Nigerian striker, Motunrayo Ezekiel, has joined Spanish Liga F side, Valecia. Ezekiel, who joined Valencia from Nigeria Women’s Premier League club, Naija Ratels put pen to paper on a one-year contract. The 21-year-old player, who once played for Rivers Angels and Lakeside Queen, was part of the Nigeria women’s team that won silver in the football event of the 2023 All Africa Games in Accra, Ghana. She joined the list of Nigerian players plying their trade in the Spanish Women’s League. Valencia occupy bottom spot on the league table with six points.
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The draw for this season’s UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off draw has been conducted on Friday, 31 January, 2025. Eight teams have progressed straight to the round of 16 following the completion of the league phase. They are: Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa. They will all return to the competition in March, but others have more football to play before then. The teams that finished between 9th and 24th, have a two-legged play-off to navigate in February. FULL KNOCKOUT PHASE PLAY-OFF DRAW Brest vs Paris-Saint Germain Feyenoord vs AC Milan Juventus…
President Donald Trump of the United States has threatened the BRICS group of emerging economies with tariffs of 100 per cent if they move away from the US dollar as an international means of payment. Trump issued the threat on his social media platform, Truth Social. “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar, while we stand by and watch, is over. “We are going to require a commitment from these seemingly hostile countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty US Dollar.…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Abba Abubakar Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). The appointment, effective from January 23, 2025, is for an initial term of four years. Aliyu has been acting as the agency’s managing director since March 2024 until his appointment. He has over 20 years of experience in energy and organisational development in the private and public sectors. He has played key leadership roles in the on-grid and off-grid power sectors, as well as the water resources and transportation sectors of Nigeria’s economy. Previously, he was head of the Project…
Famous Nollywood actor and self-acclaimed cleric, Yul Edochie, has declared himself a “hardcore traditionalist.” This revelation comes as a surprise to many, as the controversial actor opened his own online church, The Salvation Ministry, last year. Edochie, in a recent instagram post, stated that he would never abandon the religion of his forefathers, strongly hinting that he has converted to the traditional religion. According to him, the fear of public opinion is causing Africans to abandon their original religions. “Because of fear of what people will say, Africans are running away from their powerful religion, their originality. Abomination! “I will…
The Benue Internal Revenue Service(BIRS) has raked in an average of N2.2 billion monthly as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The Acting Executive Chairman, BIRS, Mr. Sunday Odagba, who made this disclosure during a chat with newsmen in Makurdi, the state capital on Wednesday, 29 January, 2025, maintained that the success was part of the deliberate revenue generation strategies by Governor Hyacinth Alia’s administration. Odagba said that there was drastic increase in revenue generation in the State contrary to what was obtained in the past. “From September 2024 to date, we are having an average revenue generation of N2.2 billion and…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Kuje, presided over by Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu, on Thursday, 30 January, 2025, adjourned to Monday, 3 February, 2025, the arraignment of former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Professor Usman Yusuf. The defence counsel, Isah Dokto Haruna, who held brief for the lead defence counsel, O.I.Habeeb, SAN, made an application for bail. The court turned down the application on account of the defendant’s deferred arraignment. Justice Nwecheonwu adjourned the matter till Monday, 3 February , 2025, for arraignment and ruled that the defendant be remanded in the custody of the Commission.…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended eight universities from admitting fresh candidates for law degree programmes. The universities were suspended by JAMB on Wednesday, 29 January, 2025. The spokesperson for JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, who announced the new development, said the decision was taken after the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws programme by the Council of Legal Education. Admissions for Bachelor of Laws programme was suspended by the council for the 2025/2026 academic session at the affected institutions. “As a result, JAMB will not approve any admissions for candidates seeking to enroll in the Law programme at…
A suspect linked to the August 2024 abduction of 21 medical students in Benue State has narrated how he sold his riffle to a retired soldier for N25,000. Arrested by officers of the Zone 7 Command of the Nigeria Police Force, the suspected and two others – now at large – are members of an armed robbery and kidnapping gang in Benue state. Speaking while parading the suspect and the Zonal Command in Abuja, Benneth Igweh, Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the zone said the suspect confessed to being a member of the gang. According to Igweh,…
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has sacked five members of his cabinet. No official reason has been given for their removal. However, sources close to the government suggest that their dismissal may be linked to underperformance over the past year.A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SGS), Architect Samuel Jatau, confirmed the sacking.The affected commissioners are: Chrysanthus Dawam, Noel Nkup, Jamila Tukur, Obed Goselle, and Sule Musa, who held the portfolios of Budget and Economic Planning, Youth and Sports, Tourism and Hospitality, Science and Technology, and Commerce and Industry, respectively.Interestingly, both Dawam and Tukur had previously faced a…