Arsenal clinched the third place in the English Premier League table Monday night after beating Newcastle 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium in London. Both Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette scored in each half to ensure Arsenal keep hopes alive for a UEFA Champions league spot. The Gunners now have 63 points, two above both Tottenham […]
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Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, former Director of Partnerships and Evaluation, Tony Elumelu Foundation has assumed her new role as the Foundation’s CEO on April 1. [Ifeyinwa becomes the third CEO and the first African to become the Chief Executive Officer of the Tony Elumelu Foundation.] In December 2018, the Foundation, the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering […]
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Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, US, has compiled data that classified Nigerians as the sixth “most miserable people in the world”. The criteria for arriving at the Misery Index were: economic indices including unemployment, inflation and bank lending rates. For Nigeria, the unemployment rate was the major contributing factor. “The […]
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Tottenham Hotspur’s Toby Alderweireld scored a 90th minute own goal to hand Liverpool a 2-1 victory over the North Londoners in their Premier League match at Anfield on Sunday. It was Roberto Firmino who opened the scoring for Liverpool after heading in Andrew Robertson’s cross in the 16th minute. However, Lucas Moura drew Spurs back […]
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The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), says it has killed a Boko Haram commander, Malloum Moussa and 15 of his foot soldiers during a clearance operation on Lake Chad Island. According to a statement by Col. Timothy Antigha, the spokesman of the task force on Sunday, troops destroyed five gun trucks belonging to the terrorists […]
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A top member of the house of representatives from Lagos state, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared his interest in the position of speaker in the 9th assembly. During his televised declaration in Abuja on Sunday, the lawmaker who represents Surulere 1 federal constituency, said he is in the race as a “beacon of hope”. Gbajabiamila, who […]
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Top Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Friday unveiled 30 students as UBA Brand Ambassadors for 2019 in the third edition of its Campus Ambassador Programme. The 30 students made up of 17 males and 13 females, chosen from various tertiary institutions across Nigeria, were selected based on a number of carefully-defined […]
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Manchester City did not miss the opportunity to take the lead in the Premier League’s tight title race on Saturday, cruising to an easy 2-0 win over Fulham in the early fixture. In a related development on Saturday, Manchester United narrowly edged past Watford, while Everton beat West Ham United. Elsewhere, Huddersfield became the first […]
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Lionel Messi has continued his remarkable run of form with a second-half double as Barcelona progressed toward the La Liga title on Saturday with a 2-0 win over Espanyol. The visitors gave their city rivals a tough game at the Camp Nou, but Messi’s chipped free-kick with 19 minutes to play and a late second […]
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Huddersfield equalled the record for the earliest Premier League relegation after a 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday. The defeat at Selhurst Park was their 24th defeat in 32 league games and Huddersfield are only the second club to be relegated from the Premier League in March after Derby went down with 11 points in 2008. They […]
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