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  • Abramovich Confirms Selling of Chelsea FC, Reveals Next Step

    Abramovich Confirms Selling of Chelsea FC, Reveals Next Step

    Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich on Wednesday confirmed he will sell the Premier League club amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian billionaire Abramovich has decided it is in the “best interest” of the Champions League holders if he parts ways with the club he has transformed since his purchase in 2003. “As I have stated before,…

  • OAU student: Adedoyin, Others’ Trial begins in Osun Thursday

    Punch Newspaper The trial of the owner of Hiltons Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, and others arrested in connection with the death of a Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke, will commence on Thursday in Osogbo. Elder brother to the deceased, Gbade, made this known to our correspondent on Wednesday. “The…

  • Sha’ban: Sultan of Sokoto Issues Directive To Nigerian Muslims

    Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has directed Muslim Ummah to look out for the new Moon of Sha’aban 1443AH from Thursday. Sha’aban is the eighth month in the Islamic calendar which comes before the compulsory fasting month of Ramadan. Sha’aban is the second month…

  • 498 Russian Troops Killed in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry

    498 Russian Troops Killed in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry

    Russia said Wednesday that 498 Russian troops had been killed in Ukraine, its first announced death toll since President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of the country last week. “Four hundred and ninety-eight Russian servicemen have died in the line of duty,” defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement broadcast on state television,…

  • Divorce Seeking UI Lecturer Wants Dissolution of 20-year-old Marriage With Academic Colleague

    University of Ibadan lecturer, Dr Biliki Babarinde on Wednesday asked a “Grade A’’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her 20-year-old marriage with Prof. Sikiru Adekola. She alleged maltreatment and promiscuity against her estranged spouse. Dr Babarinde who teaches at the university’s Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, told the court…

  • Alleged Insubordination: MC Oluomo Replies NURTW National Body

    Alleged Insubordination: MC Oluomo Replies NURTW National Body

    The chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Council, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), has replied the query of the national body of the union over alleged insubordination. Akinsanya, in a letter, addressed to the union’s national headquarters expressed commitment to the laws guiding the union’s operations and vowed…

  • Just In: President Buhari Approves N3.5 Billion For Evacuation of Stranded Nigerians From Ukraine

    President Muhammadu Buhari , has approved N3, 535,150,000 ($8.5million) for the evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, announced the approval on Wednesday. Briefing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting, the minister said the money was to evacuate at least 500 nationals…

  • Why hasn’t Russia mobilised its vast air power against Ukraine? Experts

    Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, United States intelligence had predicted a blistering assault by Moscow that would quickly mobilise the vast Russian air power that its military assembled in order to dominate Ukraine’s skies. But the first six days have confounded those expectations and instead seen Moscow act far more delicately with its air power,…

  • APGA Chieftain Berates Soludo Over Online Recruitment of Political Appointees, as ‘22,000 Applications’ Received

    APGA Chieftain Berates Soludo Over Online Recruitment of Political Appointees, as ‘22,000 Applications’ Received

    A Chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Anambra State, has berated the recruitment method for political appointees of governor-elect of the state, Professor Chukwuma Soludo. The former CBN governor had asked political appointees who would want to serve in his government to apply online. Some leaders of the party have reportedly rejected…

  • Russia-Ukraine Crisis: World Court Fixes Hearing Date

    Reuters The World Court on Tuesday said it will hold hearings on March 7-8 on whether to order “provisional measures” in a lawsuit brought by Ukraine against Russia seeking a halt to Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine. The U.N. court said in a statement it had sent Russia an urgent communication to prepare in case…