Arsenal’s first fixture of the 2024/2025 Premier League campaign is against Wolves. The game will be played on Saturday, August 17, at Emirates Stadium. The Gunners’ first away fixture is against Aston Villa on Saturday August 24. Mikel Arteta’s side…
THAILAND has approved same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in the Southeast Asian region to do so. The development followed the nation’s Senate passing a marriage equality bill on Tuesday, June 18. Al Jazeera reports that the upper house gave…
EKITI State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed condolences on the demise of the Elemure of Emure-Ekiti, HRM Oba Emmanuel Adebayo, who recently passed away. The news of the passing of the renowned traditional ruler was officially communicated to the…
THE Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) last night assured that Nigeria’s Airspace has achieved total radar coverage and as such safe for flight operations. NCAA gave the assurance in a statement signed by its Acting Director General, Capt. Chris Najomo…
KYLIAN Mbappe suffered a broken nose during France’s opening game at Euro 2024 but will not need immediate surgery. The French Football Federation said a mask would be made for their captain, but it is not yet known if he…
NIGERIAN National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited management, l3d by Group.Executive Officer Mele Kyari has been invited to appear before the House of Representatives committee on public petitions for alleged “diversion” of $72 million belonging to De Coon Services Limited, an…
A renowned Nigerian social critic, human rights and pro-democracy activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, has described Nigerian government under President Bola Tinubu as “shameless, insincere and wicked”, in his reaction to the statement credited to Nigerian presidency concerning a recent report…
THE governor of the US state of Maryland issued a mass pardon of drug offences on Monday, in a far-reaching move forgiving 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions across multiple decades. Democrat Wes Moore said his act — “the most sweeping state-level…
FRANCE is planning to reduce its military presence in West and Central Africa to around 600 troops in line with President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to limit the French military footprint in the region, three sources told AFP. In February 2023,…
THIS morning, I read Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy’s response to the New York Times’ blighted and damning report — as we know it — on the nation’s economy woes on…
