Tuface Idibia bags OAU’s honorary fellow award
Nigerian music icon Innocent Idibia aka 2Face has been conferred with the award of the Fellow of the school of music by the Department of Music, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.
Emmanuel Emenike hints at Turkish League return after nine-month inactivity
Former Nigeria international Emmanuel Emenike has expressed his desire to return to Turkey, while also stating that he missed the round leather game.
US singer Tamar Braxton wants to feature on Davido’s new album
American singer Tamar Braxton has expressed interest in working with Afropop star Davido on his upcoming album.
Davido, others set to perform at Dreamland festival in North Carolina
Popular Nigerian artist David Adeleke, popularly known as (Davido), will be performing at the Dreamland Festival alongside with some renowned artists.
Cristiano Ronaldo officially open new hair transplant company in Spain
Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has continued to maintain his good reputation on and off the football pitch in recent time, he single-handedly rescued Juventus from elimination by scoring a brilliant hatrick to defeat Atletico Madrid to secure a spot in the Quater-finals of the Uefa Champions League and has now started his own hair plant company to help the public.
Torino’s Ola Aina gets three-match ban
Super Eagles defender Ola Aina has been handed a three-match ban, after he was sent off in Torino’s clash against Bologna at the weekend, the Serie A committee confirmed on Tuesday.
Marseille’s Mario Balotelli denies planning to troll Paris Saint-Germain with Marcus Rashford t-shirt celebration
Marseille forward Mario Balotelli has denied planning to troll Paris Saint-Germain with a Marcus Rashford emblazoned t-shirt during their Ligue 1 clash on Sunday.
Torino’s Ola Aina ‘sorry’ after receiving first career red card in Bologna loss
Torino wing-back Ola Aina feels sorry after receiving his first career red card in their 3-2 defeat to Bologna in Saturday’s Italian Serie A game.
Anthony Nwakaeme happy to score Trabzonspor winner against Erzurumspor
Super Eagles forward Anthony Nwakaeme is happy to grab the winning goal for Trabzonspor in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Emem Eduok’s BB Erzurumspor 1-0 in their Turkish Super Lig clash at the Kazim Karabikir Stadium on Saturday.
Facebook says that it removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand mass shooting
In the first 24 hours after the deadly mass shooting in New Zealand, Facebook says that it has removed 1.5 million videos that were uploaded of the attack, and has blocked 1.2 million “at upload.”
Davido becomes first Nigerian artiste to hit 10 million followers on Instagram
Davido, popular Afrobeats artiste born David Adedeji Adeleke, has become the first Nigerian artistes to hit 10 million followers on Instagram.
Elderson Echiejile joins Finnish club HJK Helsinki
Super Eagles left back Elderson Echiejile has announced that he has joined Finnish top division side, HJK Helsinki.
Gunmen kill 40 people in mosques in New Zealand
Forty people have been killed and more than 20 seriously wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch.
Telegram gains three million new users during Facebook outage
Three million new users have signed up to Telegram over the past 24 hours, during a period in which Facebook (and Facebook Messenger), Instagram, and WhatsApp were all experiencing significant outages worldwide.
Facebook hit by outage in Europe, the Americas, Asia
Facebook on Wednesday grappled with what was described as its biggest outage in history as users in parts of Australia, Asia, Europe, South America and North America faced service troubles.
Davido, 21 Savage, others to perform at Roots Picnic in Philadelphia
Popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke a.k.a. Davido, is to perform at the 11th Roots Picnic headlining the 20th Anniversary celebration of The Root’s classic album, `Things Fall Apart’ on June 1 in Philadelphia.
Patrice Evra: Paris Saint-Germain filed a complaint against me
Patrice Evra has revealed Paris Saint-Germain filed a complaint against him following his celebrations in Manchester United’s victory over the Ligue 1 club on Wednesday night.
Francisca Ordega shares emotional farewell message to former club Washington Spirit
Nigeria international Francisca Ordega has said farewell to her United States’ National Women’s Soccer League side Washington Spirit with a heartfelt post.
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Supplementary polls: Nigerian Army warns against violence in Sokoto
Ahead of Saturday’s supplementary polls to conclude the governorship elections in Sokoto state, the Nigerian Army on Thursday, expressed readiness to check all forms of lawlessness during the exercise.
FIFA bans ex-football chief for life
FIFA on Thursday slapped a lifetime ban on the disgraced former head of Ecuador’s football federation, Luis Chiriboga, after finding him guilty of taking bribes.
NOUN denies paying ex-President Obasanjo as facilitator
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) says it has never made any payment to former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for services he renders to the institution as one of its facilitators.
Murder: Lawyer asks court to reject her confessional statement
Justice Adedayo Akintoye will on April 11 rule whether or not to conduct a trial-within-trial on the confessional statement made by a female lawyer, Udeme Otike-Odibi, standing trial for the murder of her lawyer-husband, Symphorosa Odibi.
Police launch manhunt for killers of NYSC members in Bayelsa
The Police in Bayelsa has launched a manhunt for the killers of two National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in the state.
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NSCIA condemns Christchurch terror attack
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has condemned the Friday terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by Australian citizen, Brenton Tarrant.
Kano elections: Governor Ganduje says his govt will not tolerate breach of peace
Ahead of the supplementary elections in Kano on Saturday, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state says that his government will not tolerate any breach of peace by any group or person in the state.
Osun governorship tribunal delivers judgment on PDP’s petition Friday
The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, is to deliver judgment on the complaints lodged against the outcome of the September 2018 election in the state by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the poll, Senator Ademola Adeleke.
Tribunal grants Senator Shehu Sani’s request to inspect INEC materials
Reprieve came the way of the Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, on Thursday as the Tribunal Chairman, Justice A. H. Suleiman, granted his request to inspect the INEC collation result sheets for Kaduna Central Senatorial district which Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress, APC, won.
Victim of Rivers political violence dies seven days after gunshot
Dr. Ferry Gberegbe, who was shot at the collation centre in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, during the governorship and state assembly elections has died.