1960 Headlines

 27 views,  4 views today   Officers of the Zamfara State Police Command have rescued 14 kidnap victims after 68 days in captivity.  The rescue, the Command’s spokesman Mohammed Shehu said, was in conjunction with the vigilante, and the victims were freed near Munhaye forest after the officers dislodged a bandits’ camp belonging to kingpin Dogo Sule. […]

 29 views,  4 views today   Manchester City needed an Erling Haaland penalty 12 minutes from time to see off Crystal Palace 1-0 on Saturday as Liverpool’s resurgence proved short-lived after a 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth. Pep Guardiola’s men dominated for almost the entire 94 minutes at a sodden Selhurst Park but were headed for another major […]

 27 views,  4 views today   Chelsea continued their mini-revival on Saturday with a 1-3 win over Leicester City in a Premier League tie. Leicester remain rooted in the relegation battle, just one point above the drop zone after a fifth consecutive defeat. Ben Chilwell put Chelsea ahead early on against his former club before Patson Daka […]

 28 views,  4 views today   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dispelled rumors that the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Ladi Adebutu has been delisted from the Commission’s list of candidates for the March 18 election. While reports on social media claimed INEC has not recognised Adebutu as the gubernatorial candidate of […]

 30 views,  4 views today     Labour Party (LP) has threatened to protest at the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nationwide over the Commission’s failure to allow it to inspect materials used for the presidential election of February 25th, 2023.  The party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi had sought an order from the Court […]

 31 views,  4 views today   The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has declared Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) as the hero of the just concluded presidential election. Wike, who addressed a town hall with Igbo traders in Port Harcourt, the state capital, said despite Obi not having been declared the winner, his participation […]

 25 views,  3 views today Italian agent, Guiseppe Pisano has backed Super Eagles winger, Ademola Lookman to improve his performance at Atalanta. Lookman had a strong start at Atalanta but seems to have struggled in recent outings. The 24-year-old has failed to register a goal in his last six league games. But despite the drought, Pisano is […]

 43 views,  3 views today A tale of ‘the good old days’ and the return of land grabbers in Edo In the mid-2000s, in one of the communities at the hinterlands of Benin City, around the Ekenwan Road axis was a man in his early 70s, who lived alone, having been separated from his wife and children. […]

 40 views,  3 views today oRiginal Title – Judges that will determine Tinubu’s fate LANRE ADEWOLE and SUNDAY EJIKE look into precedents to preview the coming judicial war on disputed poll. With disgruntled candidates in the February 25, 2023 Presidential election already before the Court of Appel to contest the win of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, legal […]

 25 views,  3 views today Tottenham star Harry Kane has insisted that the club should be fighting for trophies and not battling for top four in the Premier League. The England captain was despondent as his side were bundled out of the Champions League by AC Milan on Wednesday. Spurs managed only a 0-0 draw at home […]

 27 views,  3 views today Barcelona midfielder Pedri has been ruled out of the club’s Laliga clash away to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. The 20-year-old has been sidelined with a calf injury sustained against Manchester United in the Europa League first leg 2-2 draw on February 16 at Camp Nou. According to Sport it has now been […]

 28 views,  3 views today Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze had an assist as Villarreal held Anderlecht to a 1-1 draw in Belgium in the first-leg round 16 of the Europa Conference League on Thursday. Chukwueze has now provided 11 assists in all competitions for Villarreal this season. He set up teammate Manu Trigueros for the opening […]