Showing posts from November, 2022
Lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have received full salaries for the month of November 2022, The PUNCH can confirm. Our correspondent also gathered that the eight month arrears remained withheld by the Federal Gove…
Roy Keane Manchester United legend, Roy Keane, has insisted that forward Cristiano Ronaldo should have left the club in the summer. Keane was reacting to Manchester United’s termination of Ronaldo’s contract. He also claimed that Manchester United man…
Sunshine Stars The Ondo State Government have put Nigeria Professional Football League club, Sunshine Stars up for sale. The club is funded by the Ondo State Government. But subsequent governments have struggled to meet their obligation over the years…
Kylian Mbappe Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba, has said that football fans expected Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe to leave the Ligue 1 champions in the near future for a club in the Premier League. Mbappe recently signed a new deal with PSG …
Ian Wright Arsenal legend, Ian Wright, has criticized Chelsea forward Kai Havertz during Germany’s 2022 World Cup group game with Japan on Wednesday. Havertz started the match and looked to have put his team up by 2-0 just before the break after tappi…
Tinubu, who spoke during a campaign rally at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, promised to bring to bear progressive governance in education, health care and employment generation if elected as the next president. State, Simon Lalong. Also …
Ola Aina Nigeria defender, Ola Aina will resume training in the next few days following a short spell on the sidelines. Aina has failed to make an appearance for Torino since copping an injury in the club’s 2-1 win against Udinese on October 23. The 2…
Cristiano Ronaldo Chelsea legend, Frank Leboeuf, has urged former Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, to join Sporting Lisbon. Leboeuf gave the advice after Manchester United terminated Ronaldo’s contract on Tuesday. Recall that Ronaldo and …
#InsideQatar: Watch World Cup with Infinix Nigeria And Stand A Chance To Win Smartphones There’s already a lot of buzz around the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup happening in Qatar, from the son of the President of Liberia, George Weah, who was a former p…
Senator Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke will be sworn in today, Sunday, November 27, 2022, to begin a four year term as the sixth executive governor of the State, Adeleke had won the Osun gubernatorial election of July 16, 2022, against the main contender an…
The Atiku Abubakar-Ifeanyi Okowa Presidential Campaign Management Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra says the party will win majority votes in the state.Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, the Director-General of the campaign committee, stat…
The executive members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), led by its President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, is scheduled to meet and discuss the inability of the Federal Government to meet their demands. ASUU NEC is also expected to delibe…
The Ogun State Governorship candidate of the African Development Congress (ADC), Biyi Otegbeye, and 26 House of Assembly candidates of the party have been sacked on Friday by a Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta. The party and its candidates were …
Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, is dead at 51 years old. Multiple media reports said the veteran singer was said to have slumped and died at his home on Friday morning. Okposo stirred public reactions in January when he apologise to his…
Federal Government revealed, yesterday, that it has recovered about $1 billion since inception of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2015. Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made the disclo…
If you are currently studying in the United States on an F1 or academic J1 visa, you may be eligible to renew your student visa without an interview when you return to Nigeria over the winter break. To qualify for this procedure, you must be physicall…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday , said there is an urgent need to control the amount of currency in circulation. the naira notes are long overdue for a change as the current tender has been in circulation for nearly…
Saudi Arabia registered one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history as they stunned Argentina. In a match that will be recalled as long as the World Cup is played, they came from behind against all the odds to beat one of the tournament favourites…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. Delivering Judgement, Ju…
Social media platform, Facebook has notified some account owners that four information fields which include religion, political views, address and ‘Interest in’ will be removed from users’ Facebook profile pages from December 1, 2022. According to Tec…
A South East youth group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has condemned the Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo for his attack on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi. COSEYL in a press release sig…
No fewer than 23 persons were reported to have slumped among the crowd that generated gridlock during the Permanent Voter Cards’ walk show organised in Kano State by the North-West Tinubu/Shettima campaign support group on Sunday. The one-million-man …
Lecturers of the University of Port Harcourt (Uniport), under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union(ASUU), have protested the half-salary payment by the Federal Government. The lecturers were seen in their numbers marching along Delta Campus, heading …
The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan, has been impeached. Aribisogan was removed from seat barely six days in office. He was impeached and suspended indefinitely by seventeen lawmakers, for blocking the passage of …
Ecuador beat World Cup host Qatar 2-0 on Sunday in the tournament opening. The opening game of the first World Cup staged in the Arab world took place at the Bedouin tent-inspired Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, 50 kilometres (31 miles) outside of Doha. I…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he has stopped reading social media. Tinubu, who frequently updates verified social media handles under his name, said this in a video currently trending online. …
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the removal of Brigadier-General Muhammad Kukah Fadah as the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Sources said Fadah’s removal was because he ‘exhibited glaring incompetence’ in t…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has vowed to lift 130 million people out of poverty if he is elected president in the 2023 general election. He stated this after attending the NKST Synod in Mkar, Gboko Local Government A…
The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has explained why it was not bothered by the endorsement of the candidate of Labour Party, LP Peter Obi by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Wike, a member of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had in …
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to extend the deadline for the circulation of the redesigned naira notes. The leader of the association in the South-East, Gidado Siddiki, ur…
Michael Blaise did not sleep for several nights leading to 6 and 7 September, 2018 after Tech Challenge Ogun, a platform for competition on technology innovation, selected his team and nine others from a pool of over 60 applications to compete for a $…
The spokesman of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Council in the southeast geopolitical zone, Dr. Josef Onoh has described the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a forbearer towards achieving a Nigerian President from …
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has instructed commercial banks in the country to work on Saturdays till Jan. 31, 2023, to enable bank customers to return old naira notes for new ones. Osita Nwasinobi, the Director, Corporate Communications Departme…
A Nollywood comic actor, Dike Osinachi, also known as Apama, has lost his two-year-old only son, Jidenna. Osinachi’s manager, Onyebuchi David, confirmed the development to our correspondent via phone call on Wednesday. According to David, the child di…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has anticipated a drop in the value of United States dollars. Bawa expressed hope that the US dollar might drop to N200 following the naira’s redesign. The EFCC bo…
The Federal Government has insisted that lecturers will not be paid for work not done in line with the ‘No work no pay’ policy. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said this while commenting on the protest of the Academic Staff Union of Universi…
The presidential flag bearer of the APC, has on Tuesday mistakenly Said God bless PDP instead of APC on live Tv During an Campaign in Jos Watch the video below: https://www.theowlnews.com.ng/psoashoa/2022/11/8cb41e54d8b544c69b591e5836326ee1.mp4
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of Eze Ignatius Asor, the traditional ruler of Obudi Agwa community in Imo State. Gunmen reportedly stormed the monarch’s palace on Monday during a meeting and murdered the traditional ruler, two pal…
The popular Singer market in Fagge area of Kano State on Tuesday was gutted by fire. Our correspondent gathered that a combined team of state and federal fire services are working to prevent the fire from spreading into nearby buildings. Hundreds of t…
David Adeleke has officially wedded his baby mama, Chioma Rowland secretly this was made known by popular Instagram blogger, Gistlover. This is coming after they lost their son, Ifeanyi Adeleke on the 31st of October 2022. It was revealed that they go…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the country is yet to meet the pledge by African governments to allocate 15 per cent of annual budget to health. Ehanire said this in Abuja when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ministeria…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has denied authoring a statement on allegations of drug trafficking made against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Preside…
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu on Thursday asked the party’s presidential candidate, Senator Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu to get ready to rule Nigeria come 2023. Adamu, said at a town hall meeting with stakeho…
University lecturers under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday decried the decision of the Federal Government to pay them half salary for the month of October after they called off their strike that lasted eight m…