Browsing Category
News
Ajax hammer VVV-Venlo 13-0 in record win
Dutch giants Ajax recorded the biggest victory in Eredivisie history on Saturday with a 13-0 thrashing at mid-table side VVV-Venlo, who had a player sent off.
Ajax, who lost 1-0 to Liverpool in the Champions…
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee dies aged 78
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, who transformed the South Korean firm into a global tech titan, died at the age of 78 on Sunday, the company said.
Under Lee’s leadership, Samsung rose to become the world’s largest producer…
US VP’s Chief of Staff tests positive for COVID-19
United States Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, a spokesman said, the latest in a list of figures connected to Donald Trump’s administration to do so.
Marc Short began quarantine and…
#EndSARS: Protesters set Zik’s statue ablaze in Anambra
Protesters in Onitsha, in Anambra State, suspected to be hoodlums, have destroyed the statue of Nigeria’s first president Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, erected in the city.
The hoodlums are suspected to be some of those who hijacked the…
Ekiti government says foodstuffs looted by protesters in Ado-Ekiti are poisonous
Most of the food items looted by hoodlums in Ado-Ekiti on Friday are poisonous and not safe for human consumption, according to the Ekiti State government.
Protesters carted away large quantities of the food items, believed to…
Only 9,103,653 workers have Retirement Savings Accounts with PFA… PenCom
Only 9,103,653 workers had Retirement Savings Accounts with Pension Fund Administrators by the end of August 2020, according to the National Pension Commission.
PenCom disclosed this in a report titled ‘Total RSA registrations as…
Wamakko commends Northern youths for not joining #EndSARS protests
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, on Saturday commended youths in the northern part of the country for refusing to join the #EndSARS protests.
Wamakko, who represents Sokoto North, spoke while…
Soyinka condemns video ordering Igbo to leave Yorubaland
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has condemned a viral video clip which is ordering Igbo to leave Yorubaland.
In a statement titled ‘Identity Thieves on the Rampage', Soyinka described the persons behind the video as…
NSCDC foils attempt to vandalise fifth warehouse in Benin City
The quick intervention of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC),and the Nigerian Army on Saturday, saved another warehouse house from being burgled by angry youths in Benin City, Edo State capital.
The youths,…
Ohanaeze, Afenifere condemn Lekki shootings, destruction of public properties
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Pan-Yoruba political organisation, Afenifere have condemned in strong terms the ongoing destruction of properties and looting by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS…