Real Madrid sign Navas
Confirmation has come from the European champions that Keylor Navas has left Levante and signed for Real Madrid. The Costa Rican had a sensational World Cup and will certainly put club captain Iker...
View ArticlePMAN, Foundation explore entertainment to assist IDPs
As part of efforts to support peace building, the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN yesterday in Abuja pledged to use entertainment to mobilise support for internally displaced persons....
View ArticleKwara reconstitutes council on Prerogative of Mercy
Kwara State Government has approved the reconstitution of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy in line with the council’s enabling law that allows for three years tenure of office for...
View ArticleNCPC boss’ father dies at 81
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC John Kennedy Opara lost his father, Engr. Paulinus Opara. This was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent by...
View Article3 die as cultists clash in Rivers
Three persons have been killed during a clash between two rival cult groups in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Communities in Khana and Gokana Local Government Areas in Ogoni have had...
View ArticlePower supply: FG spends $1bn on gas excavation
Federal Government yesterday announced that it was committing the sum of one billion dollars to gas excavation to boost gas availability to power plants. The money is to be sourced from the resources...
View ArticleWe’re not funding pro-Jonathan groups – Presidency
Special Adviser to the president on Political Matters, Prof Rufai Ahmed Alkali has debunked insinuations that the presidency is financing the activities of various associations and groups that came out...
View ArticleImo LG chairman drops dead after visiting Commissioner
Transition Committee chairman of Ehime Mbano LGA in Imo State, Mrs Chioma Ogoke on Sunday slumped and died. The chairman was said to have died of heart attack after visiting the Owerri residence of one...
View ArticleGaza conflict: Israel withdraws ground forces as 72-hour ceasefire begins
Israel has pulled its ground forces out of the Gaza Strip and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas in the first step towards negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war. Minutes before...
View ArticleF1 boss Ecclestone offers court deal
A German court has agreed to end the bribery trial of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone in exchange for a $100m (£60m) payment from him. Mr Ecclestone’s offer was based on an existing provision in...
View ArticleXavi retires from international football
The Barcelona midfielder has revealed he is quitting Spain to concentrate on club football with the Catalans following a disappointing World Cup campaign this summer Barcelona midfielder Xavi has...
View ArticleU.S. invests $33 billion in Africa — Obama
President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that U.S Government and businesses have committed 33 billion dollars in new investments to support economic growth across Africa. According to a statement...
View ArticleLiverpool sign Manquillo on loan from Atletico Madrid
Liverpool have completed the signing of Javier Manquillo on a season-long loan from Atletico Madrid. The youngster said, “I’m very happy to have signed for a club like Liverpool. I think it’s one of...
View ArticleImpeachment plan distraction to my Government — Al-Makura
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state on Wednesday described the unsuccessful impeachment process by the state’s House of Assembly against him as a distraction to his administration and state....
View ArticleHoward Webb retires from refereeing
The former policeman has been a Premier League official since 1998 and has taken charge of Champions League and World Cup finals in a long and established career Howard Webb has retired from refereeing...
View ArticleUgandan lawmakers in campaign to revive anti-gay law
A Ugandan lawmaker says he has started a campaign to reintroduce a recently invalided anti-gay measure and have it passed within weeks. Latif Ssebaggala said Wednesday that he had collected the...
View ArticlePutin bans/limits agricultural imports from countries that imposed sanctions...
President Vladimir Putin has ordered government agencies to restrict imports of food and agricultural products from the countries that have imposed sanctions against Russia. The text of Putin’s decree...
View ArticleOsvaldo joins Inter as Taider moves to Southampton
Inter have completed the signing of Pablo Daniel Osvaldo from Southampton, with Saphir Taider moving to the Premier League on a season-long loan.
View ArticleManchester United make €10m move for De Jong
Manchester United have made the first move in a bid to sign Netherlands international Nigel de Jong in a €10 million deal, Goal understands.Having already brought Ander Herrera to the club this summer,...
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