An imperious Novak Djokovic won a record magnificent seventh Australian Open title by routing Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 Sunday with a display of flawless tennis. The Serbian world number one dominated the Spanish second seed to win his 15th Grand Slam title in just 2hr 4min on Rod Laver Arena. It put Djokovic, 31, […]
Lionel Messi scored a sublime goal to make up for the missed trip to Miami as Barcelona beat Girona 2-0 on Sunday to go five points clear again at the top of La Liga. This was the fixture intended to be played in the United States but any advantage Girona maintained by keeping it at […]
New signing Gonzalo Higuain will make his Chelsea debut on Sunday after being named in Maurizio Sarri’s starting XI for the FA Cup fourth-round tie against Sheffield Wednesday. The Argentinian striker was signed on loan until the end of the season from Juventus on Wednesday. The 31-year-old former Real Madrid and Napoli player will be […]
Tottenham Hotspur suffered their second defeat in English knockout football by a fellow London club in a matter of days as they lost 2-0 to Crystal Palace in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday. Connor Wickham gave the Eagles, 29 points adrift of Spurs in the Premier League, a ninth-minute lead before a […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has scheduled a meeting of its National Executives Committee (NEC), over the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen. In its communique, the NBA said its NEC will be meeting on Monday, January 28. The NBA noted in a statement by its General Secretary, Jonathan Gunu Taidi, Esq, that only the statutory members […]
Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has asked Justice Walter Onnoghen to quit the bench after his suspension must have been lifted by President Muhammadu Buhari. The human rights activist made this call on Sunday while featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He said, “The government should as a matter of urgency, lift the suspension on […]
President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Biodun Ogunyemi, says the leadership of the union is still consulting its members on the Federal Government’s offer. He said the outcome of the consultations will determine what ASUU would be presenting to the government’s team during their next meeting within the week. The union leader was […]
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has urged the people of the South-East to disregard the adoption of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, by the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Sam Onwuemeodo, in a statement, said the state government described the adoption as […]
Federal Government has reacted to the criticism by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom Over the suspension of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, warned against foreign interference into […]
Late Air Chief Marshall, Alex Badeh has finally been laid to rest. Badeh’s corpse was buried at the military cemetery in Abuja, after a funeral service at the Pentecostal church, Air Force base in the state. Present at the funeral was the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha as well as the governors of […]
