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It is easy to jump into the fray but getting out, most often than not, is near-insuperable. So it is with what has become a tragicomedy in the Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Emir Muhammadu Sanusi affair which was three years in the…

Manchester United forward Odion Ighalo hopes to be back playing football in three weeks after Premier League football was initially postponed until April 3 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The overwhelming sentiment is that a…

Zenith Bank Plc has reportedly been given the green light to merge or acquire Union Bank Nigeria Plc. Nairametrics got wind of this from a reliable source. We…

Watford manager Nigel Pearson says that it would be a “tragedy” for Liverpool if they were denied the Premier League title due to coronavirus, though he urged the public to keep things in perspective. Football in England has been…

Rwanda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, an Indian citizen who arrived in the East African nation from Mumbai on March 8, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. He had no symptoms on arrival but presented himself to a…

Members of the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday reaffirmed its stand in the full implementation of the 2009 Federal Government/ASUU agreement,…

Italian Serie A club Sampdoria on Friday said four of its players have tested positive for coronavirus, one day after forward Manolo Gabbiadini was also confirmed to have caught the virus. Sampdoria said the players —- Norwegian…

The Lagos State Government has issued six weeks ultimatum to articulated vehicle owners to put their vehicles in order and obtain necessary documents or have them impounded. The decision was…

LaLiga are facing a €700 million loss should the season be called off. Marca says the next two matchdays of the LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank seasons have been…

Former Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said he has moved on and no longer interested in the position he was dethroned from last Monday. According to Sanusi, though he may be able to overturn his deposition by the Kano…

Gary Linekar has heaped plaudits on Odion Ighalo following the Nigerian forward’s sublime goal in Manchester United’s 5-0 Europa League win against Austrian club, LASK on Thursday night. Ighalo had opened the scoring in United’s 5-0…

Namibia reported its first two cases of coronavirus on Saturday, with a Spanish couple who arrived in the Southern African country on Wednesday both testing positive and quarantined, Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said. The…

Mikel Arteta says he is “feeling better already” a day after Arsenal announced their head coach had tested positive for coronavirus. Arteta, the first-team squad and coaching staff have been self-isolating in line with government…

A lady by the name of Shantell Esse has accused one of the senior doctors at the Inland hospital in Lagos, Nigeria of Sexual Molestation during a honeypotl examination at the hospital and also…

When, in January 2016, I wrote that despite being a lifelong Republican who worked in the previous three GOP administrations, I would never vote for Donald Trump, even though his administration would align much more with…

Governor Abdullahi “Gandollar” Ganduje is no doubt a contemptibly philistine monster of avarice and debauchery who dethroned Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano…

A NEWBORN baby in England has tested positive for coronavirus — the world’s youngest victim. The child’s mother had been rushed to a London hospital days earlier with suspected…

The naira traded between N364 and N380 to a dollar on Friday at the Bureau De Change segment of the market, recording an improvement over its previous exchange rates earlier in the week. On Thursday, the naira exchanged between…

US President Donald Trump said Friday he would “likely” be tested soon for the novel coronavirus, although he stressed he is “displaying no symptoms.” Trump was pressed repeatedly during a White House news conference on whether…

Lamido Sanusi says his dethronement as Emir of Kano is unjustifiable but won’t take legal action against the Kano State Government. The former Central Bank Governor, who has had a frosty relationship with Governor Umar Ganduje since 2017,…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday removed two of its principal officers: Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru (Somolu Constituency II), and the Deputy Majority Leader, Olumuyiwa Jimoh (Apapa Constituency II). Speaker, Mudashiru…

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has warned the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, against treating the traditional institution in Yorubaland with levity. Alaafin said unlike in some tribes, where there was nothing attached…

Ethiopia has confirmed its first case of coronavirus as disclosed by the country’s public health institute on Friday March 13. The index case of coronavirus in the country is…

The committee set up by President  Muhammadu Buhari on Monday to review the impact of Coronavirus on the economy, submitted an interim report yesterday with a…