The singles champions at this year’s French Open will receive 2.2 million euros ($2.7 million), up 100,000 euros from 2017, tournament director Guy Forget announced on Tuesday. The overall prize money will increase by around 10 percent, rising from 36 million euros last year to 39.2 million euros. Forget added that money for qualifying and […]
Ten members of Gambia’s former spy agency have been detained on suspicion of murdering a political activist who led a protest during ousted strongman Yahya Jammeh’s rule, police said Tuesday. Solo Sandeng, organising secretary of the United Democratic Party, was arrested in April 2016 for fronting a street protest demanding electoral reform. He died in […]
350 results of blind candidates to be released later Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has released the results of 1,502,978 candidates who sat for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the statement, […]
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Owners of overloaded heavy duty vehicles that ply federal highways will start paying fines ranging from N1m to N10m, the Federal Government has announced. It stated this in an official gazette dated February 6, 2018, entitled: ‘Federal Highways (Control of Dimensions, Weights and Axle Load of Heavy Duty Goods Transport Vehicles) Regulations, […]
The Military has said it is determined to end the activities of the Boko Haram terrorists in spite of accusation by the Amnesty International to distract it. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen John Agim, said this in a statement on Tuesday in reaction to the AI’s allegation against security forces on kidnap of 110 […]
Captain Vladyslav Voloshyn, accused by Russia of shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, has killed himself, according to Ukrainian media. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down on 17 July 2014 while flying over eastern Ukraine, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew […]
Lionel Messi joined up with his Argentina team-mates on Tuesday as they trained at Manchester City ahead of their World Cup warm-up against Italy. Messi’s side are based at the Football Academy of Premier League leaders City while they prepare for the friendly at Eastlands on Friday. READ ALSO: 2018 could be my last World Cup […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that negotiation should be carried out for 15 billion dollars loan for the completion of work on the Port Harcourt – Maiduguri rail project. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Ameachi, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the […]
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba missed France’s training session for treatment on Tuesday as Didier Deschamps’ side prepared for Friday’s friendly with Colombia. Pogba, his United teammate Anthony Martial and Marseille winger Florian Thauvin were victims of “little knocks”, according to French officials. On Monday, Pogba trained as normal while Martial and Thauvin received treatment. […]
.laying of tracks on Lagos-Ibadan commences April Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Government is considering securing fresh loans to finance some of the country’s rail projects. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday after a meeting he had with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]
Olufemi Atoyebi and Godwin Isenyo The Jama’atu Nasril Islam under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has asked the President Muhammadu administration to wake up to its statutory responsibility of protecting lives and property of Nigerians across the country. The wake-up call, according to the Muslim body, became imperative following […]
As the nation joins the rest of the globe in marking the UN International Day of Happiness, some residents of the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday argued that many Nigerians are not happy. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network had earlier on March 14 released the 2018 World Happiness Report, ranking Nigeria as the 91 happiest […]
Oludayo Tade Kosewe, kosegbo, kosewe, kosegbo Won tip’omi gutter po- ojuti dirty Won tipo chemical po- awon omo Science Students -(Olamide, Science student) Popular culture remains central to the production of knowledge and communication of societal ills in Nigeria. While Nigerian hip-hop artistes laugh to the bank despite their bare embrace and glamourisation of anti-social […]
A 30-year-old man, Adeola Ogunsanwo, was on Tuesday remanded in prison on the orders of an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged assault and murder of a student and possession of firearms. The accused was alleged to have shot fatally Hammed Amoo, a 25-year-old student. Ogunsanwo is standing trial on two counts […]
An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 23-year-old woman, Jimoh Simiat, in Ilesa prison for allegedly killing one Esther Oge, believed to be her friend. Magistrate Tunde Badmus ordered that the accused be remanded in prison pending her arraignment before a judge at the State High Court. Badmus, who held that […]
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to halt the herdsmen attacks, kidnapping and other vices in the north and other parts of the country. “The government should do everything to stop all these killings, kidnapping and other vices,” Chairman of the Forum and former Inspector General […]
CAF Confederation Cup seeding for play-offs draw in Cairo on Wednesday: Pot A: Al Hilal (SUD), Saint George (ETH), V Club (COD), Zanaco (ZAM) Pot B: USM Alger (ALG), SuperSport Utd (RSA), Al Hilal Obied (SUD), Enyimba (NGR) Pot C: ASEC Mimosas, Williamsville (both CIV), Mountain of Fire and Miracles, Plateau Utd (both NGR), Mounana […]
The European Parliament on Tuesday invited Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to speak following revelations that a firm working for Donald Trump’s US presidential campaign harvested data on 50 million users. The parliament and the European Commission, the 28-nation EU executive, have already called for an urgent investigation into the scandal. “We’ve invited Mark Zuckerberg to […]
A Director in the Oyo State Civil Service, Mr. Yinka Fatoki, on Tuesday testified for the prosecution in the ongoing trial of N4.7bn money laundering charge against a former governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Ladoja and a former Commissioner for Finance, Waheed Akanbi. Ladoja and Akanbi […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that an electronic fence along the Israel-Egypt border has saved the Jewish state from jihadist attacks or what he believes would be worse — a tide of African migrants. “Were it not for the fence, we would be faced with… severe attacks by Sinai terrorists, and something much […]
The Police in Kano have arrested a dismissed police Sgt and three other persons for allegedly robbing the Guest House of the Deputy Governor of Jigawa. SP Magaji Majiya, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Police Command disclosed this while parading the suspects before newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. The suspects are; Sani […]
A student armed with a handgun wounded two classmates at a Maryland high school on Tuesday, officials said, in an outburst of campus violence just days before a student-organized nationwide march for gun control. The shooter, who was not identified, has died following the incident at Great Mills High School, St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim […]
Thirty-three-year-old Megan Goosen, who was six months pregnant, and another man have been shot dead in suspected gang violence. Her family has already been in mourning after her brother’s funeral on Saturday. The brother, Houston Goosen, was gunned down in Rembrandt Street, South Africa, last week. It is believed Megan was trying to flee after […]
The primary reactor at Switzerland’s Beznau nuclear power plant, the world’s oldest commercial nuclear plant, has reopened after three years of repairs, despite protests from environmental campaigners, a statement said Tuesday. Beznau, located in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau near the German border, has two reactors and was first opened in 1969. Both reactors […]
A 24-year-old poverty alleviation activist, Steven Kizza, has died after drowning while swimming at Aruu waterfalls in Uganda, Police have confirmed. According to the Aswa River Region Police spokesperson, Jimmy Patrick Okema, the deceased, who worked at Innovation for Poverty Action, drowned on Sunday afternoon. He said that Kizza, together with his workmates, were on […]