Manchester City has announced the signing of Portuguese defender Ruben Dias from Benfica in a £64.3million move. The 23-year-old who had his medical in Lisbon signed a six-year contract, which saw Nicolas Otamendi moved to Benfica for £13.7m as part of the deal. ‘I am a player that loves to win, a player for the…
Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating.The 29-year-old only recently signed for the club from German side Bayern Munich and made his debut as a substitute in a 2-0 win at Chelsea. However, the Spain international was absent as Liverpool beat Lincoln in the EFL Cup last week and for…
The Ekiti House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the bill for the upgrading of the State College of Education to the University of Education, Science and Technology. The bill was unanimously passed at Tuesday’s plenary in Ado-Ekiti, presided over by the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye. The passage of the bill followed the submission of the…
Kuwait’s 91-year-old Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah died on Tuesday in a hospital in the United States. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn … the death of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, emir of the State of Kuwait,” said Sheikh Ali Jarrah al-Sabah, the minister in charge of royal affairs, in a television broadcast….
A Kaduna State High Court has thrown out a no-case submission filed by Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, and his wife, Zeenat. El-Zakzaky whose health had been rapidly deteriorating since his detention in December 2015 after he was arrested by the Nigeria Army, is seeking to quash the government’s charges against…
Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos State, has said that ‘Agberos’ cannot be banned in the state because they were “our brothers and cousins”. ‘Agberos’ in Lagos are notorious for charging taxes that are not remitted to the government, terrorising neighbourhoods, robbing passengers and rigging elections for corrupt politicians. Hamzat, while speaking with journalists to…
A major step towards the realisation of the 4th Mainland Bridge was today, taken by the State Government with the first stakeholders meeting on Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the construction and launch of the Bridge’s logo.Speaking at the meeting, Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat,…
The Office of the Inspector-General of Police has charged the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Osun State, Abdullahi Binuyo, with fraud involving $120,000. The case marked CR/975/2020 was filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on September 9, 2020. It contains four charges of conspiracy, fraud, cheating and…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Tuesday night issued an order suspending the September 1, 2020 hike in electricity tariffs for 14 days. Labour unions and the Federal Government had reached a truce on Sunday night to reverse the hike in electricity tariffs for 14 days, a development that prompted the halt of a nationwide…
The United States President, Donald Trump has again asked Joe Biden to take a drug test.The American leader made the call on Sunday ahead of their debate. The first presidential debate will be held on Tuesday in Cleveland. “I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the…