Cristiano Ronaldo became the first men’s player in history to score 900 goals in official matches, reaching his latest milestone in Portugal’s UEFA Nations League match against Croatia in Lisbon on Thursday. Ronaldo secured the historic goal with a volley from 6 yards off a cross from Nuno Mendes to […]
The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission has presented a timetable for the screening exercise for councillors and chairmanship candidates ahead of the local government election slated for October 19, 2024. This is contained in a timetable signed by Mrs Hajara Mohammed, Chairman of the Commission, issued in Kaduna on Friday. […]
Vincent Sinclair, son of iconic Hollywood actor, Vin Diesel, is set to follow in his father’s footsteps with a role in “Fast and Furious 9.” The 10-year-old plays a younger version of his father’s character Dominic Toretto in the new film, which will be released on June 2, after multiple delays. This comes as it was revealed that Fast and Furious 9’s theatrical release has been delayed again because of the Covid-19 crisis. The film was originally set to be […]
Nigerian movie star Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and her hubby Mathew Ekeinde are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. The beautiful actress and mother of four took to her Instagram page today, where she posted a cute photo of herself and her pilot husband. It would be recalled that Omotola and Mattew got married in 1996 but decided to have their dream wedding in 2001 with several friends and family onboard a “Dash […]
Bobby Brown Junior’s cause of death has been revealed as an overdose on drugs. It was reported that the 28-year-old was found dead on Wednesday in his home in the Los Angeles area. Police officials who were at the scene of the incident said they do not believe there was any foul play that resulted in the death. However, an official statement released on Monday from the Los Angeles Medical […]
Electricity generation in the country fell below the 4,000 megawatts mark on Sunday as the output of the hydropower plants tumbled by more than a third. The latest data obtained from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator showed that the power plants on the national grid generated 3,657 megawatts as of 6am on Sunday, down from 4156.7 megawatts on Saturday. A total of 2,792.6 megawatts of generation capacity was idle as […]
The Nigerian stock market extended its decline last week as investors lost N140bn. The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index and market capitalisation depreciated by 0.69 per cent to close the week at 38,382.39 and N20.08tn respectively. All other indices, however, finished higher with the exception of NSE Mainboard, NSE 30, NSE Insurance, NSE Consumer Goods, NSE Lotus II, NSE Industrial and NSE Growth Indices, which declined by 1.68 per cent, […]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigerian singers, Burna Boy and Wizkid, took the entertainment industry by storm, with their recent outings at the Grammy Awards. According to a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the Vice President spoke in a message delivered at the opening of a Lagos-based studio, Ogidi Studios, owned by the Temple Company. Osinbajo was further quoted as saying […]
Yul Edochie has disagreed with his father, Pete Edochie, after the Nollywood veteran advised fathers, who want to gift their daughters cars, to buy the car in the daughter’s husband’s name Pete Edochie recently shared his opinion on marriage and he made some controversial statements. He also advised women whose husbands are cheating to buy condoms and supply their cheating husbands with them. He further accused men of this generation […]
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Former Kano Pillars coach Soccoia Lionel says he will not report Sai Masu Gida to FIFA over his unpaid salaries, following his exit from the club. Lionel, said he was owed five months salaries to the tune of $25,000, and refuted claims by Pillars that he absconded from the club after the Match Day 15 fixture away to Abia Warriors. He insisted that he resigned from his position as Technical […]
LIVERPOOL Liverpool will face Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Manchester City have been drawn against Borussia Dortmund, while Chelsea play Porto and defending champions Bayern Munich take on Paris St-Germain, the team they beat in last year's final. In the semi-finals, the winner of the Real Madrid v Liverpool tie will face Porto or Chelsea and Manchester City or Dortmund will take on Bayern or PSG. […]
The widow of Kobe Bryant has published the names of Los Angeles police officers who she said shared graphic photos of the scene of her husband's death in a helicopter crash last year. Vanessa Bryant is suing the police department for negligence and invasion of privacy. The Los Angeles police chief, in his response, said they will refrain from trying the case in the media Basketball star Bryant died with […]
Tokyo Olympics' creative chief, has resigned after suggesting that a female comedian could appear as an "Olympig", in the latest setback for the Games. Hiroshi Sasaki said plus-size entertainer Naomi Watanabe could wear pig ears at the opening ceremony. He later apologised and admitted his remarks were "a huge insult" to her. Ms. Watanabe has yet to respond. The incident comes after ex-Games president Yoshiro Mori was forced to quit […]
Gold deposits have been discovered along the Abuja, Nasarawa axis through the National Integrated Mineral Exploration Project being undertaken by the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, disclosed this while playing host to the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, in Abuja. The minister in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by his media aide, Ayodeji Adeyemi, told his guest […]
Nigeria increased its crude oil production to 1.42 million barrels per day in February, the latest monthly report of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has shown. The country recorded the biggest increase in crude oil production last month among its peers in OPEC. OPEC, in its monthly oil market report for March, said the country’s oil production rose by 63,000 barrels to 1.42 million barrels per day in […]
Fourteen days of national mourning have been declared in Tanzania to mark the death of President John Magufuli, who died at the age of 61. Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who announced Mr. Magufuli's death on state television, said he died from complications related to a heart condition. Mr. Magufuli had not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and rumours have been circulating about his health. Once praised […]
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, has vowed that kidnapping and banditry in the North West will soon be over. Speaking during an operational visit to the Nigerian Airforce Base in Kaduna State, he warned the criminals to prepare for the worst. He stated that the military would go after bandits and kidnappers in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to bring back sanity and allow farmers […]
Governor Nyesom Wike has said he will not rejoice over the approval of $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery. On Wednesday, the Federal Executive Council approved the plan by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to rehabilitate the Port Harcourt Refinery with $1.5bn. The Rivers State governor said it is not the first time the Federal Government is making promises, many of which he says are yet […]
Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum have supported the continued rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine across the country. They insisted that the vaccine was safe for use, stressing that no side effects had been reported by those who have so far received the jabs in Nigeria. Concerns about the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which had been suspended in some countries, formed part of the discussions at the meeting of […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E Price, 57, has played music nearly her whole life, starting with piano when she was five years old. But in the fall of 2009, the guitar was still something of mystery to her. She had been playing for only a couple of months and was struggling a bit with the new challenges. Yet, instead of holing up in her living room to practice until she felt more confident, she […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E The whole point of digital music is the risk-free grazing” Cory Doctorow, Canadian journalist and co-editor and of the off-beat blog Boing Boing, is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. Doctorow and others continue to write prolifically about the apocalyptic […]