Pay-TV operator, Multichoice Group, has rebranded its SuperSport variety channels on both DStv and GOtv platforms. In a statement on Thursday by the Executive Head of Marketing at MultiChoice West Africa, Tope Oshunkeye, MultiChoice announced that the changes took effect from Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Changes on DStv, GOtv As part of the rebranding, the…
France announced on Friday new curfew measures to quell civil unrest on its Caribbean island of Martinique, which has been hit by violent protests due to anger over rising living costs. The local French administration for Martinique said it was banning public gatherings until October 14, and banning the purchase of products that could be…
The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party shows no signs of resolution, as the integrity faction on Friday announced the appointment of Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as acting National Chairman. In the early hours of Friday, the National Working Committee, led by acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, suspended National Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade SAN and National…
Russian strikes overnight on the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa killed four people, including a teenage girl, and wounded 10 more, the regional governor said Friday. Russia has targeted Ukraine’s coastal Odesa region throughout the war, hitting cargo ships and grain silos in what Kyiv says is an attempt to destroy its export capacity. “The…
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the administration of President Bola Tinubu, assuring hope for a better future. Mrs Tinubu made the appeal during a courtesy visit to the Palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Thursday, in Ile-Ife, Osun state. She said the…
UK pharmaceutical giant GSK says it will pay as much as $2.2bn (£1.68bn) to settle thousands of cases in US courts over claims that a discontinued version of its heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer. The firm announced that it had reached agreements with 10 law firms who represent around 80,000 claimants. The settlements account for…
Soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks led by a yet-to-be-identified colleague, who was accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State have stabbed a policeman, Saka Ganiyu, to death. It was gathered that the soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, while…
A Senior Secondary School student of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi, in Akoko North West area of Ondo state, Habib Salau, has been reportedly stabbed to death by a female colleague. Habid, according to sources, was stabbed by the female colleague, identified, as Sandra, following a scuffle. An eyewitness told newsmen in Akure, the state…
Rafael Nadal on Thursday announced he will retire after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a career which brought 22 Grand Slam titles, global respect and inspired epic, iconic rivalries with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. “I am retiring from professional tennis. The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last…
Former US president Barack Obama will bring his star power to Kamala Harris’s election campaign Thursday in a bid to get out the vote in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania. America’s first Black president is hitting the campaign trail in the steel city of Pittsburgh a day after Harris’s Republican rival Donald Trump charged…
