New Chelsea signing, Denis Zakaria, has revealed that one of the reasons he joined the Blues was because of the club’s former manager, Thomas Tuchel. Zakaria, 25, also disclosed that he almost joined Liverpool and not Chelsea on deadline day this summer. The Switzerland midfielder signed for Chelsea from Juventus …
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Barely few days to the lifting of ban on electioneering campaigns by political parties in the country, the Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the state government of alleged plans to arrest opposition figures in the state. In a strong statement in Ilorin on Thursday by the PDP …
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The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), has again threatened to shut down the national grid. According to the electricity employees, the two-week given to the Federal Government to resolve the crisis had elapsed. Comrade Dukat Ayuba, the zonal organizing secretary, North West of NUEE, while briefing newsmen in Kaduna …
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is expected to speak on some wrongdoings and expose some ‘bad characters’ in the Peoples Democratic Party today (Friday), ahead of the 2023 elections. Wike had hinted on this while addressing a meeting of the state PDP stakeholders he convened in Government House, Port Harcourt …
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Celtic defender Moritz Jenz has revealed why he chose to play for Germany and ruled out the chances of wearing the Super Eagles Jersey. Jenz is currently on loan at Celtic from French Ligue 1 club, Lorient where two Nigerians Terem Moffi and Innocent Bonke ply their trades. The 23-year-old was …
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Everton midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has been shortlisted for the Premier League’s Player of The Month award for September following his impressive performance for the Toffees. Iwobi is up against Bournemouth’s Philip Billing, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford and Tottenham Hotspur’s Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. …
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THE rapidly approaching 2023 elections have generated a modicum of excitement despite the fact that voting has never changed much in our political evolution. The Independent National Electoral Commission, which apparently has upped its game, has projected that 95 million Nigerians will vote come next year. To be sure, insecurity …
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A human rights activist, Kingdom Okere, has said that the Owerri Federal Constituency of Imo State lacks projects executed by the Federal Government. Addressing a press conference in Owerri on Thursday, Okere, who is the Social Democratic Party candidate for Owerri Federal Constituency, said he would ensure that the constituency …
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THE World Bank Group has warned Nigeria as well as other developing economies that simultaneous rate hikes in response to increasing inflationary pressure may trigger a global recession and a string of financial crises. In its new study titled “Risk of Global Recession in 2023 Rises Amid Simultaneous Rate Hikes,” …
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Thursday, said power consumers paid a total of N210.17bn to distribution companies in the fourth quarter of last year. It disclosed this in its Quarterly Report for Fourth Quarter 2021 released on Thursday, noting that the N210.17bn represented 9.34 per cent of the total …
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