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The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League is to be “entirely redone” after a technical error, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Monday. UEFA blamed a “material error” due to a “technical problem with the software of an external service provider” as it announced that the draw for the first knockout…

Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial pageant hosted this year in southern Israel. In a speech on stage during the pageant, Sandhu urged young people to “know that you are unique and that’s what makes you beautiful, stop comparing yourself to others. I believed…

The Nation The Federal Government yesterday said it had released N22. 127 billion earned allowances of both academic and non-academic workers of universities to their respective institutions. Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige, told The Nation in Abuja that 38 universities have so far received the sum on behalf of the unions. The workers…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has cried out that 53 lecturers of the University of Ibadan, UI, and several others in state universities, including the Ebonyi State University, have not been paid salaries for more than one year. The union explained that this was the reason it would embark on another strike soon.…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency said in a statement. Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former deputy president F W de Klerk in Cape Town earlier in the day but was…

The Nigeria Football Federation has terminated Gernot Rohr’s contract as the Super Eagles coach. Subsequently, the football federation appointed Augustine Eguavoen, currently its Technical Director, as the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles on an interim basis. “This is with immediate effect, and follows the termination of the relationship with Franco-German Gernot Rohr, who has…

Former governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, has revealed how Sambo Dasuki, a former National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, mounted pressure on the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to form alliance with the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, and make Muhammadu Buhari its presidential candidate. This was disclosed in Mr Akande’s new book…

Operatives of Ogun state police command on Friday, December 10 arrested one Pastor Peter Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible church, Alaja Oke, Saje, Abeokuta, and his wife Elizabeth Taiwo for allegedly conniving to defile a 16 year old choir member of the church (name withheld). A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state…

Lagos NURTW Boss, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as ‘MC Oluomo’ flown to the United States of America, USA, to celebrate the academic feat of his twin children Kehinde and Taiwo Akinsanya from US Universities on Saturday December 11. Kehinde bagged a B.Sc in Healthcare Administration from Albany State University, while his twin sister, Taiwo, bagged a Bachelor…

The management of Dowen College, Lagos has reacted to the arrest of the students accused of torturing late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr in a new statement. In the statement addressed to parents and guardians, the school principal said, the school has been working with the authorities and the Oromoni to ensure that justice is served. The…