Year: 2024

Arsenal has paid tribute to 14-year-old fan, Daniel Anjorin, who was murdered in a samurai sword attack earlier this week. The honour came in the 14th minute of Arsenal’s home game against Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. The teenager died on Tuesday morning as he walked to school in Hainault, in the east…

The United Kingdom edition of Reader’s Digest is shutting down after 86 years of operation. The magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Eva Mackevic, announced this development on LinkedIn on Monday. Mackevic explained that the magazine, founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Wallace in the US, has been struggling financially Mackevic wrote, “After 86 wonderful years, I…

A correspondent of Abubakar Rimi Television attached to the Kano State Government House, Naziru Idris Ya’u, escaped death on Friday evening following a stray bullet which hit him at the Government House. The source of the stray bullet which hit the journalist around 6.30 pm, was yet to be found as of Saturday morning as…

Team Nigerian will begin their quest for tickets to all five relay events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in other countries at the World Athletics Relays, which begins on Saturday (today) in Nassau, Bahamas. The two-day global event will see 893 athletes from 54 countries vie for slots at the centenary games on Saturday…

Super Eagles and Leicester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, has rejected a new deal from the club amidst interest from Unai Emery’s Aston Villa, Soccernet.ng reports. The 27-year-old striker has been subjected to just ten league starts in the EFL Championships this season, with Enzo Maresca preferring Zambian Patson Daka to lead the line for the…

Veteran Nollywood actress Sola Sobowale has clarified rumours surrounding her alleged arrest for drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia. During a recent episode of the ‘King of Talk’ podcast with Teju Babyface, the 58-year-old film star reflected on the negative reports published about her in Nigeria after she moved to the United Kingdom to work in…

… Forces stations to dispense products The Special Taskforce set up by Osun State Government to monitor the Petroleum Scarcity has raided filling stations in Osogbo Federal Constituency. The Taskforce which has the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Alhaji Kazeem Akinleye as the chairman went round filling stations in Osogbo, Ifón, Ilobu today to…

Many people were injured after hoodlums clashed in the Ile-Epo area of Lagos State. It was gathered that a fight started in the market situated in the area on Wednesday night and continued till Thursday morning. Some shops were set on fire while some goods were destroyed in the process. Our correspondent who visited the…

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, says his administration would set up a committee to look into workers’ demand for salary increase in view of the current hardship in the country. Governor Oborevwori stated this in his address at the 2024 Workers’ Day celebration held at the Cenotaph, Asaba, on Wednesday. He commended workers…

Governor Dauda Lawal reiterated his administration’s commitment to improving the well-being of Zamfara workers. The governor participated in the May Day celebration, which took place on Wednesday at JB Yakubu Secretariat Complex, Gusau. A statement by the spokesperson for the Zamfara Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, restated that the state government is committed to actively involving…