Less than 24 hours after his loan move to Turkish Super Lig side Galatasaray, Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has witnessed a remarkable surge in his social media followership. The reigning African footballer of the year joined Galatasaray on a season-long loan from Napoli for the 2024/25 season on Tuesday after the Italian club agreed…
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has called on the Federal Government to stick to the claim by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Heineken Lokpobiri, that President Bola Tinubu administration did not instruct the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to increase the fuel pump price by ordering the corporation to reverse…
Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, Ademola Lookman, has been nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or award. Lookman made the award nomination list after his heroics in the Europa League final where he scored a hat-trick as Atalanta defeated Bayer Leverkusen. Other nominees in the men’s player of the year nomination list includes Real Madrid star…
Davido has expressed gratitude to Angelique Kidjo, the Grammy-winning Beninese singer, for collaborating with artistes across Africa. In a recent Instagram live session with Kidjo, the Afrobeats star revealed that he used to travel to Benin with his parents when he was a child. Davido added that he grew up listening to the ‘Wombo Lombo’…
The management of Television Continental, TVC, has announced Olugbenga Olusesan Oresegun, as the new main anchor of the programme Journalists’ hangout on TVC News. As a Mass Communication graduate from the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta in Ogun State, Olugbenga Olusesan Oresegun is driven and well-prepared to excel in this new role as the anchor of…
The Nigerian Police Force, NPF, has revealed that Isaac Tamunobifiri Bristol, better known as PIDOM, made some smart moves in destroying evidences against him. The Nigeria Police Force said that when operatives of the National Cybercrime Centre stormed PIDOM’s hotel, he resisted arrest, locked himself up, destroyed his phone, and flushed it down the toilet….
A magistrate court in Kano has granted N1 million bail to Muktar Dahiru, a journalist, accused of making a Facebook post considered “insulting” to Abba Yusuf, governor of the state. Dahiru, who works with Pyramid FM Kano, a radio station managed by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), was arrested last week Thursday. The…
The leadership of Deeper Life Church has distanced itself from the claim of a 60-year-old man, Obatayo Adetunji, accused of having carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl. The suspect had claimed to be a pastor in the church. While disclosing that the suspect was not affiliated with the Deeper Life Ministry as a pastor, the…
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, have admitted to having financial constraints because it can no longer subsidise petrol. In an X post on Tuesday, Onanuga said if NNPC continues to pay the differences in landing cost and petrol…
Victor Osimhen has revealed that he spoke with his former Napoli teammate, Dries Mertens before deciding to move to Galatasaray on loan. Osimhen on Monday agreed to spend the 2024/25 season on loan at the Turkish Super Lig champions. The Nigeria international, who arrived Istanbul on Tuesday morning, was met by a rapturous reception at…
