Author: Rashaad Harris

According to Nigerian artist, Innocent Ujah Idibia, better known by his stage as 2Baba, he previously entertained the possibility that he might never get married. This was disclosed by the 47-year-old in a recent interview, where he also talked about the challenges of being famous and how they have affected his marriage to Annie Idibia.He said, “Most times you don’t have the ability to know somebody that genuinely cares about you, apart from the people you knew right from the time you started when there was nothing.”As a celebrity, most of the people I meet are those who I know…

The Nigeria Football Federation has disclosed that the 2023 edition of the Federation Cup willbegin in May.The NFF revealed this in a statement at the end of its meeting on Monday night in Abuja. The 2022 edition of the competition was inconclusive and no winner was announced by the NFF.The NFF said the competition would commence a week before the end of the 2022/23 Nigeria Premier Football League season. “It further noted that winner of the competition, as well as the third-placed team in the NPFL would represent Nigeria in the 2024 edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. “country’s flag…

Turkish basketball player Nilay Aydogan has been found dead following last week’s devastating earthquake in Turkey, the sport’s federation in the country has announced.Aydogan, 30, who played for Turkish Super League side Cankaya University, had reportedly gone to visit her grandmother in Malayta when the devastating earthquake struck, collapsing the apartment block. The basketball player and her grandmother were found dead among the rubble, with the search continuing in hundreds of Turkish and northern Syrian settlements to try and find people still alive. In a statement, the Turkish Basketball Federation said that they had learned of the news with ‘deep…

Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has denied making the allegations that stories that he reportedly gave out a N2 billion donation to the Christian organisations Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and Christian Association of Nigeria to assist his bid for the presidency in the February 25 election. On Monday night’s episode of Channels TV’s “Politics Today,” Obi made the discovery.On Sunday, a viral petition bearing the name of Pastor Frank Onwumere and the date December 15, 2022, was sent to the head of the CAN.The petitioner purportedly asserted that some “mega-churches” received the N2 billion from Obi, while smaller denominations…

Nine- time African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria are among the team’s that will take part in an invitational tournament in Turkey in April.The tournament is expected to put the team in proper shape ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Women’s World Cup will be staged in Australia and New Zealand this summer. The Super Falcons are currently in Mexico where they will take part in the four-nation invitational tournament tagged Revelation Cup.The Revelation Cup will run from February 15-21. Aside hosts Mexico and Nigeria, Costa Rica and Colombia are the other countries that will take…

Labour Party has distanced itself from its Kano State Gubernatorial candidate — Bashir Ishak-Bashir, after he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ishak-Bashir had previously informed the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday that he had started discussions with the All Progressives Congress to help it in the upcoming elections.”I am in high-level discussion with the leadership of the APC at the national level on how we can support the party to win the forthcoming general elections.“I will soon get across to you our final position on the matter,” Ishak-Bashir told NAN.Ishak Bashir’s allegations were refuted by the state’s…

Liverpool, under the lights at Anfield defeated local rivals Everton 2-0 in an EPL action on Monday night.Liverpool who were without a win in 2023 got off the mark after Tarkowski headed Iwobi’s left-wing corner against the post, Liverpool broke to devastating effect, Nunez played a one-two with Salah deep in his own half, charged down the left and then curled a brilliant cross back towards Salah on the edge of the area.Pickford ran away from his own goal, thinking the ball was going to evade Salah and reach Gakpo at the far post. Instead, Salah lifted his right foot…

President Muhammadu Buhari stated that he wholeheartedly supports Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate ahead of the Feb. 25th showdown. At the Pantami stadium in Gombe on Monday, Buhari made this statement while addressing the crowd.Buhari urged Gombe state residents to support Tinubu and other party candidates by casting their ballots.The President asked them to disregard unsubstantiated lies saying he was rooting for another candidate. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami, attended the ceremony on behalf of the president, according to Simon Lalong, Director-General of the APC presidential campaign committee and Governor of…

The Intelligence Response Team, Force Intelligence Bureau, Garki, Abuja has detained the presiding pastor of House on the Rock, Abuja Branch, Pastor Uche Aigbe, for carrying an AK-47 rifle while preaching in the church on Sunday. Aigbe threw many into confusion in the church on Sunday when he came in bearing the weapon on his shoulder. But when the FCT police command commenced an investigation into the incident this morning, it was discovered that the weapon was handed him by one Inspector Audu who was on an assignment in the church. When interrogated, Audu told the police that he only…

According to President Muhammadu Buhari, his administration’s repositioning plan for the Nigeria Police Force has been considerably realised during its eight years in office. At the commissioning of crucial operational resources acquired by the Nigeria Police Force, Buhari said this on Monday in Abuja.He said: Looking back to what I inherited in the Nigeria Police Force and where we are, almost eight years into our administration, I can proudly say that I have significantly attained my repositioning plan for the Nigeria Police Force.“It is my expectation that subsequent national leadership of the country will sustain this initiative.“On this note, I…