With Nigeria, I am not a happy camper. I am disgruntled…aware that I have been living in this hellhole filled with vipers. ―Don Okolo They couldn’t care one bit about the death of their old master, because they wanted more; they looked up at the man whose face was hidden behind a mask, expecting more of the two-pound romp of meat blocks he threw at them. Instead, the man reloaded and blew both dogs away...
Bain Capital, a U.S. private investment firm, has been announced as the winning bidder for insolvent Virgin Australia after the rival bidder withdrew its offer. The bankrupt Brisbane-based company’s administrators agreed on Friday to sell the ailing airline to the Boston-based private equity firm. Private equity firm, Cyrus Capital Partners, withdrew its offer in the morning, citing a lack of engagement from Deloitte, an accounting firm responsible for the administration, which was set to name a preferred bidder on...
World football governing body FIFA announced on Thursday it had agreed a 1.5 billion dollars relief plan to help deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global game. FIFA’s plan means world football’s governing body will dip into its reserves to provide national federations with a number of grants and interest-free loans to cope with budget hits. FIFA had already provided the immediate release of all funds from its “Forward’’ projects and...
Liverpool finally emerged champions of the English Premier League (EPL) on Thursday, after winning their first English football top-flight title in three decades. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with Liverpool holding a massive lead of 23 points at the top of the table, no team can surpass them even with seven games left. What was needed for the Reds to claim the title was if Manchester City failed to win away at...
A superb solo goal by Christian Pulisic and a Willian penalty gave Chelsea a 2-1 win over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. A result that handed Liverpool the Premier League title, their first league championship win in 30 years. Pulisic exploited a communication breakdown between Benjamin Mendy and Ilkay Guendogan after a City set-piece, running from the halfway line before confidently slotting the ball past Ederson to open the scoring in the 36th...
The Federal Government has condemned the attack on the Nigerian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia by Nigerian citizens, describing the act as disgraceful and criminal. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, condemned the act in a tweet via his handle @Geoffrey Onyeama on Friday. Onyeama vowed that perpetrators would be identified and punished accordingly. “Absolutely deplorable and disgraceful criminal behaviour by Nigerian hooligans, who without justification, attacked the Nigerian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia today. “Totally unacceptable behaviour. “Every...
Nigeria has announced 594 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 22,614. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Thursday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 594 new confirmed cases were from 22 states, with seven deaths as at Thursday. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Lagos reported...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Thursday emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and would fly the party’s flag in the Sept. 19 governorship election. Obaseki emerged candidate after two other aspirants, Mr Omeregie Ogbeide-Ihama representing the Oredo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and Mr Ken Imasuangbon finally stepped down from the race. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one of the aspirants, Mr Gideon Ikhine, had on...
The National Working Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has endorsed the result of the party’s gubernatorial primaries in Edo where Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu emerged as governorship candidate of the party. The Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Gov. Atiku Bagudu confirmed this to State House correspondents at the end of the party’s virtual NEC meeting held in Abuja on Thursday. Bagudu stated that the endorsement of the primaries was informed by the need...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope says he is saddened by the death of former governor of Oyo State, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi. Babatope, also former Minister of Transportation, gave the reaction in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. NAN reports Ajimobi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), died on Thursday at 70, after about a month of illness. Babatope described Ajimobi as...
