Bayelsa United coach Diepreye Teibowei believes the Yenagoa-based side can compete against Africa’s top teams and be worthy campaigners for Nigeria in the 2021/22 CAF Confederation Cup, provided he is able to make a few additions to the current squad.Teibowei’s side, who compete in the second-tier Nigeria National League (NNL), knocked out former champions and…
Pakistan has crossed another grim milestone of 25,000 coronavirus-related deaths as authorities struggle to contain the highly contagious Delta variant. At least 80 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 25,003, according to the health ministry on Monday Pakistan’s positive test rate was reported at 7 percent, with 3,772…
US grants full safety approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given full safety approval to Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine in a landmark decision that will allow leading US employers and universities to mandate jabs. The FDA’s decision brings about the first US government licence of a…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has come under fire for remarks about women footballers having “flat chests” and suggesting they would not be attractive candidates for marriage. Hassan made the comments at a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the victory of a national men’s team in a regional football championship, where ironically she also called…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has given reasons for forcefully breaking into Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Dorathy Bachor, about 04.45 am on Monday. Dorathy had alleged that armed operatives of EFCC broke into her Lagos residence and later claimed that it was a mistake. The former housemate in the 2020 edition of BBNaija…
Activist Joe Okei-Odumakin has said that politicians and government officials who are in the habit of disrespecting traditional rulers should learn from former President Olusegun Obasanjo who, on Sunday, demonstrated humility and regard for traditional authority when he knelt before His Royal Majesty Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III. Oke-Odumakin, who is the President, Women…
As the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), moves closer to the end of his second term in 2023, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday, said Nigeria needs a leader with a broad world view and not a provincial politician. He equally noted that the leader must…
The Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman, has said the former Chairman of the Independent National Election Commission, Attahiru Jega, was wrong to have compared the six-year rule of the All Progressives Congress, with the 16 years of the Peoples Democratic Party. Lukman, said this in a paper titled, ‘Nigerian Politics…
Vaccination against COVID-19 will resume on Wednesday in Lagos State with the administration of Moderna vaccine, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. Sanwo-Olu, who gave updates on the fight against the virus said of the 601,000 doses promised Lagos about 299,000 doses of the Moderna vaccines were received from the Federal Government. The Governor added that…
