Rohr reveals one thing he won’t do as Super Eagles coach Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr, has revealed that he will not go on his knees to invite foreign-born Nigerians to Super Eagles. Ohis Felix Uduokhai, Jordan Torunarigha, Hoffenheim’s Kevin Akpoguma, born to a German are all eligible to play for German and Nigerian but the...
Uneasy calm as angry youths set Ebonyi Commissioner’s house ablaze, banish husband Angry youths of Elugwu Ettam community in Okpuitumo Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi state weekend set the country home of one Mr Celestine Okah ablaze. Mr Okah Blueprint gathered is the husband of Ebonyi Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Wendy Uchechi...
Obaseki, seven APC govs meet Tinubu, plan President’s meeting Eight governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, on Sunday, held a meeting with the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, at the state House Marina, Lagos to make a case for the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. Although details of the...
N7bn uncompleted building: Senate to probe activities in agric sector All plans are on deck by the Senate Committee Chairman on Agriculture, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and his committee members to checkmate the scandal rocking the Ministry of Agriculture in connection with the allegedly buying of N7 billion uncompleted building. Senator Adamusaid the probe was on the...
COVID -19: INEC to test-run modified processes with bye-elections Ahead of Edo and Ondo governorship polls scheduled for September and October 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said it is determined to test run its modified processes with some pending bye elections. Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made this known,...
PDP sweeps Benue LG polls The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the electoral positions contested in the local government council polls held on May 30 in Benue. The elections were conducted in 23 local government councils across 276 council wards of the state. The elections, which were adjudged by a team of election observers led...
Again, Senate fires NDDC over alleged blackmail The Senate for the second time within a week, fired at the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over alleged blackmail to stop it from carrying out investigation on alleged mismanagement of N40billion by the Commission between January and March, 2020. The Chairman Senate...
PSG agree £51m permanent deal for Icardi Mauro Icardi is set to make his move to Paris Saint-Germain permanent after a deal worth €57m (£51.2m) was agreed with Inter Milan, according to Sky Italy. The French champions have agreed to pay a fee of €50m (£45m) with €7m (£6.2m) in add-ons. There was a race against time...
Lagos traders weep as fire destroys 227 shops It was an awful Saturday for many traders at Olaleye Market, Shomolu, Lagos State, as a night fire razed 227 shops in the marketplace. The fire which started around 2am reportedly raged for hours, destroying goods and other items estimated at millions of naira. Sunday PUNCH learnt that the...
Coronavirus: Anxiety as Nigeria records highest daily tally, total cases near 10000, Lagos numbers shoot up again Nigeria’s fight the coronavirus pandemic took a turn following record of over 500 new cases, the highest so far since infection pierced into the country. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Africa’s most populous nation harvested...
