Author: Rashaad Harris

Shortly after winning the golden boot at the just concluded 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, France forward Kylian Mbappe has resumed training at his club Paris Saint Germain (PSG) barely 72 hours after playing Argentina in the final. The Striker who turned 24 on Tuesday December 20th, played the entirety of the match and scored a Hat-trick at the Lusail Stadium in Doha on Sunday against Argentina as France lost the final 4-2 on penalties. Mbappe enjoyed a stellar campaign in Qatar whilst helping France reach their second successive final. He scored 8 goals and provided 2 assists from…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made a bold claim by declaring that the ruling party All Progressive Congress (APC) are set to instigate violence in order to derail the upcoming 2023 General Election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, raised the alarm at a media briefing, today in Abuja.Hon. Debo said: “We have called you today to through you alert Nigerians and the International Community of plots by enemies of democracy to frustrate and ultimately disrupt the conduct of the 2023 general elections. We alert Nigerians that in compliance with the directive by the Presidential Candidate of…

The House of Representatives has decided to conduct a conference of all national stakeholders to evaluate the current basic education curriculum and add a lesson on anti-corruption awareness. The House expressly agreed to “convene a conference of stakeholders in the education management and regulation sector to explore updating the primary and secondary school curricula to include anti-corruption awareness courses and programs” during its plenary on Wednesday. The decision followed the House’s unanimous approval of a move presented by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, and three other members: Shehu Kakale, Musa Bagos, and former Minister of State for Education Aisha Dukku. The…

The General Overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, has urged Nigerians to vote consciously in the upcoming 2023 general elections. The well-renowned vessel of God pleaded on the conscience of Nigerians to perform their civic duties ‘rightly,’ as the current administration and other major stakeholders had guaranteed peaceful, free and fair elections. Kumuyi, who spoke with journalists on his arrival in Ado Ekiti ahead of his global crusade tagged, “Transformation for total triumph” said: “I believe that every citizen knows that it is our right as well as our responsibility to vote for a leader of…

The owner and chief executive officer of Twitter, Elon Musk has said he will step down as CEO soon. Musk conducted a poll on the microblogging site, asking his followers to decide if he should stay as CEO or vacate the post. Majority voted for him to leave the post for someone else. He has now confirmed that he will please the People’s wishes as soon as he finds someone “foolish enough to take” over from him. He added that when that is done, “I will just run the software and servers teams.”

As part of concerted efforts to be admitted into the Nigeria National League (NNL), orientation training was offered to all new clubs on Tuesday in Abuja. Eight clubs were promoted from Nigeria’s National-Wide League One, the third tier league, as a result of the sustainable construction strategy, and the four teams who were demoted from the Premier Class to the NNL gathered at the White Hart Hotel and Apartments, Wuye Abuja, for the induction. The induction included the league’s status, structure, funding, and core principles.System, administration, staff, and legal requirements for club licensing. The wellbeing of players and coaches as…

APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said he belongs to everyone, so to say. The former Lagos State Governor held a townhall meeting with APC faithfuls in the Cross River State Capital of Calabar on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/officialABAT/status/1605298873639243776?t=SjggRjc7vYcyEisIF9hoZg&s=19 After the event, his official Twitter handle tweeted, “My name is Bola Tinubu. I’m a friend to Professors, Senior Lawyers, Bankers, Engineers, I’m also a friend to Market Women, Taxi and Bus Drivers. You know that it was a Market Woman who trained me to become an Accountant.My name is Bola Tinubu. I’m a friend to Professors, Senior Lawyers, Bankers, Engineers, I’m…

Bishop Lamor Whitehead is becoming more of a news headline than a pastor. The founder of Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries was once robbed on a live stream service for allegedly wearing jewelries worth half a million dollars. In another instance, he got into a scuffle with a lady in the middle of a sermon. And on Monday, he was arrested by US Federal authorities on charges of fraud and extortion, adding another feather to his long list of controversies. But how did all this happen to a ‘man of God?’ The Brooklyn pastor was arrested for allegedly fleecing a…

The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Buba Marwa has revealed that the agency arrested 23,907 drug traffickers, including 29 drug barons, in the space of 22 months. The chairman said this on the occasion of the anti-narcotic agency promoting about 1,018 officers at the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. Relevant excerpts from the full statement read: “Within the period under review, the agency arrested 23,907 drug traffickers, including 29 barons. Our seizure was over 5,500 tons or 5.5 million kilograms of assorted illicit drugs, which together with cash seized are worth over N450bn. “In…

A Nigerian man, Gabal Mark, has recounted the “pain” he and his siblings suffered from the action of his dad. Mark recounted that his dad, who was a millionaire was very generous to people outside but frugal with his family. He disclosed this while reacting to a post by a Twitter user, simply by the name, Talk2vee. In the post by Talk2vee, she posted a funeral poster of a man, who wrote a rather inappropriate tribute to his late father. In the tribute, the unnamed man lamented that his late father was very good to people outside but that he…