It’s been an incredible twenty-one years since one of Nigeria’s foremost football technocrats, Patrick Okpomo, who was a former Secretary General of Nigeria Football Association (NFA), died in Lagos. ‘Secto’ as yours sincerely fondly called him was a panache of sports administration with panacea for its challenges to the envy of his colleagues who couldn’t match his…
The transfer merry-go-round continues without a pause. Manchester United will line up at the start of the season with Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford. Fortunately for the Red Devils, AC Milan have reported their interest in United’s striker, Rasmus Hojlund and with Viktor Gyokores moving to the Emirates with Arsenal. Benjamin Sesko and Nicolas Jackson are…
Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have risen to become the undisputed powerhouse of African basketball, with a legacy built on consistency, skill and unmatched team spirit. Over the past two decades, they have etched their name into the history books of the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket, claiming the continental crown six times, and counting. Two years…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said at the weekend that troops fighting to rid the country of terrorists and other criminal elements terrorising different parts of the country have successfully neutralised 5 wanted and notorious terrorist Commanders in North West an North East, including Amir Dunkei, Kachalla Nagomma, Gurmu, Ali Yar Daribiyar, and Yello Dambokolo. Major…
Major General Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma (retd.), has cautioned the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, not to fall into any trick to lure him back to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under any guise. The retired General who gave the advice Thursday night while featuring on the July edition of Ikengaonline…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Air Vice Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita (retd.) as the new pro-chancellor and chairman of the Governing Council of Bayero University, Kano. AVM Kaita replaces Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, who also serves as the chairman of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information…
The Lagos State House of Assembly held a public hearing on Friday to discuss the Lagos State Correctional Service Bill 2025, which aims to transform the justice system from a punitive approach to one centred on reform, rehabilitation, and reintegration. It also aims to domesticate correctional centres, as it was delisted from the exclusive list…
For 92-year-old Festus Arhagba, life has become an endless nightmare of grief and regret after his 50-year-old son, Kingsley, reportedly died in police custody at the Ajeromi Division, Lagos, under what he described as a chilling mix of “deception, cruelty and extortion.” Sitting in his modest Lagos home, leaning heavily on a walker, the frail…
Leader of the British Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has said that she no longer sees herself as Nigerian and does not possess a Nigerian passport. Speaking recently on the Rosebud podcast hosted by Gyles Brandreth, Badenoch explained that although her ancestry is Nigerian and she spent part of her upbringing in the country, she does…
Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, in this interview, speaks on claims of Northern marginalisation by some Northern politicians against the President Bola Tinubu administration, saying most of the region’s woes were self-inflicted. Sani, who spoke on Arise News monitored in Abuja, also touched on the essence of the recent public engagement by the Sir…
