, Keita resigned in a brief address broadcast on state television after troops seized him along with Prime Minister Boubou Cisse and other top officials.
Former Barcelona midfielder Ronald Koeman has been appointed the club’s new coach, the La Liga giants’ president Josep Maria Bartomeu said on Tuesday.
Popular internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha, widely known as Mompha, has been rearrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over charges of money laundering. W gathered from KemiFilani that Mompha was re-arrested last Friday when he went to the EFCC office in Ikoyi to reclaim his five wristwatches, one Apple Air pod, one iPhone 8 mobile phone and one pair of sunglasses, seized from him by the anti-graft agency.
Arsenal’s David Luiz and his Brazilian counterpart, Lucas Moura will feature on the final episode of MTV Cribs tonight. This episode will see David Luiz show off his swanky London home and range of luxury cars. The Arsenal defender who recently won the FA Cup with the Gunners will take viewers through his daily routines, his favourite room in the house and what he does for fun. Also appearing on the show tonight is Tottenham Hotspur winger, Lucus Moura. The Brazilian forward will share with MTV Cribs how he spends his time, favourite things to do at home and how…
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has felicitated with Nigerian youths as the world celebrates the 21st anniversary of International Youths Day. In a message issued on social media, Atiku advised the youth to ensure to protect themselves from COVID-19 by following health protocols.
Seven suspects including a 34-year-old woman have been arrested in connection with the murder of BBNaija star, Khafi Kareem’s younger brother, Alexander who was shot dead in west London. Alexander Kareem, 20, was shot close to his family house in Shepherd’s Bush, West London on June 8. He was heading home from a convenience store when he was shot in a case of mistaken identity.
ShopRite Nigeria has debunked the story making the rounds that it intends to close shop in Nigeria. In a telephone conversation with Vanguard, the Country Director for Chastex Consult, Ini Archibong, said “Shoprite is not leaving Nigeria. “We have only just opened to Nigerian investors which we have also been talking to just before now. We are not leaving, who leaves over a $30billion investment and close shop? It doesn’t sound right.
Few days to the announced school resumption date for graduating pupils, parents of pupils in private secondary schools in Ogun State on Sunday kicked against the request of N25,000 COVID-19 test fee by the government. Many of the parents, who took their demonstrations to the streets, faulted the decision of the government to ask them to pay N25,000 on each pupil before they could be allowed to resume.
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Nigerians have taken to social media to express surprise after grocery retailer, Shoprite, announced its exiting the country after 15 years. According to News24, the Cape Town-based retailer has started a formal process to consider the potential sale of all or a majority stake in its supermarkets in Nigeria, it said in a trading statement for the 52 weeks to end June released on Monday.
