Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang slammed home from the spot to give Arsenal a 0-1 victory over Manchester United in a Premier League tie on Sunday, ending Arsenal 14-year winless streak at the Old Trafford. With the defeat, United have gone six matches in the league without a win, leaving them 15th in the table. Starved of the chance to counter-attack by the visitors’ disciplined set-up, United were far from the threat that thrashed RB Leipzig 5-0 in the Champions League in midweek. Arsenal have struggled for goals of late, but were gifted the chance to win the game by Paul Pogba’s mis-timed lunge…
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The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has faulted moves by the Federal Government to further regulate social media and believes the timing is wrong. “I struggle with the terms that we bandy around. Like I said, I think the social media space is regulated already, ” the NBA President said on Sunday Politics when asked if social media need further regulation. “Are we saying regulate or shutdown? What are we saying because we hear them using regulate? We hear the minister of Information use the word ‘sanitize.’ I just say to myself, ‘what are we trying…
The Bishop Diocese of Okrika, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Right Reverend Enoch Atuboyedia has charged Christians to be involved in church mission and Evangelism saying Evangelism is a statutory responsibility of every Christian. Rt. Reverend Enoch Atuboyedia who gave the charge in a sermon during his familiarization service to Okrika west Archdeaconry at Saint Mary’s Anglican Church, kalio Ama in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State stated that any church that does not reach out through Evangelism will one day go into extinction. According to him, one of the primary reasons for the establishment of churches, irrespective of…
Anglicans and some other historic churches commemorate all saints on November 1 every year. The church had earlier been honouring different Christians, who were martyred during Roman persecutions on different special days. But when Emperor Phocas, in 607, presented the Roman Pantheon temple to Pope Boniface IV, the pope removed the statues of Jupiter and the pagan gods and consecrated the Pantheon to “all saints,” who had died from Roman persecution in the first three hundred years after Christ. He chose May 13, which was when the feast of all martyrs was kept in the Eastern Church, for this, lumped together…
The League Management Company has approved 13 stadiums across the country for the upcoming 2020/21 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season. The certification process is part of the broader club licensing regime, and the LMC explained that the 13 approved grounds met minimum requirements to host games. Another 11 were recommended for varying degrees of upgrade and repair works before they can be certified. The 13 approved grounds include Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos; Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo; Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin; Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba; and Okigwe Township Stadium. Others that met the certification requirements are Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium,…
A brave soldier paid the supreme price when troops of Operation Sahel Sanity battled bandits, killing three of them and rescuing three nursing mothers along with their infants in Katsina State. The incident occurred on Thursday when troops, responding to a distress call about the activities of bandits at Diskuru village in Faskari Local Government Area of the state, engaged the criminals in a gunbattle, a statement by the military said on Sunday. Bandits had attacked the village around 5:30 am on motorcycles, killing several persons in the village. The troops, however, repelled the attack, killing three of the bandits…
The sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Ahmed Hassan, confirmed that Sixteen people have been killed in a car accident in Ondo State on Saturday. According to him, the incident occurred in Akungba-Akoko, after the brake of a truck failed and the vehicle rammed into shops in the market, killing and injuring many. The truck was loaded with bags of rice. Officials of the FRSC who arrived at the scene shortly after the incident, said the bodies of the victims had to be removed from beneath the truck. According to Hassan, eleven persons had died…
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new four-week coronavirus lockdown in England, which will join several European countries in imposing the measure for a second time, as Slovakia took a different tack and began testing its entire population. Global infections are fast approaching 46 million, with close to 1.2 million deaths, and Europe is experiencing a dizzying spike in Covid-19 cases. Under-pressure governments on the continent are scrambling to contain the outbreaks, with the reimposition of restrictions sparking widespread exasperation and sometimes violent protests. “Now is the time to take action because there’s no alternative,” Johnson said. “We…
A middle-aged woman, Ndubuisi Obiechina says she lost her two-month pregnancy while being detained for twenty-two days at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ikeja, Lagos State. She disclosed this on Saturday at the continuation of the hearing of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State government to look into allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). “For one week, as a pregnant woman, I did not eat, I did not drink. I told them I wanted to go and register for antenatal. They said I should…
As Nigerians continue to recommend ways to build a united country, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has stressed the need to actualise the principle of devolution of powers and resources to the federating units. He is advocating a revenue-sharing formula that is in favour of the states especially given the argument to devolve more responsibilities to the sub-nationals. He made the submissions on Saturday, during a lecture he delivered at the 50th anniversary of Arewa House in Kaduna State. “Our desire to build a more perfect union should be anchored on the principles of devolution of powers,” Governor Fayemi…