Lionel Messi’s Argentina will face Costa Rica rather than Nigeria in a gala match on March 26 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the latest change for a match that changed venue and opponent. The world champions were initially scheduled to face Nigeria in Hangzhou and Ivory Coast in Beijing during a tour of China…
Gospel singer, Moses Bliss, has legally tied the knot with his sweetheart, Marie Wiseborn. The musician took to his Instagram account on Tuesday to shared images from the court wedding on his officialBliss expresses his excitement in his caption, praising Marie as his “personal gift from God.” He wrote, “Civil wedding done! It’s official I’m…
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have easily won their parties’ primaries in Michigan but results show that both candidates have cause for concern in their bids to win the swing state in November amid a rising number of “uncommitted” voters. Here are some key takeaways from the Michigan primaries: Michigan has become…
By Buki Samuel The Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State has been confirmed as the next institution to host the Nigerian Polytechnic Games ( NIPOGA ) for the year 2024. This was contained in a letter of award of hosting rights signed by the Secretary General of the Council of Heads of Polytechnics and Colleges of…
New recommendations represent an advance but also highlight need for more evidence to inform effective infection measures, say experts Ten years on from the West African Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its infection prevention and control guidelines for Ebola and Marburg disease. The key recommendations are summarized in The BMJ today with…
Wema Bank has held its first physical Importer-Exporter Forum in Lagos to address issues impeding international trade in the country and proffer solutions tailored to facilitate seamless international trade operations. The forum themed ‘Building a Symbiotic Trade Ecosystem for Effective Trade Decisions’, was a gathering of importers, exporters, aspiring international traders and relevant regulatory bodies….
The much-hyped street protest called by the Joint Action Front, JAF, and Sowore Omoyele’s Revolution Now group has failed irreparably in Lagos as the membership-based Civil Society Groups they had relied upon for the mass protest failed to show up. Is coming almost 24 hours after the Lagos People’s Parliament and the Defend Lagos Coalition…
United Bank for Africa Plc has pledged to work with the Economic Community of West African States on implementing initiatives that will attract investment and sustainable development into the sub-region’s mining and oil sectors. According to a statement from the bank on Monday, the pledge was made at the just concluded fourth ECOWAS Mining and…
Two major opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, have thrown their weight behind the two-day protest declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress. This was even as the ruling All Progressives Congress expressed concern that the protest may be hijacked. In separate interviews, the opposition parties told The PUNCH on Monday that the…
