An array of vehicles were gutted by fire earlier today after a petrol tanker spilled its contents on the Lagos-Badagry expressway between Barracks and Onireke in Ojo Local Government. According to reports, the fire started some minutes after the tanker had been evacuated with its flammable liquid still on the scene. The inferno reportedly started […]
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Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, has threatened industrial action unless the Federal Government resumes negotiations on the 2009 agreement over the poor state of public Universities. The Union accused the Government of failure to pay the backlog of owed salaries, even after the presidential initiative on continuous audit verification. It also argued that the FG […]
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Super Eagles Trainer Gernot Rohr, has left out John Obi Mikel and a couple of other regulars for the crunch AFCON 2019 qualifying double-header against Libya. The 21-man list released contains most of the Super Eagles recent regulars with fresh call ups handed to a few other players. Inform Arsenal Forward Alex Iwobi, Ahmed Musa, […]
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Super Eagles forward Victor Anichebe has allegedly reported his club, Beijing Enterprise to FIFA over match fixing claims, the Daily mail reports. Anichebe allegedly opened up on the issue after he claims his coaches told him “not to try” on two different occasions, including in a local derby match. The former Everton and West Brom […]
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday fired warning shots at US President Donald Trump. She warned the US leader against “destroying” the United Nations. “I believe that destroying something without having developed something new is extremely dangerous,” she warned Speaking at a regional campaign event in Bavaria Germany, Merkel reiterated her believe that multilateralism is […]
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Europe’s football governing body UEFA, has announced that VAR technology will be used in the Champions League from next season. The Video Assistant Referee technology is gaining widespread support in the footballing world after initial opposition to the idea when it was introduced. UEFA also announced that the technology will be used in the 2020 European […]
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Nigeria’s female basketball team D’Tigress, will look to qualify for the next round as they face Argentina on Tuesday in the ongoing FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain. Having lost their first group game against Australia 86-68, the girls put up a better performance in their second game and were victorious 74-68 against Turkey. Speaking to sports […]
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Liverpool youngster Sheyi Ojo has indicated interest in representing Nigeria at senior international level if given the opportunity to do so. The England U20 World Cup winner is on loan in France with Reims. Ojo has 43 caps representing England from the U16 to U21 levels. But he is still eligible to play for his […]
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Manchester United forward, Romelu Lukaku has revealed the half time team talk the team received after heading into the dressing room with a two goal lead at vicarage road against a Watford team that was unbeaten in the league as at kick off. Speaking to BT sports Lukaku said. “The manager said to us we […]
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Egyptian superstar, Mohammed Salah was again absent on the score sheet as Liverpool deservingly triumphed over Spurs at Wembley. Goals from Wijnaldum and Firmino put Liverpool ahead before a late goal from Erik Lamela made it 1:2 to the visitors. Speaking at a post match press conference, the Liverpool manager expressed happiness that goals are […]
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