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Liverpool have been drawn against LASK, Union St-Gilloise, and Toulouse in the group stages of the Europa League. The English side discovered their opponents after the draw which took place on Friday. Brighton were drawn with Ajax, Marseille and AEK Athens in Group B. The Seagulls finished sixth last season, securing European football for the first time in their 122-year …

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the federal government to take urgent steps to address the critical challenges confronting the country. CAN enjoined the government to stabilise the Nigerian economy, saying the recent fall of the naira against major world currencies, particularly the dollar, has thrown the citizens into abject poverty. The association said this in a statement …

The Abuja Division of the Appeal Court on Friday, again dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, from contesting in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The judgement was an offshoot of a suit filed by one Hon Isikima Ogbomade Johnson, who had dragged Sylva, the APC and INEC before …

Nigeria’s table-tennis star Quadri Aruna has been listed as the 15th player to qualify for the season-ending World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals for the top 16 players in the world. The Nigerian will be making his third appearance at the WTT Finals after he was confirmed on Thursday November 9, as the latest qualifier among the top 16 that are …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ardova Plc, Olu Adeosun, has resigned from his position and Moshood Olajide has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the oil and gas firm. Adeosun’s resignation took effect on August 31, 2023, according to a statement by the company seen on Friday. However, he is expected to perform other official duties till …

The Bayelsa East Women Solidarity Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised a red flag over what they claim to be a clandestine plan by some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the senatorial district.  The PDP Women Group alleged that there is an orchestrated scheme to divert election materials, particularly result sheets, ahead of the …

The full list of Nigeria’s 23-man sqaud for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe has been released by the Super Eagles handlers. The head coach Jose Peseiro unveiled the squad for this month’s Group C ties on Thursday and it was posted on the Super Eagles X (formerly Twitter). While Bayer Leverkusen England-born star Nathan Tella got …

The Nigeria Police Force has declared that the three senatorial districts in Bayelsa State are politically volatile, just as residents of the state go to the polls tomorrow (Saturday) in the off-cycle governorship election. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) supervising South-South zone, Daniel Sokari-Pedro, made the declaration during a meeting with election stakeholders at the Police Officers’ Mess in …

Some students and ex-students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) under the aegis of the Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike have condemned the new method of extortion in the university where students paid N25,000 cash and issued receipts for only N9,000. The student group, in a statement issued on Thursday, said the new extortion of new students which is …

The first female army major general in Nigeria, Aderonke Kale, has answered the final call at the age of 84. Kale died in London, United Kingdom, on Wednesday, November 8. She was also the first to command the Nigerian Army Medical Corps. Kale was born on July 31, 1939. Her father was a pharmacist while her mother was a teacher. …