NewsDeskNg, Author at News Desk Nigeria

Arsenal set new record after 1-0 win at Man Utd

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday was their 27th in the Premier League this season. This is a new club record for the Gunners in a 38-game campaign. It surpassed the win total by the Invincibles in 2003/2004, the double winners in 2001/2002 and the tally last season....

Nigerians naive to understand Tinubu’s ‘renewed hope’ – Fada Oluoma

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Famous Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinenye Oluoma has suggested that Nigerians were obviously too naive to understand President Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda. Oluoma, who likened hope to anaesthetics, said anesthetics was meant to numb the pain while the real life saving surgery takes place. In a post on...

Adeleke’s chieftaincy title acceptance undermines governance priorities

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, Osun State chapter, has criticised the installation of Governor Ademola Adeleke as the Asiwaju of Ede. The party also labeled it as an abuse of power and a conflict of interest. In a statement signed by the party’s chairman, Wale Adebayo, he lamented that such...

Former Nigerian Ambassador to Canada dumps PDP, joins APC

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

A former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico and Canada, Prof. Iorwuese Hagher, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Hagher was registered on Friday at his Utange Ward in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area by the APC Ward chairman, Orduuga Tyokegh. Speaking after registering...

‘We’ll get you’ – Gov Mbah places N10m bounty on killers of two policemen

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has placed a N10 million bounty on the heads of the killers of two policemen in Enugu State, Friday night, saying the state would go after the culprits with every resource at its disposal to bring the killers to book. Mbah pledged the...

Gateway International Airport to become major transportation hub for S/West – Gbajabiamila

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has commended the bold initiative of Governor Dapo Abiodun on the Gateway International Agro Cargo and Passenger Airport, saying that the airport would soon be the transportation hub for other states in the South-West. Gbajabiamila also applauded the...

EFCC vs Yahaya Bello: Root out ‘fake’ lawyers – Okai urges NBA

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

The 2023 People Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency, Usman Okai, on Saturday called on the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, to root out fake lawyers who undermine the integrity of Nigeria’s judicial system with their deceitful practices. Okai said fake lawyers are everywhere, holding baseless press conferences to...

My responsibility – Postecoglou on beating Man City for Arsenal to win title

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

Tottenham Hotspur manager, Ange Postecoglou, has insisted his team is motivated to try and beat Manchester City, even though it could hand the Premier League title to rivals, Arsenal. Spurs could play a crucial part in where the trophy goes, as they host the champions on Tuesday. A win for...

Nigerian Navy intercepts fleeing vessel from Gabon

NewsDeskNgMay 10, 2024May 10, 20240

The Nigerian Navy, NN has intercepted a vessel that allegedly fled from Gabon without proper documentation. The vessel, MV BLU-SHARK, was intercepted in Calabar on May 6 at about 11:52hours by the navy’s NNS OSE, a statement by the Navy’s Director of Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, said on Friday in...

Human Rights Commission seeks strict legislation to ban cultism in schools

NewsDeskNgMay 10, 2024May 10, 20240

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has called for strict legislation to ban cultism in the country’s institutions of learning. The commission suggested that the legislation be made in such a way that it will not affect the rights of the student population in forming societies and organisations that promote...