ITALIAN Daniele Orsato will referee Sunday’s opening World Cup match between hosts Qatar and Ecuador in group A, FIFA said on Friday. The 46-year-old referee will be making his World Cup debut and will be joined by compatriots Ciro Carbone and Alessandro Giallatini as his assistants, with Massimiliano Irrati on …

WORLD football stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo played off the football pitch in a photo of Louis Vuitton campaign, which has now gone viral. Ronaldo and Messi took the internet by storm with a photo on featuring Saturday, featuring both iconic players in an advert for the French luxury …

Popular Amapiano artist, Oupa John Sefoka, known as ‘DJ Sumbody’, has died in Johannesburg in the early hours of Sunday morning. Sumsounds Music confirmed the amapiano pioneer’s death in a statement on Sunday, according to News24. “Artist and musician DJ Sumbody has died. Details of his untimely death cannot be …

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun state has insisted that he would reclaim his mandate at the governorship election petition tribunal. Oyetola made this assertion while speaking at the 31st Iragbiji Day in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. The Osun governor and candidate of the ruling …

FRANCE’s hopes of successfully defending the World Cup were dealt a huge blow late on Saturday as Ballon d’Or winner, Karim Benzema, was ruled out of the tournament in Qatar with an injured left thigh. The 34-year-old Real Madrid striker had been struggling with the injury for some time and …

THERE was a drop of about 40 per cent in the number of imported vehicles that came into the country between January and October this year through the Ports & Terminal Multipurpose Limited compared to the figure for the same period of the previous year. While a total of 192,287 …

THE Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it needs not bother about preparing for a run off in the 2023 Presidential election because the Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, will win at the first ballot. This was contained …

THE UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has announced $10.5 million dollars in new funding for the flood response in Nigeria. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, disclosed this at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York. Haq said that Schmale announced the funding in a …

THE Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says his government will further re-activate the multi-billion dollars Gas Revolution Industrial Park Project. Tinubu gave the assurance on Saturday at the APC rally held at the Warri Township Stadium, Delta. Addressing the mammoth crowd, Tinubu said: “Our government …

A former chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, John Owan-Enoh, on Saturday told critics demanding his suspension to think twice as many persons would leave the party because of his strong support base He also described as “extremely humorous”, demands by members of the All Progressives Congress for his suspension, without …