CALLUM WILSON: STRIKER SET TO JOIN NEWCASTLE FROM BOURNEMOUTH IN £20M DEAL

Callum Wilson on Monday completed his move to Premier League club Newcastle from relegated Bournemouth for a reported fee of £20 million ($26 million). The 28-year-old England forward has signed…

WHY WE’LL NEVER COMPROMISE STRUGGLE FOR BIAFRA- MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, on Sunday, said it would not compromise or jeopardise its 21 years of struggle for freedom for anything. The…

BYE-ELECTION: DIRI SAYS PDP FIELDING BEST CANDIDATES

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, said the Peoples Democratic Party has picked quality candidates as standard-bearers for the Bayelsa Central and West Senatorial Bye-elections fixed for October 31, 2020. The…

NAIRA HEADS FOR GAIN AGAINST DOLLAR AS CBN RESUMES FOREX SALES

The resumption of forex sales to the Bureau De Change operators by the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday (today) will strengthen the exchange rate of the naira to the…

REAL ESTATE SECTOR CONTRACTED BY 17.18%-NBS

The real estate services sector contracted by 17.18 per cent in the second quarter of the year, statistics available from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. The NBS disclosed…

FG TO COMMENCE AIRDROP OF RELIEF MATERIALS TO DANGEROUS TERRAINS IN BORNO

The Federal Government is to commence the massive airdrop of relief materials to dangerous and inaccessible areas of Borno State, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,…

REACTION TO DJOKOVIC’S DISQUALIFICATION FROM U.S OPEN

Reactions were mixed after Novak Djokovic’s disqualification from the U.S. Open for striking a line judge with a ball during his match against Pablo Carreno Busta on Sunday. Following the…

COVID-19 MAN CITY’S MAHREZ, LAPORTE TEST POSITIVE

Manchester City players Riyad Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte have tested positive for coronavirus, the Premier League club announced on Monday. City said in a statement that both players were self-isolating…

ANOTHER 27 STRANDED NIGERIAN GIRLS RETURN FROM LEBANON

Another batch of 27 stranded Nigerian girls evacuated from Lebanon by the Federal Government and the Lebanese Government as well as its community in Nigeria arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe…

TWO NIGERIANS ARRESTED BY INTERPOL FOR €14.7 MILLION COVID-19 SCAM

The Cybercrime Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Interpol National Central Bureau, Abuja, has arrested two suspects for alleged complicity in €14.7 million COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment contract scam. The…