Rohr gets Osimhen boost ahead AFCON

Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, on Wednesday returned to training, exactly 15 days after undergoing cheekbone surgery. The news serves as a huge boost for Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, ahead of…

Full list: 15 teams who have qualified for UEFA Champions League round of 16

List of teams to have qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League after Wednesday’s group games: Group winners: Manchester City (ENG), Liverpool (ENG), Ajax (NED), Real Madrid (ESP),…

Seven Leicester players miss Napoli trip due to COVID-19, illness

Leicester will be without seven players for Thursday’s decisive Europa League trip to Napoli due to coronavirus cases or illness, manager Brendan Rodgers revealed on Wednesday. Extra measures to curb…

Panic as gunmen kidnap Imo traditional ruler

Gunmen, numbering over 10 on Thursday morning kidnapped the traditional ruler of Mbutu ancient kingdom in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, Damian Nwaigwe. The monarch was…

Police launch probe as cultists kill victim during robbery, cut off arm

Some gunmen have shot dead a 27-year-old man, Olayiwola Adebari, and dispossessed his neighbours of their mobile phones in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Our correspondent gathered that the hoodlums invaded the…

States grumble as FG slashes N36bn COVID-19 fund, Omicron hits 57 countries

Thirty-six states of the federation have faulted the Federal Government’s handling of N36bn international fund meant to combat COVID-19. UGAMATV learnt that at a meeting of state commissioners of health and…

New converts stab RCCG pastor to death in Lagos church

Suspected hoodlums have attacked and killed a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Our correspondent…

Niger Delta youths fault delay in implementation of NDDC report

A group of Niger Delta youths have frowned on the continued delay of the implementation of the forensic audits done on the Niger Delta Development Commission. According to the group,…

Buhari congratulates new German Chancellor, appreciates outgoing Merkel 

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) warmly felicitates with German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, on his assumption of office on Wednesday, after a successful election, bringing with him years of…

Kidnappings: Reps seek police, military intervention in Lagos, others

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to deploy Special Forces in the Nigeria Police Force as well as the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy on a…