Chelsea sack Graham Potter as manager
Chelsea have sacked manager Graham Potter after less than seven months in charge following Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa. It was the Englishman’s 11th defeat in 31 games since replacing Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge with the club dropping to 11th in the Premier League – 12 points outside the top four. Chelsea […]
Khosi emerges winner of ‘Big Brother Titans’
Khosi has been declared winner of the Big Brother Titans Season 1 reality show. The South African was announced as the winner during the show finale on Sunday. Khosi beat 23 housemates and walked away with the $100, 000 grand prize. Earlier, Ipeleng, Ebubu, Yvonne and Tsatsii were evicted from the show, leaving Six housemates […]
Twitter is officially ending its old verification process on April
Twitter has started removing verification badges from accounts which already had a blue tick, after announcing they would be part of a paid subscription from 1 April. Under Twitter’s new rules, blue ticks which once showed official, verified accounts, will start to be removed from accounts which do not pay for it. Organizations seeking verification […]
Davido Launches A TimeLess Campaign on The Beat 99.9 FM Lagos
Davido releases his fourth studio album ‘Timeless’. The Nigerian singer-songwriter announced the album with an Instagram trailer video on the 21st of March speaking on the album title and meaning. “There is a time for everything. A time to grieve, a time to heal, a time to laugh, a time to dance, a time to speak, […]
Sports Minister Congratulates Anthony Joshua on VictoryÂ
Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Sunday Dare on Sundaycongratulated Nigerian-born former world heavyweight boxing champion, AnthonyJoshua, for defeating his opponent, Jermaine Franklin in an international bout onSaturday.Dare noted in his congratulatory message that Joshua fought like a lion to defeat hisAmerican challenger, and praised him for keeping alive the “never-say-die’’ spirit forwhich Nigeria […]
Bola Tinubu Speaks on Subsidy Removal
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has said theincoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will decide when the fuel subsidy willbe removed.Chief Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress PCC, Festus Keyamo, onSunday, noted this, despite the current administration stating that the subsidy policywould end by June when the budget for the initiative would lapse.The […]
Timipre Sylva resigns as minister of state for petroleum resources
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has resigned fromoffice.The junior minister had reportedly submitted his letter of resignation to PresidentMuhammadu Buhari last FridayThis comes after Sylva, who had governed Bayelsa for one term and still hasconstitutional rights to contest for another tenure, declared his intent to participatein the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
Indonesia stripped of hosting Under-20 World Cup by FIFA
FIFA has stripped Indonesia of hosting rights for the Under-20 World Cup, andwould also not participate.The decision follows the cancellation of the official draw for the tournament, whichwas due to be held in Bali last Friday.The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) who were awarded hosting rights in2019, before Israel qualified for the tournament, said FIFA […]
Ferguson, Wenger Inducted Into Premier League Hall Of Fame
Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and ex-Arsenal boss ArseneWenger on Wednesday became the first managers to be inducted into the PremierLeague Hall of Fame.Ferguson, 81, is the most successful manager in Premier League history, guidingManchester United to 13 titles, while Wenger won the competition three times withArsenal, including going unbeaten in the 2003/04 season.The […]
Police give Portable 72-hr ultimatum to report self over alleged assault
The Ogun State Police Command has issued a 72-hour ultimatum for popularsinger, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, to report himself to thenearest police station or be arrested by Friday.The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed thedevelopment in a statement yesterday, said Portable had been informed to submithimself to the police or […]
