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FA Cup and Community Shield winners, Leicester City have suffered a shameful defeat at West Ham on Monday. The foxes conceded four goals to the resilient hosts who were inspired by a brilliant performance from England international Michail Antonio. Antonio became West Ham’s outright top scorer in the Premier League after scoring twice against a 10-man squad of foxes at London Stadium. Antonio celebrated by lifting a cardboard cut-out of himself after scoring his 48th top-flight goal to break Paolo di Canio’s club record. The 31-year-old added a second four minutes later to wrap up an impressive win for David…

Contrary to reports being paraded around the country, the office of the Vice President has reiterated that Prof Yemi Osinbajo has not declared his interest in the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections, but is rather focused on solutions to the current challenges in the Nation. Prof Osinbajo’s position was revealed in a statement by his media aide, Laolu Akande. The statement read: “There has again been a flurry of activities, such as the release of campaign style promotional videos, banners in the Social Media and even the deployment of political posters in some parts of the country, including the FCT and…

National Basketball Association (NBA) legend Michael Jordan has reportedly earned $7 million from Messi’s record-transfer to Paris St Germain (PSG) from Barcelona. Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi was forced to make a free transfer to PSG due a financial crisis at Barcelona after 21 years at the club. Though Messi joined PSG for free, the Argentine made sure he remained the highest-paid footballer for the 2021-2022 season. A two-year deal with PSG means Messi is earning a salary of around 1 million pounds per week. The PSG-Jordan partnership In 2019, Paris Saint Germain had teamed up with Jordan’s fashion…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been ordered to suspend its ongoing strike by the the National Industrial Court, Abuja on Monday. The order comes after a lawsuit was filed against the association by the Federal Government to end the industrial action by the resident doctors. The presiding Judge of the court, John Targema asked all parties in the suit to suspend all forms of hostilities pending the hearing and determination of the motion. The resident doctors had embarked on an indefinite strike since August 1, over unpaid allowances among other issues. The Federal Government through the Minister…

Reacting to claims of a break-in on Dorathy’s house by its operatives, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that nine internet fraudsters were apprehended during the raid. Recall that Chronicle Ng reported that the former BBNaija housemate had posted on her Instagram story about how heavily-armed EFCC operatives broke into her home around 4am on Monday morning. She lamented how she felt exposed and unsafe in her own house. According to the anti-graft agency, Dorathy Bachor’s sister had refused to let the operatives in after they had knocked which prompted them to break into the apartment to…

Arsenal fans have harassed Mikel Arteta outside the Emirates stadium after their second consecutive defeat this season. Arsenal is yet to win or score any goal this season after signing Ben White from Brighton and Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid. Romelu Lukaku scored his first goal for Chelsea during the match followed by a high ball from Reece James who sealed the fate of the Gunners. Arsenal lost to newly- promoted Brentford (2-0) last week. The hosts had never played a premier league game, 75 years before their meeting with Arsenal. Lukaku scores first goal for Chelsea as Blues dominate…

Students of Government Secondary School, Tse-Agberagba in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State, have set the school on fire over their inability to participate in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). A resident of the community who pleaded anonymity revealed that the aggrived students had registered for the examination but were unable to be validated by the (West African Examination Council) WAEC. According to the source, the examination body had issues with the school during registration. Ortom condemns killing of two pastors in Benue The students reportedly invaded the school on Sunday, set fire to the…

The wife of late Nigerian Head of State, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi has passed on at the age of 97. Chief Mrs Victoria reportedly died peacefully on Monday morning. She never remarried after her husband’s death. Her husband Aguiyi-Ironsi was the first Military Head of State in Nigeria. He was born in Umuahia and ruled as Supreme commander of Nigeria’s military government for six months before he was assassinated in a counter coup on July 29, 1966. Mohammed Fawehinmi died of COVID-19 – Family More to follow….

The presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church, David Oyedepo has ordered young people in his church to stop wearing earphones in the premises. The founder of the megachurch said that anyone with earphones is not ready to hear God’s word, therefore they will not be allowed to enter the church with it. Bishop Oyedepo pastor explained that earphones are a design of Satan to prevent young people from achieving their goals in life. The Nigerian pastor said this during Sunday’s Service at the Church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State. According to Oyedepo: “We live in a very rowdy time.…

Titan Trust Bank Limited on Thursday, announced the opening of its state-of-the-art branch located at 17, Burma Road, Apapa, Lagos for commercial operations. A statement by the lender said the development is in furtherance of its efforts to offer customers endearing experience. The lender further noted that the new branch provides a full suite of banking products and services for retail and corporate banking clients. Recall the lender recently opened its Ikeja branch to provide financial service to micro, small and medium scale enterprises within the axis. Commenting, Mr. Mudassir Amray, the managing director and chief executive officer of Titan…