Author: Vincent Osuwo

Victor Osimhen’s Napoli has been drawn to lock horns with La Liga champions Barcelona in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. In the draws held on Monday at the House of Football in Nyon, Switzerland, the Serie A champions were drawn to battle the Xavi Hernandez side to book a spot in the next round of the competition. Also, Premier League leader Arsenal will face Portuguese club FC Porto in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. FC Porto is third on the Liga Portugal table, just two points behind FC Benfica, which is leading…

The registration dates for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) have been released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). In a statement issued on Sunday, JAMB stated that interested candidates can now begin creating their profiles on the JAMB website, with the formal sale of application documents expected to commence on Monday, January 15th, 2024. It further stated that potential candidates had six weeks to complete their registration, until Monday, February 26. The Board noted that the registration fee for the 2024 UTME varies depending on whether a candidate wishes to participate in…

Popular Afropop singer Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, popularly called Spyro has reacted to the backlash from Nigerians for his performance at a church Christmas carol as he makes his stance as a Christian clear. Sypro and the lead pastor of the Harvesters International Christian Center, Bolaji Idowu, were dragged earlier by Nigerians. Many people were apparently upset that a secular musician was performing in church. Spyro stated unequivocally that he is a human like everyone else and should be allowed to participate in church activities. He has been attending Harvesters Church for almost 7 years and serves in two departments, according…

President Bola Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Simon Lalong, Minister of Labour and Employment, the Presidency announced on Monday. Lalong will now represent Plateau South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, a seat he won, as confirmed by an appeal court ruling dated November 7, 2023. “Lalong has resigned. But it was not at the FEC meeting itself. It must have been after the meeting because, if it were earlier, the President or SGF would have announced it during the meeting,” a presidential aide told our correspondent. According to reports, the former Plateau State Governor will be sworn in…

In an enforcement operation that began on Sunday, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) impounded 78 trucks for indiscriminate parking in the Apapa-Ijora area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the Public Relations Officer, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, on Sunday. The vehicles were impounded by LASTMA officers in collaboration with relevant security agencies to ensure smooth and seamless traffic for Lagosians during the festive season and beyond, according to the statement.According to Adebayo, the agency’s acting general manager, Mr. Bakare Oki, the enforcement actions will continue, and indiscriminate parking and obstructions in the axis will not be…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has announced that there is no specific treatment available for dengue fever. As a result, it urged Nigerians, particularly those in Sokoto, to take anti-virus precautions.The NCDC confirmed the outbreak of dengue fever in Sokoto State on Saturday. “Available data shows that prevention and control of dengue virus infection depend on vector control. There is no specific treatment for dengue; however, early detection and prompt initiation of supportive treatment have been shown to significantly reduce death,” the NCDC said on its website. Dengue fever is a viral infection caused by the…

Godwin Waheed, a Lagos driver, has been remanded in Yaba Magistrate’s Court for allegedly kidnapping, detaining, and sexually assaulting a girl at the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. The driver was brought before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka on Thursday on two counts of unlawful confinement, detention, and defilement of his alleged passenger.The 44-year-old driver was accused of transporting the victim as a passenger in his Toyota Sienna before kidnapping, detaining, and defiling her. According to the police, Waheed threatened her with a dagger and then penetrated her inside his car.Luck was said to have run out on him when the…

An 18-year-old male student of the Lagos State Skills Acquisition Centre Technical School, Egan, identified only as Oluwaseun, died in an elevator accident at a construction site in the state’s Ikoyi area where he worked as an intern. The incident happened on Wednesday, December 6, while the deceased victim was observing his industrial training program with the company. Oluwaseun, an intern from Kwara State, was said to have resumed work with some of the construction workers on the day of the incident and was said to have remained on the site until the evening when he was last seen.However, when…

Luton’s Premier League game with Bournemouth is to be replayed afresh following the abandonment caused by Tom Lockyer’s collapse at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.  According to Premier League Rule L15, any match abandoned with the consent of the referee will be replayed on a date and time to be determined by the top flight’s board.Players from Luton Town and Bournemouth were substituted midway through the second half, with Lockyer receiving medical attention after collapsing off the ball. Following talks with both clubs, referee Simon Hooper announced that the game would be called off, and the players returned to the field to applaud…

Sabby Phiri, wife of late Zambian musician Nathan Mithi, has refuted allegations leveled against her in her husband’s suicide note, accusing her of infidelity. Chronicle NG reports that Mithi, in a suicide note, narrated why he was killing himself due to his wife’s promiscuity. Phiri, on the other hand, disagreed with her late husband’s suicide note in a post titled “Beyond the accusations: The unseen reality of my story,” saying she had faced spousal abuse throughout her marriage and calling her late husband’s accusation “misguided.”She stated that her husband’s death had nothing to do with the infidelity he accused her…