INEC: 13 PARTIES FOR BYE ELECTIONS IN EIGHT STATES

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said 13 political parties have signified interest in participating in the forthcoming 14 bye-elections. INEC, in an untitled statement on Tuesday by its National…

GARA-GOMBE BACKS PINNICK FOR CAF PRESIDENCY

Former Chairman of the Gombe State Football Association Shuaib Gara-Gombe says he will support Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick, if he contests for the Confederation of African Football presidency.…

DOCTORS’ EXODUS LOOMS AS INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS RESUME THIS WEEK

A large number of doctors are set to exit Nigeria once the ban on international flights is lifted this week, ugamatv has learnt. This is just as our sources observed…

EFCC ARRAIGNS COUPLE FOR ALLEGED FRAUD IN AKWA IBOM

The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a man, Gabriel Ikpenwa, and his wife, Lillian Ikpenwa, before Justice Archibong Archibong of the Akwa…

KEROSENE EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN CALABAR

four persons have been killed in a kerosene explosion in Ikot Ekpo community, Calabar, Cross River State. The kerosene, suspected to have been adulterated, was being poured into a lantern…

COMMUTERS STRANDED AS DANFO DRIVERS PROTEST ON LAGOS-ABEOKUTA EXPRESSWAY

Commuters were on Wednesday afternoon stranded along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway as commercial bus drivers stopped operations. Our correspondents gathered that some operatives of the Lagos State Task Force had earlier…

MESSI TURNS DOWN BARCELONA TRAINING

Lionel Messi informed Barcelona coaches he was not going to turn up to training on Wednesday, according to Barcelona’s newly-appointed sporting director Ramon Planes. Messi asked Barca Tuesday to leave…

VARDY EXTENDS LEICESTER CONTRACT -EPL

Jamie Vardy has signed a one-year contract extension at Leicester City that will take him beyond his 36th birthday, the club announced on Wednesday. The Foxes have rewarded the striker…

FASHANU: I WANT TO BE KINGMAKER, NOT NFF PRESIDENT

Former England international, John Fashanu, has revealed why he dumped his ambition of running for political office in Nigerian football, after previous futile efforts. Fashanu failed in an attempt to…

MILITARY: INSURGENTS USING ILLEGAL MINING TO FINANCE BANDITRY

One suspect was killed, while 150 others were arrested when troops of the Operation Sahel Sanity swooped on an illegal mining site in Zamfara State. The acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Nigerian…