Man City throw-away 2 goal lead to draw 2-2 with CSKA Moscow
A late Bibras Natkho penalty earned CSKA Moscow a 2-2 draw with Manchester City on Tuesday and left the Premier League champions’ European hopes in tatters in the process. Goals from Sergio Aguero and...
View ArticleMan City earmarks Ozil as Toure’s replacement
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has reportedly ordered the club to sign Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil in January – as the club plan for life without Yaya Toure. City have been linked with a £32million...
View ArticleEbola: Cuba doctors arrive in Liberia
A plane carrying some 50 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Liberia on Wednesday to help treat victims of Ebola in the West African country, where a U.S. military mission is also deploying to fight...
View ArticleTotal appoints new CEO, Chairman
Total SA (FP) appointed Patrick Pouyanne as chief executive officer, succeeding Christophe de Margerie who was killed in a plane crash earlier this week. Pouyanne, 51, the company’s refining chief and...
View ArticleCAF slams Platini for AFCON comments
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has slammed Uefa president Michel Platini for giving his opinion on whether the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) should be called off over Ebola fears. During a...
View ArticleJonathan reshuffles cabinet
President Goodluck Jonathan has carried out minor cabinet reshuffle following vacancies created by the departure of seven ministers from his cabinet . Jonathan directed the Minister of State II, for...
View ArticleChelsea chief executive quits club
Chelsea have announced chief executive Ron Gourlay is leaving the club after 10 years working at Stamford Bridge. Gourlay, who previously worked for Manchester United, succeeded Peter Kenyon as chief...
View ArticleSerena Williams suffers heaviest loss since 1998
World number one Serena Williams was beaten 6-0 6-2 by Simona Halep at the WTA Finals in Singapore to suffer her heaviest defeat since 1998. The 18-time Grand Slam winner, 33, was 16 when she lost 6-1...
View ArticleEbola deaths at 4,877 as cases near 10,000 – WHO
At least 4,877 people have died in the world’s worst recorded outbreak of Ebola, and at least 9,936 cases of the disease had been recorded as of Oct 19, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday....
View ArticleHND discrimination bill scales second reading in senate
The Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between First Degrees and Higher National Diploma in the same Profession/Field and related matters on Wednesday scaled second...
View ArticleNigeria revenues falls as oil prices decline
Nigerian government revenues fell to 502.09 billion naira (3.03 bln) in September, down 16.5 percent from 601.65 billion naira in August, due to falling global oil prices and domestic production...
View ArticleBoko Haram Kidnap 40 more young girls
Fresh reports filtering in from Adamawa State has it that another set of 40 girls have been abducted by the outlawed Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The latest victims of the terror sect are different from...
View ArticleEbola remains global public health emergency – WHO
Ebola remains a global emergency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday, flagging grave concerns over hard-hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. “The situation in these countries remains...
View ArticleJonathan declares interest in 2015 election
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday finally declared interest in contesting the 2015 presidential election. He told Peoples Democratic Party leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja that he would...
View ArticleLiverpool & Arsenal in Higuain race
Liverpool have stolen a march on Arsenal after tabling a €40m (£31.2m) offer for unsettled Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain, according to reports. Higuain was strongly linked with a move to the Premier...
View ArticleJonathan leaves for pilgrimage to Israel
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday depart Lagos on a brief pilgrimage to Israel, his office said in a statement on Thursday. The statement issued in Abuja by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special...
View ArticleEU gives 24m euro for Ebola research
The European Commission Thursday announced that it is giving 24.4 million euro for urgently needed Ebola research.The funding will go to five projects, ranging from clinical trial of a potential...
View ArticleCourt voids NFF elections
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos has invalidated the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) election of September 30, 2014, held in Warri. The NFF polls of September had brought into office Amaju Pinnick...
View ArticleEFCC recovers N550,000 for blind woman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it recovered N550,000 from a gang of fraudsters who swindled a blind woman, Mrs Mary Ihekanacho of N830,000 in a job scam. Mr Wilson Uwujaren,...
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