Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has appealed to Nigerians to support the team’s bid to win a fourth AFCON title at the 34th edition of the tournament, which will take place from January 13 to February 11 in Ivory Coast. Nigeria has been drawn into Group A alongside host Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, and Equatorial Guinea….
The Nigeria national football team, Super Eagles, departed Lagos on Wednesday to take part in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations holding in Cote d’Ivoire. Members of the team were dressed in native attires, putting on a white kaftan with green caps, showcasing Nigeria’s national colours. Recall that Morocco football team, Atlas Lions, on Saturday,…
French President Emmanuel Marcon, on Tuesday, named Gabriel Attal, 34, the country’s new prime minister. According to a report published by Associated Press, Attal will become the youngest person to occupy France’s second-highest office at 34 years old. He is also France’s first openly gay prime minister. Attal was named prime minister, as President Macron…
Osun state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has warned political appointees against corruption and abuse of office in their various ministries and agencies. He handed down this warning today at the 2024 prayer programme of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) where he was publicly endorsed as the governorship flag bearer of the party for…
Prince John Adebayo Abolarin, PhD, Barrister at Law. john.equip@hotmail.co.uk WhatsApp Number +44 (0) 75014 04211 Introduction I extend warm greetings to all Ori Ades in Yoruba land, the Oduduwa dynasty, including but not limited to the Osewemowe of Ondo, Akarigbo of Remo, Ooni of Ile Ife, Ewi of Ado, Soun of Ogbomoso, Deji of Akure,…
The Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) has countered the BBC documentary on the late Temitope Babatunde Joshua, known as TB Joshua, founder of SCOAN. SCOAN described the documentary as unfounded, noting that the characters interviewed in the report were unknown to the church. The church, in a statement signed by its Public Affairs Director,…
A two-year-old girl (identity undisclosed) has been electrocuted after touching an exposed wire connected to her neighbour’s house in the Langbasa area of Lagos State. SAHEL STANDARD gathered that the tragedy occurred on January 2, at about 11:30 am. Speaking with our correspondent on Monday, the deceased’s father, Mudashiru, said his daughter was electrocuted after…
By Ibukun Fadipe You must have listened to an ewi by a purchased artist who voncorted lies to attack Governor Ademola Adeleke. I listened to the ewi and I can tell my readers the contents are lies from the pit of hell. I am sure the singer and the sender of this video know nothing…
A Nigerian man has been arrested in the Kufra District of Libya for the murder of another Nigerian. This was made known in a post by the Migrant Rescue Watch on their X account on Monday. The post disclosed that the accused, who was arrested following an investigation into an unidentified deceased person delivered to…
Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote has reclaimed his post as the richest person in Africa, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires. Last week, South African business tycoon, Johann Ruper, took over the position from Dangote. According to the ranking as of January 8, Dangote’s net worth improved by $10 million to $10.1 billion while Rupert’s net worth as…
