Chelsea has confirmed Enzo Maresca as their new head coach, handing him a five-year contract with the option of a sixth after the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino. The Italian manager, who is already preparing for pre-season, will officially start work on July 1. Leicester City are due a compensation package worth around £10million after losing…
American singer, Sean Kingston has been extradited to Florida, where he and his mother are charged with committing more than a million dollars’ worth of fraud. Kingston, 34, was booked into the Broward County jail on Sunday, according to jail records. He was arrested on May 23 at Fort Irwin, an Army training base…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared the seats of the 25 lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, vacant pending the determination of a suit before it. The court also ordered the Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule to stop parading as the…
The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms has announced that it has asked the federal government to adopt an exchange rate of N800 per dollar for customs import duty. Presenting some recommendations of the committee on Thursday, May 30, Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the committee, expressed concern over the import duty rate…
A former TikTok star has been convicted for the murders of his estranged wife and her lover in San Diego in 2021. San Diego-based Tik Toker Ali Abulaban, 32, was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for his wife Ana, 28, and her male friend Rayburn Barron, 29, on Wednesday, May 29, People…
Bafana Bafana head coach, Hugo Broos believes his team can secure a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Nigeria’s expense. South Africa currently occupy the second position in Group C with three points. The former African champions will be away to Nigeria in a matchday three fixture at the Godswill Akpabio International…
Singer, Brymo Olawale has thrown his weight behind the Federal government’s decision to revert to the old National Anthem. In a post shared on Instagram, Brymo said he is very happy with the decision. He described President Tinubu as the ‘’Greatest of All Times, GOAT” of all Nigerian presidents.
Israel’s head of national Security Council has said the country expects “another seven months of fighting” in Gaza to achieve the objective of destroying Hamas. The war began when Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel on 7 October, involving a barrage of several thousand rockets concurrent to an estimated 3,000 militants breaching…
At least 122 stranded Nigerians have been evacuated from Libya. The recent evacuees comprise 52 males, 39 females, seven of whom were rescued victims of human trafficking, 21 children, and 10 infants. This brings the total number of stranded Nigerians in Libya who have been assisted to return home in 2024 alone to 1,350.…
Two persons have been reported dead by the stray bullet fired from the gun of a police officer in the Omisanjana area of Ado Ekiti. The victims who were among the youths in the area met their untimely deaths when the police were attempting to arrest a suspected internet fraudster. A resident of the area…
