Liverpool’s Champions League clash with RB Leipzig is now a huge doubt as the Premier League champions have been banned from entering Germany due to coronavirus restrictions. Liverpool is scheduled to play the first leg of their last-16 tie at Leipzig’s Red Bull Arena on February
Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Shabab FC on a permanent deal Shanghai Shenhua after his loan spell at Manchester United ended last month. The 31-year-old was penned a two-and-a-half-year deal with the King Fahd Stadium outfit having passed his medical. He
The outbound flights fo Emirates Airlines from Nigeria have been hit with a 72-hour suspension by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. This is contained in a circular issued on February 4 which states that the suspension followed a violation of guidelines placed by the Presidential Task
Ajax’s Cameroonian international goalkeeper Andre Onana has been suspended for one year for doping, the Dutch club said on Friday. The club said in a statement Onana had “mistakenly” taken his wife’s medicine which had led to the banned diuretic Furosemide appearing in his urine. Ajax said
A correspondent with The PUNCH Newspaper, Okechukwu Nnodim, has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen at his residence in Abuja. The incident occurred around 11 pm on Wednesday at his residence off Arab Road in Kubwa, a suburb in the Federal Capital Territory. A staff member, who
COVID-19: Anambra Govt imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew The Anambra Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew from Monday, February 8th, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, on Friday in
MTV Base, organizers of the MTV Africa Music Awards has postponed the event indefinitely. The ceremony was scheduled to hold in Kampala, Uganda in February 2021. In an e-mail sent to The Punch, organizers of the award said that the postponement was due to the ‘current
South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee withdrew her bid to lead the World Trade Organisation, leaving former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the only remaining candidate for the job, Bloomberg reports Friday. Yoo was said made the decision after discussions with the United States and
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has approved 12 additional hospitals for chemotherapy in the ongoing Cancer Access Partnership Programme at over 50 percent cost reduction. He disclosed this in a statement he issued on Thursday in Abuja to mark the World Cancer Day, annually
Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara, a Kano-based Islamic cleric barred from preaching, said the action was more political than religious. The cleric alleged that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje ordered his ban because he worked against him during the 2019 general election. He made the allegations on Thursday, a few hours