Arsenal plot £20m swoop for Marco Reus next summer
Arsenal are already plotting further moves to strengthen their forward line with a swoop for Marco Reus next year. Having completed the £16million capture of Danny Welbeck from Manchester United on...
View ArticleTaskforce urged to contain infection
Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (rtd) has called on the State Task Force on the control of the Ebola Virus Disease to ensure that the disease is contained in the...
View ArticleRivers buries victims
River State Government has confirmed the interment on Wednesday in Port Harcourt of two Ebola victims, Dr Iyke Enemuo, who treated the Liberian diplomat and a female patient, in accordance with laid...
View ArticleCourt freezes Dangote brothers’ accounts in 20 banks
A Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained 20 commercial banks from allowing Dansa Foods and Bulk Pack Services Limited, the tow companies owned by Sani Dangote, the younger brother of business...
View Article18 killed, 130 injured in Afghan car bombings
Two car bombs targeting local police and intelligence offices have exploded in the city of Ghazni south of the Afghan capital Kabul, sources have told Al Jazeera. At least 18 people were killed and...
View Article18 Islamic State militants killed in airstrike
Eighteen foreign fighters from the Islamic State, including an American jihadist, were killed in a Syrian air raid on a town near the militant group’s main stronghold city of Raqqa in eastern Syria, a...
View Article2015: Northern elders endorse Jonathan/Sambo
Northern Elders Council, NEC, has yesterday endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan and his Vice, Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo for 2015 general elections. They stated this yesterday when it said it...
View ArticleAdamawa Guber: Ribadu, 7 others step down
Eight of the fourteen aspirants jostling for the Adamawa State Governorship election under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have stepped down from the race in the early hours of Friday. Following...
View ArticleMuslim clerics want more Nat. ID registration centres
Kaduna, Chairman of the association, Sheikh Abubakar Usman Babatune has yesterday called on the Federal Government to increase the number of registration centre for the National Identity cards. Sheikh...
View ArticlePoor WAEC results: Bauchi to screen teachers’ credentials
Following Bauchi State students poor performance in the last Senior Secondary School certificate examination, the state government has announce plans to verify credentials of teachers in the state in...
View ArticleIbrahimovic breaks Sweden goalscoring record
Paris St-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice against Estonia to become Sweden’s all-time leading scorer with 50 goals. The 32-year-old opened the scoring with a thumping left-footed volley...
View ArticleJuventus keen on January move for Juan Mata
Italian champions Juventus are lining up a January move for Mata Juan Juve will see whether the Manchester United playmaker is surplus to requirements after Louis Van Gaal’s summer spending spree....
View ArticleHart close in on new five-year contract extension
Joe Hart is closing in on a new contract at Manchester City, as the club prepare for a crucial month in the season. Hart, the England goalkeeper, has been in negotiations over a five-year extension and...
View ArticleChelsea set to offer Courtois new £80,000-a-week deal
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, 22, is to be offered a new £80,000-a-week deal as a reward for replacing Petr Cech in the team.
View ArticleDimgba Igwe dies at 58
The Sun Newspaper Vice Chairman, Pastor Dimgba Igwe was this morning knocked down by a vehicle while jogging around his residence in the Okota area of Lagos. Mr. Igwe sustained a fatal injury and was...
View ArticleOndo PDM inaugurates state officers
Promises alternative governance in Ondo Ahead of next year’s election, the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, in Ondo State has promised to do everything to provide alternative platform for the people...
View ArticlePDP primaries: BOT member urges delegates to put Adamawa’s interest first
A PDP chieftain, Prof Jibril Aminu, has urged delegates to put the state above any other interest in deciding the party’s flag bearer for the Oct. 11 governorship by-election in Adamawa. The News...
View ArticleAlaafin urges Nigerians in UK to advance the cause of Yorubas, Nigeria
Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III has called on Yorubas resident in United Kingdom to use the opportunity available to them to advance the cause of Yoruba in particular and Nigeria in...
View ArticleODSG vaccinates Muslim pilgrims, distributes bags, clothing
Ondo State Government, ODSG, said it has vaccinated and distributed bags and clothing to 318 intending pilgrims participating in this year’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land in Saudi-Arabia. Speaking during...
View ArticleReal Madrid posts record revenue of $782 million
Real Madrid has reported a record income of 603.9 million euros ($782.4 million) over the past year and made a net profit of 38.5 million euros ($50 million), the club’s president announced Friday.
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