Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has named Lionel Messi as his best opponent ever in his professional football career. Trent made this known in an interview with Goal while responding to a question on who his best-ever contender was. Responding to the question, the fullback said: “Messi. I don’t know; he is just the best.” Judging […]
The West African Examination Council says it has identified 56 rogue website operators involved in examination malpractice since the start of its ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates. The Head of the National Office of Council, Mr Patrick Areghan, disclosed this on the sidelines of a monitoring exercise he carried out […]
The University of Jos has deployed free shuttle busses to ease the movement of students and staff of the institution, following the removal of oil subsidy by the Federal Government. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Ishaya Tanko announced the development in a circular signed by the Senior Deputy Registrar of the institution, Abdullahi […]
The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency has refuted the claim that the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, banned officials of the agency from arresting errant motorists. The agency clarified that the governor did not say that LASTMA has to only manage traffic in the state. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Taofiq Adebayo, […]
The Ondo State Government has urged the parents and other stakeholders to support the recently introduced Education Endowment Levy for the development of the education sector of the state. It was gathered that the government introduced the endowment fund with every taxable adult to pay an annual levy of a sum of N1000 to enhance […]
Sunshine Stars coach, Edith Agoye, has fired a warning shot to eight-time champions, Enyimba, ahead of their 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League Super 6 playoffs match-day four meeting on Friday (today), The PUNCH reports. Despite being the less-fancied team at the ongoing Super 6 playoffs, which will determine the ultimate winners of the league and […]
Organisers of the World Table Tennis Contender Lagos have tipped the younger Nigerian players participating in the competition to succeed, although they expressed their disappointment that Africa’s top table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, will not feature at the tournament. Quadri, in a post on the WTT Lagos Instagram account, announced that club engagements had prevented […]
The Joint Taskforce Committee on Refuse Evacuation in Kano metropolis, on Thursday, confirmed that it successfully evacuated over 400 trucks of waste within three days of operation. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Aliyu Yakubu Garo (Turakin Garo) disclosed on Thursday during the inspection and monitoring visit of evacuation of waste in […]
No fewer than 20 school officials, allegedly aiding and abetting examination malpractice, have been arrested by the West African Examination Council in its ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates. The Council said that the arrests were made in various parts of the country. The Head, National Office of the council, Mr […]
The Nigeria Football Federation Thursday announced the arrival of the country’s U-20 team following their ouster from the ongoing U-20 World Cup in Argentina, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. According to the statement on the NFF Twitter handle, the players and their officials flew into Abuja on Thursday afternoon via Ethiopian Airlines. “The Nigeria U-20 team […]