England lost their eight remaining wickets before lunch on Friday morning to be dismissed for 144 in pursuit of 297. Captain Ben Stokes stopped short of criticising the surface but said Pakistan winning the toss was a “massive” factor. “They used the home conditions in their favour,” he said. “If we had won the toss it could have been completely …

In an Instagram post made on October 17, 2024, Agu stressed the importance of making prudent choices during these tough times. “Here is a list of things to watch out for, the way things are going in our country today. Number one, try not to fall sick if possible,” he advised, emphasising the increasing difficulties of accessing healthcare amid economic …

APC Chieftain has expressed concern over the recent report by the World Bank that Nigeria’s currency, the Naira, is the weakest in Africa.    In a post shared on his Facebook page this morning, October 18, Igbokwe wondered how this has happened when Nigeria is the ‘’most endowed country in Africa with the most educated people with excellent weather and …

The Kwara State Police Command says the three police officers, Abiodun Kayode, Mr James Emmanuel, and Mr Oni Philip, who were recently dismissed over the k!lling of a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, have been charged to court.    A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, today October 18, says the dismissed officers …

Pakistan were humiliated in the first Test, pulverised by England’s batters in conceding 823-7 declared. It was their sixth consecutive Test defeat, extending a winless home run to 11 matches. The response was extreme. An expanded selection committee dropped superstar batter Babar Azam, and pace bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah. The decision to recycle the pitch from the …

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two secondary school students, Hamza Sadiq and Adamu Ahmadu, both 15, for robbery.     Operatives from the Operation Restore Peace (ORP) unit, following a thorough investigation, arrested the suspects in connection with a robbery incident at a mobile phone shop in Wunti Market, Bauchi.     The spokesperson of the command, SP …

An Israeli drone captured Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s last minutes alive.   Sinwar, who was the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack on Israelis, swung a piece of wood in a futile attempt to take out the device before he was k!lled, officials said.      Shocking footage shows the moment a drone is deployed to check a building in …

A Kwara State Magistrate Court on Thursday, sentenced six members of a family to jail for assault, intimidation and stealing of the property of one Mr. Ajayi Oluwafemi, who was the husband of their daughter, Mrs. Temitope Oluwafemi.   The court presided by Mrs Kudirat Yahaya convicted six members of the family including a father and his wife and four …

A labourer d!ed of electrocution while working on the premises of a private university located in the Ajebo area of Ogun State.   Monday Koja lost his life on Wednesday, October 16, following a wrongful wire connection that led to his electrocution.    Koja, a native of Benue State, while working with some bricklayers on the premises of Macpherson University …

A Federal High Court judge in Abuja, Justice Binta Nyako, has advised Lucky Okodeh, a former caretaker chair of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, to consider an out-of-court settlement with the Nigerian Army.    Okodeh had filed a lawsuit against the military after his photograph was published among those declared wanted in connection with the killing of …