Atletico Madrid’s Kieran Trippier offered to Everton

Atletico Madrid fullback Kieran Trippier has been offered to Everton. Everton have reportedly been offered the chance to sign experienced right-back Trippier, but the Toffees are keeping a close eye on Norwich star Max Aarons. Carlo Ancelotti is said to be in the market for a new man on the right-side of his defence to...

Discipleship Series; 26 April, 2021

Discipleship Series; 26 April, 2021  1 Samuel 21:2 – 3, So David said to Ahimelech the priest, "…Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found." We have been using the example that the Lord Jesus Christ gave us through His lifestyle in...

Insecurity: U.S. warns citizens against travelling to Nigeria

The United States government has issued a travel advisory, warning its citizens against travelling to Nigeria over the worsening security situation in the country. This was posted on Tuesday, via MyTravelGov, a travel advisory platform managed by the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. The advisory also identified some high-risk zones in the country,...

Sheik Gumi: Banditry now war situation

Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has urged the Nigerian government to take his advice and grant amnesty to bandits for them to lay down their arms. Gumi was reacting to the killing of three students of Greenfield University, Kaduna by bandits who abducted them from their school. Speaking to newsmen on Friday, Gumi said the...

Insecurity: U.S. warns citizens against travelling to Nigeria

The United States government has issued a travel advisory, warning its citizens against travelling to Nigeria over the worsening security situation in the country. This was posted on Tuesday, via MyTravelGov, a travel advisory platform managed by the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. The advisory also identified some high-risk zones in the country,...

Official: Scores killed in Ethiopia ethnic strife

The latest bout of ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has left scores dead and displaced hundreds of thousands, a federal official told AFP Friday. The attacks featuring gunfire and widespread arson have ratcheted up fears of insecurity in Africa’s second most populous country ahead of national elections planned for June. The Amhara region is...

Discipleship Series; 24 April, 2021

Discipleship Series; 24 April, 2021  Jeremiah 9:23 – 24, Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that...

JAMB unveils new feature to tackle exams malpractice

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced a new feature in the ongoing registration for the the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE). The feature, ‘Know Your Registration Officer,’ is to fortify the registration process and guard against abuse and manipulation by candidates. JAMB’s head of media and protocol,...

Barcelona supremo: European Super League a ‘necessity’

Barcelona president Joan Laporta described the European Super League as a “necessity” on Thursday but said the final decision would be given to the club’s members. Barca, Real Madrid and Juventus are the only clubs yet to withdraw officially from the breakaway competition, which lasted just 48 hours before the project imploded. Nine of the...

Idriss Deby’s son named Chad president

A son of Chad’s slain leader Idriss Deby Itno is to take over as president in place of his father, according to a charter released Wednesday by the presidency. It said General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, 37, who on Tuesday was named transitional leader as head of a military council following his father’s death, will...

Discipleship Series; 23 April, 2021

Discipleship Series; 23 April, 2021  Ecclesiastes 3:1, To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. To drive home the point of the somewhat complexity involved in knowing and understanding the ways of God, as embedded in the “What,” “When,” “Why” and “How” of what God wants done,...

Discipleship Series; 22 April, 2021

Discipleship Series; 22 April, 2021  Isaiah 55:8, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. To drive home the point we are trying to make and make it clearer, let us look at this simple illustration; You need a new pair of shoes (a particular and specific...