The Nigerian Meteorological Agency NiMet has predicted haziness and sunshine from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Saturday, forecast moderate dust haze in the northern region on Sunday with horizontal visibility ranging from 2km to 5km. The agency anticipated localised visibility of less than or equal to 1,000m during the forecast period. In the North central region, the agency said sunny skies with patches of clouds are expected in the morning hours. Then later in the afternoon/evening hours, thunderstorms with moderate rains are anticipated over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Kogi, Benue and Nasarawa…
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Barcelona winger, Lamine Yamal, has claimed they are the best team in the world. Yamal stated this while speaking to reporters after they hammered Real Madrid 4-0 at the Bernabeu on Saturday. The Spain international scored the third goal of the game, to add to Robert Lewandowski’s brace, as Barca ran riot in El Clasico. After the match, Yamal said: “We believe we are the best team in the world. “They said we were beating only normal teams…now we beat Real Madrid 4-0 at their home. “We’ve proven that we can beat anyone.” Barcelona are now six points ahead of…
Real Madrid suffered a 4-0 humbling loss against Barcelona in front of their fans in this season’s first El Clasico on Saturday night. Los Blancos came into the game looking to close the gap at the top of the table. And although they had chances to do so in the first half, Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe failed to find the back of the net. The game turned on its head thanks to Robert Lewandowski’s quickfire double in the second half. Lamine Yamal and Raphinha also scored as Barca took charge of the title race. Hansi Flick’s men have now…
The Abia State Government has reacted to the letter sent to the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly and jointly signed by the state chairman and secretary of the Abia State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, where the organised labour alleged that there’s a bill sent to the State House of Assembly by the executive seeking to cede 90 per cent of local government funds to the State leaving the LGAs with 10 per cent. In a statement signed by Ferdinand Ekeoma, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, the Abia State government described the…
A girl identified as Precious Yusuf has been found dead in Asaba, in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State. The body of the deceased was found by the roadside opposite Falcon Club, Asaba. Her waist region was covered with a black and white cloth, suggestive of alleged mutilation of her private part for ritual purposes. She had reportedly gone to visit a guy she met on a dating site, iHappy Dating, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at Koka Junction, Asaba, the state capital and never returned. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright…
Ademola Lookman underlined his credentials as the favourite for the 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the Year by putting up a superb display in Atalanta’s 6-1 rout of Verona in a Serie A game on Saturday night. Lookman, who is among the 10 nominees for the prestigious award registered two goals and two assists in the encounter. The winger set up Marten de Roon for the opening goal after six minutes. The 27-year-old teed Charles De Ketelaere for La Dea’s third goal in the 14th minute. Lookman scored Gian Piero Gasperini’s side’s fourth and fifth goal in the 29th and…
Victor Boniface was on target in Bayer Leverkusen’s thrilling 2-2 draw against Werder Bremen on Saturday night. The Nigeria international missed Leverkusen’s 1-1 draw at Brest in midweek after he was involved in a car crash last Sunday. Boniface however returned with a bang netting the opening goal for Die Werkself on the half hour mark after he was set up by Jeremie Frimpong. It was the forward’s sixth league goal of the season. The 23-year-old was replaced by Patrick Schick 20 minutes from time. His international teammate, Nathan Tella was an unused substitute for Leverkusen in the game. Bundesliga:…
An unidentified woman was crushed to death by a hit-and-run tricycle rider on Saturday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The incident, according to an eyewitness, occurred on Unity Road in the early hours of Saturday before the commencement of the three-hour monthly environmental sanitation exercise. The exercise starts from 8 am to 10 am on the last Saturday of the month. The victim was rushed to a private hospital at Sabo-Oke, an area of the Ilorin metropolis, where she was confirmed dead on arrival by the doctor on duty. Efforts to reach both the spokespersons of the police and Federal…
The ruling New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has won all the 44 local government chairmanship and 484 councilors positions contested in Kano’s just concluded local council election. Announcing the results, the chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission KANSAIC, Professor Sani Lawan Malumfashi, said six political parties, including AA, AAC, Accord, ADC, APM, and NNPP, participated. He said the commission had exercised and observed its constitutional mandates of planning, organising, coordinating, observing and conducting local government elections in Kano State of Nigeria. “The exercise had been largely peaceful and successful in all ramifications. The Commission therefore deeply appreciates the…
Fifty-nine defaulters were on Saturday, arrested in various parts of Umuahia and brought to the Abia State Environmental Court for contravening Abia State government’s basic environmental laws. They were picked by task force officials and brought to the Umuahia High Court and arraigned before Margistrate Onyinyechi Ibekwe. While some of the defaulters were picked on the road loitering, others were arrested at the business premises where they were trading, in defiance of the state government’s warnings. Speaking to journalists after the exercise, Abia State Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Ogbonna who was represented by Rev. Udechukwu Ukachukwu, the Director in charge…