UEFA announced on Thursday it had fined Barcelona 25,000 euros ($26,680) for racist behaviour by their fans after two supporters were questioned by police following their Champions League quarter-final first leg with Paris Saint-Germain. Barcelona were also banned from selling tickets to their supporters for their next away European game,Continue Reading
The United States and the United Kingdom announced widespread sanctions against Iran’s military drone programme on Thursday in response to its weekend attack against Israel. Washington is targeting “16 individuals and two entities enabling Iran’s UAV production, including engine types that power Iran’s Shahed variant UAVs, which were used inContinue Reading
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has shared new plans to build a night club and restaurants at Uhuru Park which has caused a public outrage on social media. Read Full ArticleContinue Reading
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has repaid its $500 million five-year Eurobond, which was due today, April 18th. The bank stated this in a corporate filing with the Nigerian Exchange Limited, as obtained by PUNCH Online on Thursday. The Group Chief Financial Officer, ETI, Ayo Adepoju, said the bond represented ETI’s firstContinue Reading
A KDF chopper carrying CDF Francis Ogola and seven other passengers crashed in West Pokot. The police have confirmed five people dead while three survived. Read Full ArticleContinue Reading
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has initiated a campaign to enforce price display and quantity compliance at supermarkets throughout Abuja. The Commission started this at 4U Supermarket, Wuse 2 Abuja on Thursday. This move is a direct response to concerns raised by consumers about the rising costs ofContinue Reading
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has lamented the deteriorating security situation across Nigeria and called for decisive action to free the remaining Chibok girls still in captivity. The former Anambra governor expressed anguish that 276 schoolgirls kidnapped in April 2014 have “continued to undergo different traumatic experiencesContinue Reading
The Defence Headquarters has described the recent agitation for the Yoruba Nation as laughable. The DHQ also raised the alarm that terrorists and their sympathisers were planning to blackmail the military following its onslaught on the insurgents. Some agitators of the Yoruba Nation had on Saturday invaded the Oyo StateContinue Reading
An investigation has claimed that a German-American billionaire, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn peak six years ago, is suspected to be residing in Moscow with a Russian mistress. In April 2018, Karl-Erivan Haub, a retail tycoon, went missing while training for a ski mountaineering race inContinue Reading
FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards from next season as part of an agreement with the Premier League, the Football Association announced on Thursday. The FA had already dropped replays from the fifth round onwards and said the move to ditch them altogether had beenContinue Reading