Alonso Says Martinez Conscious As Goalkeeper Undergoes Hospital Tests
Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso says goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was conscious when he left Hill…
Alonso Says Martinez Conscious As Goalkeeper Undergoes Hospital Tests
Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso says goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was conscious when he left Hill Dickinson Stadium for hospital on Saturday, following a heavy collision with Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite. The Argentine was undergoing precautionary tests, Alonso said, after a 2-0 win in Liverpool that was overshadowed by the sight of Chelsea’s goalkeeper leaving the…
Macky Sall Withdraws From UN Secretary-General Race
Former Senegalese President Macky Sall has pulled out of the race to become the next United Nations Secretary General, a day after an informal Security Council poll left every remaining candidate facing opposition from at least one veto-holding power. Sall announced his decision on Saturday, October 17, in a statement issued from Marrakech, Morocco, and…
JAMB Opens NIN Window For Graduates Locked Out Of NYSC
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says thousands of graduates who have been unable to join the National Youth Service Corps for years may finally be cleared to serve. The board’s Registrar, Professor Segun Aina, said JAMB was launching a National Identification Number alignment service that would allow candidates to correct their biodata to…
Davido’s Aide Israel DMW Endorses Atiku As Adeleke Backs Tinubu
Israel Afeare, the logistics manager to Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has declared support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election. Afeare, widely known as Israel DMW, made the declaration in an Instagram post, arguing that Nigeria fares better under northern leadership. His endorsement comes days after Davido’s…
Fuel Subsidy Costly, Unfair To The Poor, IMF Says
The International Monetary Fund has advised Nigeria and other countries against returning to blanket petrol subsidies, insisting that governments can shield poor households from rising energy costs without holding down pump prices for everyone. “Protecting people is not the same as protecting the price of fuels,” Rodrigo Valdés, Director of the Fund’s Fiscal Affairs…
Osinbajo’s 2022 Bid: Akande, Lawal Clash Over Buhari’s Position
Laolu Akande, who served as spokesman to former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has said the late President Muhammadu Buhari offered on at least four occasions to support Osinbajo’s 2022 presidential bid. His account directly challenges claims by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, that Buhari regarded the ambition as immoral….
I Will Not Stay Beyond 2030, Egypt’s Sisi Declares
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says he will step down when his term expires in 2030, describing the question of his future as settled and promising that the constitution will not be amended to keep him in power. The 71-year-old former army general made the pledge on Saturday at a graduation ceremony of the…
Pope Leo Leaves Hospital Four Days After Cancer Surgery, Says Vatican
Pope Leo XIV was due to leave Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Saturday afternoon, four days after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung to treat cancer. The Vatican said his doctors had declared him “fit for discharge” after blood tests and a chest X-ray taken that morning. The 71-year-old pontiff is expected to…
Zelensky Faults Trump As Russia Hits 15 Power Facilities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused US President Donald Trump of rewarding Vladimir Putin, a day after Trump signed an executive order waiving a sweeping package of sanctions aimed at Russia’s energy earnings. Zelensky said the waiver came on the same day Russia struck 15 critical power generation facilities across Ukraine, in what…
Neto Double Fires Chelsea Past Unbeaten Everton
Pedro Neto scored twice in the second half to hand Chelsea a clinical 2-0 victory over Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The away triumph halted the hosts’ unbeaten seven-match start to the campaign and lifted the London club into the top four of the Premier League table. Sharp wingers punish defensive…