Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer were on Monday named as the first players inducted into the official Premier League Hall of Fame in recognition of a combined 435 goals and seven Golden Boot awards. Arsenal’s all-time top scorer Henry won two Premier League titles under Arsene Wenger and was part …

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane on Monday hit back at calls for his club to be banned from the Champions League for their part in the failed European Super League proposals, saying the suggestion was “absurd”. The Spanish giants were one of 12 major European clubs to launch the ill-fated …

Anthony Hopkins on Sunday won the Oscar for best actor for his acclaimed role as a dementia patient in the film “The Father.” Hopkins, who at 83 is the oldest actor to win a competitive Oscar, bested the late Chadwick Boseman, whose poignant role in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” had won him …

A former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to call a meeting with all stakeholders in Nigeria to discuss the growing spate of insecurity in the country. Kalu, while featuring on the …

The Federal Government of Nigeria is spending $1.5bn (N568.5bn at N379/$ exchange rate) annually to fund electricity tariff shortfalls, the World Bank has said. According to the global financial institution, this amount could further increase if the country fails to take the right action. The bank disclosed this in its …

Unknown gunmen have again killed about five soldiers in Omelema community, Abia Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the gunmen came from a nearby river, shot sporadically and went straight to a lodge where the soldiers were camped and opened fire, killing two on the spot …

United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will meet with Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, during his first virtual trip to Africa since US President Joe Biden came into office. Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price, in a statement on Monday, said his principal will also virtually visit …

Eminent virologist and Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has urged the Federal Government and aviation agencies to scrutinise airlines conveying passengers from India to prevent the spread of a deadly COVID-19 strain from the country to Nigeria. India is currently witnessing what has been described as …

The Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti in the Oye Local Government area of Ekiti State, Oba David Oyewumi, who was kidnapped in his palace on Thursday, has regained freedom. A source, who said the monarch had been taken for medical attention, said, “Kabiyesi has been released. We are happy about this, …

The two Milan giants and Atletico Madrid followed all six English Premier League clubs in pulling out of the European Super League on Wednesday, dealing a fatal blow to the project. The withdrawals by Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham came just 48 hours after the league’s …