Ex-FC Barcelona defender Dani Alves has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for sexual assault by a court in Barcelona, Spain.   The 40-year-old Brazillian footballer was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in an upscale Barcelona nightclub early on New Year’s Eve in December …

Amid the continuing depreciation of the value of the Naira, a former lawmaker and social critic, Shehu Sani, has asked Nigerian Muslims and Christians pray for a miracle.     In a post on his X handle on Wednesday, Sani advised adherents of both religions to fast if the miracle …

There was a mild drama on Tuesday as the Senate resolved to revisit the N30 trillion Ways and Means it approved for the Federal Government under former President Muhammadu Buhari, the details of which it said were never provided for scrutiny.     Specifically, the Red Chamber alleged that reckless …

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has tendered an apology to Kalvin Phillips for saying the player gained too much weight on returning from World Cup duty with England back in December 2022.   The tactician was explaining why Phillips had been left out of his squad for a Carabao Cup …

Big Brother Naija 2020 finalist, Vee, has opined that Nigerians who are lamenting about hardship will still make the same political choice in 2027.   According to the reality TV star, when the next election reaches, those who have been crying will vote for the government and inflicted suffering on …

Nigerian media personality, Daddy Freeze has said that the Presidential candidate of AAC, Omoyele Sowore and LP’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi would have done better jobs than President Bola Tinubu.   Speaking via a video message titled “Nigeria is in trouble”, he said he supported Sowore in the 2023 presidential …

In a significant development that brings relief to many federal civil servants across Nigeria, the Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of the November 2023 wage awards.   This move comes as part of the agreement reached between organised labour and the government to alleviate the impacts of the subsidy …

Governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, have advised the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu to throw in the towel if they cannot mobilize Nigerians as well as all organs and tiers of government for sustainable solutions to the …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters, Mohammed Monguno, on Monday said the National Assembly was concerned and shared the citizens’ distress over the current security challenges in the country.     The senator who decried the situation noted that the security sector had a huge …

Prince Harry was ‘blocked’ from having a heart-to-heart with King Charles by Palace aides over fears ‘they’d never get rid of him’, it has been claimed.     Following the King’s cancer diagnosis last week, it is believed the Duke of Sussex hoped to join him for a few days at …