Bernard Nana Adu Gyebi, ex-Hearts of Oak Acting General Manager has confessed they were not proactive when five of their players were handed call-ups to the just-ended 2022 African Nations Championship [CHAN] tournament in Algeria. He attributes the club’s struggles to the absence of Gladson Awako, Konadu Yiadom, Denis Korsah, Seidu Suraj and Daniel Afriyie who earned a place in the team. Hearts of Oak were ousted from the MTN FA Cup by Dreams FC. They are currently in 6th position on the Premier
Seeking to avoid a third successive defeat across all competitions, Arsenal return to the Emirates on Saturday afternoon for a London derby against Brentford in the Premier League. Mikel Arteta‘s side were stunned 1-0 by relegation-threatened Everton last time out, while the Bees cruised to a 3-0 triumph over Southampton to further their European ambitions. Still unbeaten at home in the Premier League this season – only Newcastle United can also boast that feat – Arsenal
West Ham United lock horns with Graham Potter’s Chelsea outfit in an important clash at the London Stadium on Saturday. West Ham United are currently in 17th place in the Premier League standings and have struggled to meet expectations this season. The home side held Newcastle United to a 1-1 draw last week and will look to take it up a notch in this fixture. Chelsea, on the other hand, are in ninth place in the league table at the moment and have also flattered to deceive so far. The
Girona will be bidding to make it back-to-back wins in Spain’s top flight when they travel to struggling Cadiz on Friday night. The visitors, who sit 11th in the table, will enter the contest off the back of a 1-0 victory over Valencia, while 18th-placed Cadiz suffered a 4-1 defeat to Athletic Bilbao in their last match on February 3. Cadiz are currently involved in a relegation battle, with the club sitting 18th in the La Liga table, boasting 19 points from their opening 20 matches
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has directed the closure of all universities and inter-university centres between February 22nd and March 14. NUC said there would be no academic activities during the shutdown. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki. According to the statement, the decision followed concerns about the security of staff, students and the universities’ properties during the general elections
The armourer at the Ajiwe Police Station, in Ajah, Lagos, Inspector Adamu Shaibu has testified in the murder trial of Drambi Vandi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who allegedly shot Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem on Christmas Day. Led in evidence by the Lagos State Attorney-General, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), the armourer told Justice Ibironke Harrison that two of the 25 rounds of ammunition allotted to Vandi were missing from his Ak-47 rifle after he was disarmed on the day of
The Court of Appeal had in a judgement delivered on July 1, 2022, sentenced him to prison after it convicted him on a two-count charge of money laundering. The Senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, who has been on the run for months since the Court of Appeal Lagos Division convicted and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for money laundering, is finally in prison custody. According to a statement by the Head, Media and Publicity of the Economic and
The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has declared a State of Emergency on bleaching after establishing that Nigeria today has been ranked first in cases of bleaching, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General of NAFDAC, raised the alarm on the menace of bleaching creams in Nigeria, saying the problem has become a national emergency that calls for serious attention. She stated this while flagging off a media sensitization workshop on Dangers of Bleaching Creams
Amira Bouraoui, a key leader of 2019 mass protests that brought down Algeria’s president, has escaped to France, sparking a diplomatic row. A doctor by training, the journalist and activist was banned from leaving Algeria pending an appeal trial but was not in detention. The holder of a French passport, she allegedly illegally went to Tunisia and then on to France with diplomatic help. Algeria has recalled its ambassador to Paris over the affair. The Algerian foreign ministry accused French
More than 3 tons of cocaine floating in the ocean have been seized by authorities in New Zealand in one of the country’s single biggest drugs busts. Some 81 bales of cocaine weighing 3.2 metric tons (3.5 short tons) were intercepted in the Pacific Ocean as part of Operation Hydros – a joint initiative between New Zealand’s police, customs and defense force. Those behind the policing operation valued the haul at more than half a billion New Zealand dollars (about $318 million). Few details
In the five years since Corner Cafe opened its doors a few metres away from the South African Parliament building in Cape Town’s central business district, it has become a popular meeting place for politicians, researchers and other locals. But less than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic flattened business in the area and led to many closing shops, Prisca Horonga, the cafe’s owner, who works up to 12 hours and employs three people, says it is facing another existential crisis. Since 2022,
The United States has questions to answer over its alleged role in explosions that destroyed the undersea Nord Stream gas pipelines last year, Russia’s foreign ministry says. It was commenting on a blog post published earlier on Wednesday by respected American journalist Seymour Hersh that accused the US military of involvement in the blasts and alleged President Joe Biden green-lighted the operation. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on the White House to address the
Rescue workers called for silence at a fallen apartment building in the southern Turkish city of Iskenderun on Wednesday after hearing signs of life beneath the mounds of rubble.Onlookers including family, friends and neighbours of the building’s residents stopped talking, while cranes and other machinery nearby were switched off. After minutes of silence, rescuers called out for an ambulance, confirming that a woman had been found alive. The crowd broke into cheers and tears. One woman,
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