Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim believes his side need to show more maturity after blowing the lead to draw 1-1 at Fulham on Sunday and remain without a win this season. The Red Devils were made to pay for not making more of a dominant first 45 minutes, during which Bruno Fernandes blazed a penalty over the bar. Amorim, though, was more concerned by what he saw after United took the lead thanks to Rodrigo Muniz’s own goal on the hour mark. Fulham hit back to level through Emile Smith Rowe 17 minutes from time and ended the game on…
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The Presidency yesterday justified the two-day official visit of President Bola Tinubu to Brazil from 24 to 25 August, 2025. Reacting to criticism trailing the state visit on a Television programme (TVC’s Sunday Politics) in Abuja on Sunday evening, presidential spokesperson, Sunday Dare described the state visit as a profoundly strategic step, aimed at deepening cooperation between Nigeria and Latin America’s largest economy and a key BRICS member. According to the presidential media aide, the trip reflects Nigeria’s broader ambition to diversify and strengthen its economy beyond traditional alliances. He explained why the visit is not only timely but essential…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday vowed that despite efforts by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to ridicule and play down the current momentum in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the coalition will shock the world in the 2027 presidential election. Atiku also laid to rest insinuation that he might not contest the presidential poll two years from now, stressing that he will run for the nation’s top job in the next election cycle. One of the politician’s spokespersons during the 2023 presidential election, Tunde Olusunle, disclosed this to THISDAY last night, quoting his ex-principal as maintaining that Nigeria…
Priscilla Ojo, daughter of Nollywood veteran Iyabo Ojo, has just welcomed her first child with Tanzanian singer, Juma Jux. The news was announced on Sunday by Iyabo Ojo, who proudly took to her Instagram page to celebrate becoming a grandmother. She shared an heartwarming picture of Priscilla cradling her newborn in the hospital, alongside a touching message celebrating her new role as a grandmother. She captioned the post,” Say hello to the latest sexiest grandma in town, my grandson is the cutest @rakeem_mk!.”
African Democratic Congress (ADC) says President Bola Tinubu should declare a state of emergency in Katsina and Zamfara states following a wave of violent attacks that have claimed over 140 lives in the past two months. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, ADC described the killings in the two states as a clear indication of a total collapse in Nigeria’s security architecture, and criticised the federal government’s handling of the crisis. The party specifically condemned the recent massacre in Malumfashi, Katsina State, where 30 worshippers were reportedly shot dead in a mosque and 20 villagers…
Human Rights and Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has faulted the continued withholding of statutory allocations due to local governments in Osun State. He insisted that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) must rise above politics and discharge his constitutional duty as the nation’s Chief Law Officer. Speaking on Channels Television, Ozekhome reviewed the legal battles surrounding the Osun local government elections, and noted that two subsisting judgments had already nullified the tenure of the former All Progressives Congress (APC) officials and validated the current Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmen and councillors elected in February 2025. According to…
The Ogun West Assembly for Tinubu, OWAT, has said it is backing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office having laid a solid and sustainable foundation for all round development of Nigeria. The group, an umbrella body championing the social and political progress of the people of Ogun West Senatorial district, added that it is committed to delivering a minimum 250,000 votes for the President in the 2027 election. OWAT made these remarks through an advertorial published in national newspapers over the the weekend. On why it was backing Tinubu, the group noted that, “The president took…
The National Commission for Colleges of Education has uncovered and shut down 22 illegal Colleges of Education. The discovery was made during a crackdown on illegal colleges of education in the country. The development was revealed in the commission’s achievements, seen by our correspondent. “The NCCE conducted personnel audit, financial monitoring in all the 21 federal colleges of education,” the commission said. President Bola Tinubu had recently urged the National Universities Commission, the National Board for Technical Education and the National Commission for Colleges of Education to weed out illegal higher institutions of learning in the country. Speaking at the…
The National Executive Committee Meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to hold today, barring any unforeseen spectacle. The national caucus meeting of the party, chaired by Acting National Chairman Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum, ended late on Sunday night. Speaking to journalists afterwards, Damagum said details of the decisions reached would be made public during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party scheduled for today, Monday. However, uncertainty lingers over the fate of the planned National Convention. Sources said that the party’s National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, has yet to sign the notification letter to the…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday responded to critics, saying he was not desperate to be president in 2027, but more interested in a better Nigeria. The former vice president had been accused of desperation in his presidential ambition. But speaking at a ceremony to welcome new defectors to the ADC in Lagos, Atiku, who was the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, said he was only interested in a better, secure and prosperous Nigeria. Some PDP and Labour Party (LP) bigwigs proclaimed their membership of ADC at the ceremony. Atiku, who was the guest…