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A patrol team of the Department of State Security (DSS) was attacked in Enugu state on Sunday by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), according to DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya. Afunanya, in a statement, added that the Service lost two of its officials “in what was clearly an unprovoked violent attack”. The group, […]
More Nigerians stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have continued to return home following the evacuation of 252 persons from the Arab country on Saturday. Disclosing this in a tweet on its official handle, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) said the evacuees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos via an Emirates […]
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by six percent in real terms in the second quarter of 2020, according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. This was contained in the NBS’s GDP report published on Monday. The retreat ends a three-year trend of low but positive real growth rates recorded since the national economy emerged […]
Former Barcelona midfielder Ronald Koeman has been appointed the club’s new coach, the La Liga giants’ president Josep Maria Bartomeu said on Tuesday. Koeman, who has been in charge of the Netherlands since 2018, replaces Quique Setien who was sacked after Barca were knocked out of the Champions League quarter-finals in a 8-2 defeat to […]
The Presidency has refuted claims that a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari has hatched plans to arrest opposition members ahead of the Edo Governorship poll. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had alleged that a video of Oshiomhole […]
The West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including financial sanctions. Rebel soldiers arrested Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday afternoon following weeks of political tension in the country. The dramatic move followed the seizure of an army base […]
The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal on Monday nullified the election of Governor Douye Diri. The Tribunal also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to order a fresh election within 90 days. The verdict follows the petition by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) challenging the victory of Governor Diri in the November 19 governorship […]
Bayern Munich, who face Lyon in a Champions League semi-final on Wednesday, have fired a coach from their youth academy amid a police investigation into allegations of racism. The coach, who was not named, has had his contract terminated “by mutual agreement”, the German league and cup champions said in a statement late Monday. The […]
The Federal Government says it is considering its options over the poor treatment of Nigerian traders in Ghana. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this on Monday in Abuja when he received officials of the League of Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria. Onyeama told the group that they have summoned the Ghanaian High Commissioner […]
Barcelona has revealed what will happen to senior players who refuse to leave Camp Nou this summer transfer window. It was earlier reported that Barcelona are plotting to offload several senior players including Luiz Suarez, Ivan Rakitic and Jordi Alba this summer. The La Liga giants made the decision following their humiliating Champions League 8-2 […]
