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Valencia announced the shock sacking of coach Marcelino on Wednesday, less than a week before their Champions League opener against Chelsea. The Spanish outfit have named former Real Madrid assistant coach Albert Celades as his successor. The 54-year-old joined the club in 2017 with Valencia then struggling after back-to-back 12th-placed finishes in La Liga. But […]
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has given an assurance that the government would support Nigerians who are being evacuated back to the country from South Africa in the wake of xenophobic attacks. A first batch of returnees numbering about 188, had departed South Africa on Wednesday, via the Air […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, hasasked the PDP and its presidential candidate in the last elections toapologise to Nigerians for “willfully distracting” the BuhariAdministration with an election petition. Mr Lai Mohammed said instead of appealing the ruling of Wednesday’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the opposition party should be apologizing to Nigerians […]
The Air Peace flight MEN2759 conveying 188 Nigerians from South Africa has arrived at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos at 9:35 pm local time. The aircraft which departed the OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa, after an eight-hour delay, had on board, 188 Nigerians. The evacuation of […]
The Air Peace Airlines flight due to transport Nigerians from South Africa back home has been delayed due to slow check-in and clearance process. According to a foreign ministry official in Johannesburg, the flight that was initially slated for take off at 9am is still on ground. The official said only 84 out of the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Federal Executive Council are meeting in Abuja. It is the first FEC meeting after the President inaugurated new ministers on August 21 for his second term of another four years. The ministers had used the past three weeks to familiarise themselves with the operations of their new […]
Nigeria have beaten Sudan in the second leg of the CAF U-23 AFCON qualifier ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Olympic Eagles thrashed their rivals 5-0 in the on Tuesday at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, the Delta State capital. With the victory, the U-23 AFCON defending champions have qualified 5-1 on […]
Ministers on the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday stormed the courtroom as tribunal rules on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate Atiku Abubakar. They include Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige; Minister of Works and Housing, Raji Fashola, Minister of State for Niger Delta, Festus […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-east region of the country as bandits. He stated that his administration would continue to treat the insurgents as such as the Federal Government steps up efforts the fight against insurgency in the region. “Boko Haram has been degraded, but its members are still […]
Prof. Gideon Okedayo, a lecturer at the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa abducted last week has been found dead in a bush close to the scene he was abducted. A senior staff of the university who preferred to be anonymous confirmed this to Channels Television on telephone. The staff said he obtained […]
