Kylian Mbappe struck twice as Paris Saint-Germain battled back to beat 10-man Barcelona 4-1 and book a place in the Champions League semi-finals with a 6-4 aggregate triumph on Tuesday. Raphinha fired Barcelona ahead early on but Ronald Araujo’s 29th-minute red card turned the tide in PSG’s favour, despite the Spanish champions leading by two […]
Nigeria Premier Football League leaders, Enugu Rangers, retained top spot on the log after edging Abia Warriors 3-2 in Tuesday’s match-day 30 Oriental derby at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, Punch Sports Extra reports. The Flying Antelopes stormed to an early lead through Saviour Isaac, but the visitors responded on the stroke of halftime through Ojonugwa […]
The International Monetary Fund has reviewed upwards Nigeria’s economic growth forecast for 2024 from three per cent to 3.3 per cent. This revision was announced in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook for April, which was released during the ongoing 2024 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Washington, United States. The updated forecast […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, preparatory to his arraignment today (Wednesday) before the Federal High Court in Lagos. Cubana Chief Priest will be arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts bordering on abuse of naira, by allegedly spraying and tampering […]
In a recent release of its Global Economic Outlook at the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington D.C., on Tuesday, the IMF provided projections for Nigeria’s economy, indicating a significant shift in inflation rates. Division Chief of the IMF Research Department, Daniel Leigh, highlighted the impact of Nigeria’s economic reforms, including exchange rate […]
•FG agency lists LGs in A’Ibom, Lagos, Adamawa, Ogun, Benue, 26 others as high flood risk areas •Benue demolishes riverside buildings, Lagos directs residents to relocate, Sokoto, Edo, others begin campaigns The Federal Government has written at least 31 governors informing them of the impending flooding in their states between April and November this year. […]
Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has said contrary to assumptions that he, Wizkid, and Burna Boy are currently the three biggest Afrobeats in the world, he is the only big Afrobeats artiste. He stated this recently on an American show, Sway’s Universe. The host asked, “You are the African big 3 alongside […]
Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal yesterday said, returning to action at the Barcelona Open is a “gift” and he wants to enjoy every moment of what he expects to be the last year of his career. The 22-time Grand Slam winner has not played an ATP Tour match since January, when he felt a hip injury […]
Following last weekend’s invasion of Oyo State Government House by Yoruba Nation agitators, governors in the South-West geopolitical zone have made moves to quell any insurrection in the name of agitation, Daily Trust checks have shown. The agitators had invaded the Government House following the declaration made by Ms. Modupe Abiola Onitiri, a wife of […]
Several Western countries have urged Israel to avoid an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East as the war cabinet debates how to respond to Iran’s weekend attack on the country. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his war cabinet for the second time in less than 24 hours on Monday over Iran’s missile and […]
